Nurses walk four to five miles a shift on floors designed for wheelchairs and gurneys, not feet. The right shoes aren’t a comfort upgrade — they’re the difference between a career and a chronic injury. And since we first wrote this guide, the market...
A pulse oximeter is the simplest vital-signs tool in the house — clip, wait five seconds, read. But the market behind that little clip has changed more since our original guide than in the two decades before it: a pandemic put one on every...
Walk any hospital corridor and count the Hokas. The brand that runners discovered has become semi-official nursing uniform from the ankles down — podiatrists recommend them by name, and “which Hoka?” has replaced “which shoe?” at a lot of nursing...
A smartwatch has quietly become part of the nursing toolkit: a silent vibration when the unit phone rings, a second hand for counting respirations, your steps quietly hitting five digits before lunch. But nursing asks things of a watch that spec...
Ask a hundred nurses what’s around their neck and you’ll hear one name: Littmann. That hasn’t changed. What has changed since we first wrote this guide is almost everything else — the company itself (Littmann is now made by Solventum, spun off from...
It’s your first clinical or job as a nurse and you just had a beautiful manicure done a few days prior. Now what? Can nurses wear nail polish? Can nurses wear acrylic nails? What is the appropriate of length of nails for nurses? Likewise, can nurses...
You go to visit your family member in the hospital or you yourself are being wheeled into the operating room for a procedure and your first thought is “Burr!! Is it just me or is it cold in here?!” Don’t worry you are not alone in thinking this...
The field of nursing is very diverse from acute care in the hospital setting to outpatient clinics, and over the years the nursing uniform and registered nurse dress code has changed considerably. Although some nurses in outpatient clinics may wear...
Whether you are a well-seasoned nurse looking for a change of pace or a novice nurse making long-term career aspirations, nursing has plenty to offer you. Over the years the field of nursing has grown considerably. It is now much broader with many...
The daily routine of a nurse can be quite complex, to say the least. Sometimes the nurse may have a smooth sailing day, while other times, the nurse may be faced with many challenges. So, when the nurse faces these challenges who does she turn to...