5 Easy Steps Nurses can Help to Create a Positive Work Environment

by | Apr 5, 2018 | Coping with Stress, Inspirational, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing Leadership, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success

  Due to the nature of health care, nursing workplaces feel stressful, overwhelming, and even take on a negative energy if you don’t guard against it. This creates tension not only among nurses, but also patients. Thus, it is important for nurses to remember that...
5 Study Tips to Help You Rock Your Nursing Finals

5 Study Tips to Help You Rock Your Nursing Finals

by | Mar 11, 2018 | Coping with Stress, Inspirational, Nurses Matter, Nursing School, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Student Nurse, Studying, Test-Taking Strategies

With a couple of months to go until we reach the end of the spring semester, it is never too early to start planning on rocking your final exams! To help you reduce test anxiety and succeed on your final nursing exams, here are five study tips that are sure to help...
Nursing’s Role in Patient Care: Breaking it down for those who just don’t understand

Nursing’s Role in Patient Care: Breaking it down for those who just don’t understand

by | Mar 5, 2018 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Cultural Competence, Inspirational, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Personal Experience

  “…and you had to attend college to learn how to measure someone’s urine?” – A classic example of a response that I often receive from people who have no clue as to what my roles, responsibilities, or knowledge base consists of as a...
February 2018 Nursing Entrepreneur Spotlight: Donna Cardillo, RN, MA, CSP

February 2018 Nursing Entrepreneur Spotlight: Donna Cardillo, RN, MA, CSP

by | Feb 5, 2018 | Entrepreneurship, Graduate Studies, Inspirational, New Graduate Nurses, NNBA, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing Leadership, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Uncategorized, Work-Life Balance

It is my strong belief that if we spend more time focusing on supporting and uplifting our colleagues, nurses would find greater satisfaction in the work that they do. Therefore I decided to create a monthly blog series: the Nursing Entrepreneur Spotlight – that...
5 Reasons You Should Consider Online Tutoring

5 Reasons You Should Consider Online Tutoring

by | Jan 25, 2018 | Inspirational, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing School, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Student Nurse, Studying, Test-Taking Strategies, Uncategorized, Work-Life Balance

With all of the crazy that is going on in our busy lives, it is very difficult to find the time to fit in much-needed tutoring. By the time we factor in commute time against the limited availability of many brick and mortar tutors, it becomes nearly impossible to find...
Got NCLEX Test Anxiety? Here’s 5 Tips for Success!

Got NCLEX Test Anxiety? Here’s 5 Tips for Success!

by | Jan 17, 2018 | Inspirational, NCLEX-RN, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing School, Studying, Test-Taking Strategies, Work-Life Balance

It’s that time of year again—nursing students nationwide are looking forward to finishing up their final semester of school, and many are beginning to worry about the NCLEX exam. With all of the sleepless nights and last-minute cram sessions to come, test anxiety will...