What a nurse manager does across a week and a year: staffing, budgets, hiring, quality and surveys, plus the skills, degrees, NE-BC and CNML certifications, the usual career path and what salaried pay
How to decide whether to extend a travel nurse contract or take a new assignment: how extensions work, reasons to stay or go, what to negotiate, the tax home question and how to answer your recruiter.
How overtime pay is figured for nurses: the federal 40-hour workweek rule, the 8/80 option hospitals can use, what goes into your regular rate, and the paycheck mistakes worth catching early.
What PACU nurses do as patients wake from anesthesia: airway, pain and nausea care, Phase I and Phase II recovery, the call schedule, CPAN and CAPA certification, career moves and where to see real pa
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A complaint to your board of nursing starts a process, not a verdict. Learn how boards generally screen and investigate complaints, the range of possible outcomes, and what to do and avoid while a com
In a panel or peer interview, several people from the unit interview you at once, often including staff nurses. Learn who sits on the panel, what each person listens for, sample questions and answers,
How to be a good nurse preceptor: preparing before day one, pacing the orientation, teaching while you work, giving feedback that helps, supporting an orientee who struggles, and protecting your own e
How to answer why do you want to work here in a nursing interview: what the interviewer is really asking, where to find specifics about a hospital or unit, a simple structure and sample answers to ada
What school nurses do in a school day: medications, chronic condition plans, emergencies, screenings and staff training, plus the skills, schedule, state requirements, NCSN certification and where to
What occupational health nurses do for workers and employers, where the jobs are, what a day at a plant or employee health clinic looks like, how to get in, and the trade-offs of leaving acute care.
Registering for the NCLEX-PN takes two pieces of work: applying to your state board and registering with Pearson VUE. Here is how the process usually goes, from application to Authorization to Test, t