Sat.Dec 14, 2019 - Fri.Dec 20, 2019

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What To Do If You Miss Your CME Deadline

Board Vitals - Nursing

Accruing CME hours is essential to maintain any board certification and license to practice medicine at the nursing, advanced practitioner, or physician level. It isn’t easy. The search for meaningful CMEs is never-ending, but this requirement cannot be ignored. If life has swept you away and you have missed the CME deadline to keep your license current, here are some things you can do.

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Nurse Practitioner Specialties Explained

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

Antonio Guillem/123RF.com The modern healthcare world has expanded vastly in recent history to offer quality and comprehensive care to patients of all ages and all demographics like never before. We know more and can do more to promote the best quality and longevity of life possible. However, with the large size of the population and the increasing amount of health related services available, we are faced with a shortage of professionals to deliver this care.

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Relaxation Tips for Nurses

Board Vitals - Nursing

Long hours, high-stress scenarios, on your feet for what seems forever. As a nurse, you’re highly susceptible to burnout, depression, and physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion. As stated in a nurse.org article on why nurses need mental health days , “According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI), nurses experience clinical depression at twice the rate of the general public.