Pediatric Nurse

A pediatric nurse is a child�s best friend during the times when children get sick. If you aspire to become a pediatric nurse, it is not only the paper qualifications and experience in the field that you will require to have, but also the passion and drive to do what it takes. So let�s explore the day in the life of a pediatric nurse, and look at the special qualities that one should have to succeed in their job. Becoming a pediatric nurse is not a joke. It is not something that can be considered the most laid back and relaxing job on earth. In fact, when you deal with kids of all ages, the amount of stress both with work load and the emotional drain that you will witness on a daily basis will leave you devastated at the end, if left untouched or unconsulted. If you are aspiring to become...


Nursing Uniforms

Although nursing has a long history, ir has been properly established during the 19th century. By 19th century, a number of nursing practices came in to the healthcare arena and people started looking at the nursing professional as a true profession. During World War 1 and World War 2, the nursing profession became very prominent in the society and it was an honor to become a nurse in that era.From the inception of the nursing profession, there was a uniform attached to it as well. First of all, the uniform of nurses looks as same as nun�s habit. There is a good reason for this. Before the emergence of nursing career, it was the nuns who took care of the patients. When the nursing profession was established, it borrowed the design of nun�s habit for the uniform. In addition to that, nursing...


Nursing Shoes

No matter what people say, nursing shoes are the most important aspect of a nurse�s attire. But you will hardly understand why, unless otherwise you are a nurse, yourself.So in this article we try to shed some light in to why nursing shoes are so important, the changes that have taken place in the past decades with regards to nurses attire and shoes and how comfortable nursing shoes can save a whole lot of trouble for both the nurse and her colleagues and employer.Traditionally, clogs have been used by nurses because they were relatively cheap and had a reputation of providing protection to feet. Later on the clogs became scrubs and nowadays, they remain an important part of a nurse�s attire.Scrubs have done a pretty good job in providing the well deserved comfort and protection to nursing...


Registered Nurse

If you want to practice / work as a nurse in the United States, you need to become a registered nurse. Without becoming a registered nurse, you cannot do anything in your profession. Let�s have a look at what it takes to become a registered nurse and the roles and responsibilities in the career.There are two basic educational qualifications when it comes to becoming a registered nurse; must have graduated from a nursing school or from the college in the nursing program and must have passed the national licensing exam. If you can adhere to these two requirements mentioned above, you can become a registered nurse. In the old days, there were no strict requirements to become a registered nurse. First it was just a low level entry requirement and since then, the entry bar has been raised constantly....


Travel Nursing

Nursing industry has gone to develop its own branches and variations by now. It is not just one profession which has been there for years, but a collection of sub-professions that work together as nursing function. When it comes to sub professions, travel nursing is one of the prominent things. Let�s have a look at what travel nursing means.First of all the fact of the matter; there is a shortage of nursing professionals across the nation. This is the prime reason why we have travel nursing in the industry by now. When it comes to the nursing profession, some states and cities do have an overflow of professionals and other do only have a shortage. So in simple, the nursing requirements have not been fulfilled equally. When it comes to moving the nurses from where there is a surplus, they do...


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