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Nurse Confessions – Why I Love My Compression Socks
I swore I would never do it. Ever. I didn’t care what anyone else said – I was never going to wear compression hose. Compression socks are for old ladies with too many cats and waitresses with big hair who […]
Read moreJob Hunting Tips to Help Respiratory Therapists Breathe Easier
With a $56K median salary, respiratory therapists are among healthcare’s least understood professionals. Over 14,000 new RT jobs are expected to be created by 2024, and respiratory therapists will have increasing opportunities to care for patients with heart and lung […]
Read moreIn-Demand Healthcare Support Jobs
If the healthcare field is something you’re considering, you have several choices. In fact, that’s one of the great things about a career in the medical profession. There are so many jobs from which to choose. So how do you […]
Read moreFirst US Insurer to Build Medical School
When it comes to HMO’s, it doesn’t get much bigger than Kaiser Permanente. When they make a move, the medical establishment takes notice. But their latest announcement was a bold one – the Oakland, CA based firm is launching a […]
Read moreTop Reasons to Consider Small Town Physician Jobs
Unless you grew up in a small town, practicing medicine in a rural community may not be every new doctor’s dream job. But when the time comes for a new doctor to choose a home base, smaller towns have a […]
Read moreHow to Search for a Job When You Already Have One
If you are tired of your current job, don’t worry. There are numerous employment opportunities for healthcare professionals at this time. Consider that for January 2016: The unemployment rate was 4.9% Healthcare added 37,000 jobs One thing stands in the […]
Read moreNational Doctors’ Day – Honoring Our Physicians
The first Doctors’ Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor physicians. The date was the anniversary of the first use […]
Read moreA Nurse’s Letter to the Interns
It happens every summer – a new crop of interns show up on my hospital unit. It’s a nice rite of passage – a handful of new baby docs show up and spend a few months shadowing our unit’s physicians. […]
Read moreMagnet Designation and Nurses
If you have been a nurse for longer than a minute, you’ve heard about Magnet hospitals, but you may not have heard what it actually means for patients and for nurses to be in a Magnet hospital. It’s easy to […]
Read moreYou saw that? Social Media Smarts for Physicians
A doctor grabs a drink with friends after work and afterwards posts a picture of himself and his friends, smiling with a beer in their hands. No big deal, right? Except the doctor still had his scrubs on, and it […]
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