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It can be daunting when your list of New Year’s Resolutions is as long as your holiday shopping list. In addition to the post-holiday slump, not being able to keep your resolutions by February, March or even late January may increase your anxiety. When your holiday decorations are packed up and stored away, the frustration […]

Travel nursing is an exciting option for all areas of the nursing practice and there are a number of benefits. These include being able to select your location of choice to having the opportunity to see the US by driving from your home state to the assignment. If you decide to accept a cross-country assignment, […]

M. Torres-Hernandez It’s a great end to 2013 for M. Torres-Hernandez! She is the lucky winner of We Care Online’s CNA Tuition Reimbursement drawing for December. She’ll be getting a check from us soon.  You could be next!Students registered for a Nurse Aide course will automatically be placed in a monthly drawing to win reimbursement […]

M. Torres-Hernandez It’s a great end to 2013 for M. Torres-Hernandez! She is the lucky winner of We Care Online’s CNA Tuition Reimbursement drawing for December. She’ll be getting a check from us soon.  You could be next!Students registered for a Nurse Aide course will automatically be placed in a monthly drawing to win reimbursement […]

Regardless of your experience or credentials, it’s important to prepare for the interview when applying for a job in the healthcare industry. Whether conducted in person or on the phone, the interview provides an ideal opportunity to present your qualifications, show how you can make a contribution, and learn more about the immediate position and […]

Senior living marketers are zeroing in on prospects’ children as a strategy to counteract delayed transitions into senior housing communities, noting a correlation between adult child involvement and quicker move-ins. “Adult children getting more and more involved than they ever have at the residential level,” said Krista DiGeorge, regional marketing director at Asbury, a not-for-profit senior […]

Ever feel like you must have accidentally skipped that class on how to navigate and grow your career?  You wonder who really need to know that will either give you the right guidance, insights or referrals.  You want to be seen for your true capabilities, but can’t seem to figure out how.  You have at […]

More than half of the approximately 8.4 million Americans who receive paid long-term care were using home health services, according to a first-of-its-kind report on senior care services and users. The nation’s 12,200 home health agencies served about 4.7 million patients in 2011, the latest year when data was available, says the National Study of […]

Nurses and nurse aides are creative individuals. You have to be to do the job. There’s no nurse around that hasn’t had to get creative to dress a wound properly, manage time effectively, or appease a seemingly inconsolable patient. Creativity is just the name of the game in nursing. Unfortunately, working holidays is also a […]

Age discrimination is a major reason older workers are struggling. In a 2013 survey by the AARP, 64 percent of adults 45 to 74 years old said they had seen some form of age discrimination, and 20 percent said they had been passed up for a job because of it. Proving you’ve been discriminated against […]

You grew up with memories of Santa Claus and Christmas trees, but your spouse spent the holidays lighting a menorah and playing dreidel. If yours is one of the thousands of interfaith families in the United States or elsewhere, chances are you’ve either tried to find ways to incorporate the best of both traditions into […]

Home nurses and aides are exposed to many of the dangers that hospital workers face — from tuberculosis to needlestick injuries — but are working in completely uncontrolled environments, Rhonda Berlin Jarrell, RN, a former home nurse who now works as an injury prevention consultant in Alexandria, Virginia says. As a result, nearly one in […]