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Soft Nursing Jobs: Flexible Careers That Help Nurses Beat Burnout and Balance Life

Nurses need flexible options in today’s healthcare field. Changes like AI technology, layoffs, and emerging job opportunities are impacting nursing journeys for years to come. Workplace challenges, such as burnout and unsafe staffing ratios, are also an issue for nurses who appreciate the care aspect of their role but want a more balanced lifestyle. That’s […]

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing  Drugs that increase gastrointestinal bicarbonate loss include calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate and cholestyramine. Significant bicarbonate loss also occurs in patients who abuse laxatives. 

England’s nurses and midwives asked for views to frame new strategy

Registered nurses, midwives and nursing associates are being asked what issues should define the “next era of nursing and midwifery”, as part of a new strategy for the profession in England. The post England’s nurses and midwives asked for views to frame new strategy appeared first on Nursing Times.  

Back-to-School Balance: 5 Tips for Nurses Managing Shift Work and Family Life

The back-to-school season can be both exciting and overwhelming for any parent—but for nurses working variable shifts, it comes with a unique set of challenges. Balancing long hours, overnight rotations, and weekend duties with school drop-offs, homework help, and extracurricular activities can quickly become overwhelming. The mental and physical demands of nursing only add to […]

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing  Diarrhea is a common cause of external loss of bicarbonate, resulting in non-anion gap metabolic acidosis. Other causes include external drainage of pancreatic or biliary secretions, as from fistulas and ileus secondary to intestinal obstruction.