Income…$0. Value…Priceless.

Wondering which questions you’ll be asked during your nursing interview? You should expect the usual ones, such as “Where do you see yourself in five years?” and “What’s your greatest weakness?” But then there are more colorful questions, such as “What animal best describes you?” and “If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you want to have with you?” that you should brace yourself for.

Being a nurse is a rewarding but tough job. The excitement that comes during the first year of your career can fade away as long hours and a bursting schedule take their toll. “Adultitis” can creep into the lives of even the best nurses, and it is NOT something you want to live with. Besides causing loads of stress, it diminishes your passion and depletes your childlike spirit. Please read below for few examples of how you can keep your spirits up.

Spring is in the air. It’s the time of year when you wipe off the winter dust and let the sun shine in. Before you get all excited (yeah, right) about tackling the filth in your home, grab your resume and a pen. The first cleanup project this year should be your resume.

As nurses, we have a duty to report all cases of suspected abuse.

Your healthcare facility likely has a policy and procedure outlining the exact steps you should take. Consider this a refresher course, especially as sometimes these situations can catch us off guard and there may not be a more senior nurse or manual to consult.

The Recruiter Roundtable is a monthly feature that collects career and job-seeking advice from a group of recruiting experts throughout the US.

The question we put before our panel this month is: How important is having an “objective” or “summary” section at the opening of a candidate’s resume?

In nursing, we don’t always like the patients that we take care of. It sounds harsh, but let’s be honest. The caveat to that statement is that we don’t have to like them. We do, however, have to provide the best possible patient care that we can, while maintaining an appropriate level of professionalism and compassion.

Although we would like to believe that every nurse is a good person with good intentions, we can’t ignore the fact that every year, state nursing boards revoke dozens of licenses. While some of these men and women lose their ability to serve as nurses because of non-nurse related activities, others suffer the consequences of patient endangerment or worse. The threat of having your license revoked is ever-present, and it is important to know just what activities can take it away.

Healthcare has changed greatly in the past century. Bedside caregivers, which I refer to globally as nurses, now fill the roles once exclusive to physicians. As physicians have retreated from bedside care, there has been a shift of power towards nurses. No longer are nurses the physician’s submissive handmaidens.