Nurses do make pretty good money, but there are times when you need a little extra for something special. Maybe you have an upcoming wedding, vacation, or are thinking of buying a house. There is always extra work for nurses since they are in such great demand. There are many opportunities for nurses to pick up a shift or two. Here are some ways to pick up some quick extra … [Read more...]
Adventures in Home Health Nursing
“Make a right turn at the cow, follow the dirt road until you see three trees, and make a sharp left into our driveway,” says the family member of your next scheduled patient. Oh, and its foggy out. Like near zero visibility foggy and you have to remove staples from hip surgery and your patient’s family thinks it’s infected, so you can’t reschedule. Yes, these are the … [Read more...]
CNA Salary And Opportunities: A No-Frills Guide
Before we dive into CNA salary, you'll need some background. If there was ever an occupation that you could go into that would assure you had a job for the rest of your natural life, becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is that job. Not only do CNAs help the nursing profession as a whole meet the ever-increasing demand for the delivery of care to an aging population, … [Read more...]
The Ten Highest-Paying Nursing Specialties
Look, we know that you haven't chosen nursing as a profession based on pay alone (you haven't, have you?), but equally, it's important to understand not only what you can expect financially from your chosen profession, but also what kind of work you can expect to do in choosing a high-paying nursing career. So without further ado (and in no particular order), here are ten of … [Read more...]
5 Most Common Nursing Interview Questions (and how to ace them!)
The toughest nursing interview questions are often the most common ones. These are the type of nursing interview questions that are asked everywhere and are so ordinary that it is often easy to take them for granted; probably thinking that what answers you’ll give will not make a difference, but they will! Common nursing interview questions make the majority of nurse … [Read more...]