Archive: Oct 2024

In the healthcare profession, nurses hold positions of trust and responsibility. This trust extends not only to patient care but also to upholding the ethical and legal standards that govern their profession. You are a nurse 24/7 and are held to ethical standards whether at work or personal life. One key legal responsibility is self-reporting criminal matters to the appropriate […]

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make its way into industries from finance to healthcare, many professionals are questioning whether their roles could be replaced by machines. In the medical-legal world, AI is becoming more prominent, offering tools to analyze data, predict outcomes, and automate tasks. However, when it comes to Legal Nurse Consulting (LNC), AI is no substitute for […]

Like me, many of you went into nursing because it’s something in our DNA. We were born to serve others and provide care to those in need. Those of us who are a bit older can remember how excited we were to get our “white cap and pin” and ready to hit the floor and do the job of helping […]

Have you ever had a shift that just seemed to fly by? Where you ask yourself, “where did the time go?” Or maybe a shift where the time goes so slowly that you can hear almost every tick of the clock? Where you wonder if you’re ever going to get out of there? Time is just how we measure things […]

You graduated from nursing school and passed the NCLEX and now you have your first job. The excitement is rampant. You want to be successful but how do you know if the unit norms are in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act or even the facilities policies and procedures? For many new nurses, entering the clinical environment can be an […]

  The healthcare industry is facing a perplexing and unfortunate contradiction: hospitals are laying off nurses even as a nationwide nursing shortage continues to worsen. For those of us who live and breathe nursing, this seems illogical—how can hospitals justify layoffs when they struggle to staff their units adequately? Let’s dive into why this is happening and what it means […]