I have been an RN for 27 years and thought I had seen every type of misbehavior by an MD (and company) that was possible. But after accepting my 1st job as an NP, I soon realized that there was more to learn! In my state of North Carolina, the NP must work under a supervising MD with a Collaborative Practice Agreement as the binding ...

If Katrina taught us anything it is that we cannot depend on the federal government to bail us out, help us out, or even keep promises made by the President weeks after the aftermath. We, as people, as health care providers - and consumers - owe it to ourselves and out clients to promote wellness and a healthy lifestyle as well as independence as ...

Hello out there. I am interested in travel nursing - overseas. I am wondering if anyone has encountered this and what the complexities are - licensure, etc. We, in the US, make a big to do about making sure that nurses from overseas can speak English and can pass the NCLEX. I am wondering about the tables turning - working in Italy, Ireland, ...

I work in a very busy PACU. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this setting, it is here that intubated or freshly extubated immediate post anesthesia patients are brought to be recovered from the effects of anesthesia and surgery. Recently I was assigned a soon-to-arrive from OR intubated patient that required a ventilator. I went to ...