Archive: Sep 2026

“I’m just a nurse.” I cannot tell you how many times I have heard nurses say those words. Sometimes they say it when they are thinking about starting a business. Sometimes it comes out when they are deciding what to charge, introducing themselves to a potential client, promoting their services, or doing something outside their comfort zone. “I’m just a […]

Something happens at work. You are terminated. You are convicted of a crime. Another state takes disciplinary action against your nursing license. Then comes the question that can make even the most seasoned nurse’s heart rate jump: Do I have to report this to the Board of Nursing? The answer is not always yes. One of the biggest mistakes nurses […]

Welcome back to Part 2 of our nursing myth-busting series. As nurses, we learn an incredible amount in nursing school, orientation, continuing education, and years of clinical practice. But we also learn from each other. Unfortunately, sometimes the “rules” passed around the nurses’ station are not rules at all. They are nursing urban legends. And when your license is on […]

“You haven’t taken report yet, so you can leave.” “The doctor ordered it, so you’re covered.” “If you documented it, you’re protected.” Have you ever heard one of these statements at the nurses’ station? Nursing has its own version of urban legends. They get passed from nurse to nurse, shift to shift, and sometimes generation to generation. Eventually, we hear […]

There is a statistic every nurse, healthcare leader, legislator, and patient should know: hospital workers are seven times more likely to be injured on the job by violence than workers in the general U.S. workforce. The statistic is based on Bureau of Labor Statistics injury data and was recently highlighted in Medical Daily. (Medical Daily) Seven times! We would never […]