Equal Parts Leadership and Bedside Presence This nurse shares her story of perseverance from BSN to MSN to FNP and soon her PhD Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week one nurse shares her path of persevering in higher education to advance in her career. We also cover new research on what keeps ICU nurses from quitting, a woman who gave birth in a Brooklyn courtroom after being discharged from the hospital, and questions surrounding a major...
6 days ago • 3 min read
This Week's Top Nursing Jobs and Headlines Your twice-weekly roundup of nursing news, work trends, and opportunities Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, we break down new federal nurse salary data, why more clinicians are pushing to unionize, and a new apprenticeship model designed to help grow the nursing workforce, plus the latest nursing jobs available. But first.... Featured Jobs Have you applied to a job through Nurse Ascent?...
8 days ago • 2 min read
From ICU RN to Author of Nurse Novel How one nurse took a sabbatical from the ICU and it turned into her first novel Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, one nurse shares her journey from working in the ICU, to volunteering abroad, and coming back to school nursing just as the pandemic was beginning. All of this lead to the creation of her first novel with a nurse as the main character. We also discuss a new Ebola outbreak in central...
13 days ago • 4 min read
Nurses Say AI Adoption Is Outpacing Training Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, a new global report reveals hospitals are deploying AI tools faster than nurses can be trained on them, nurse practitioners in lower-cost states are quietly out-earning their coastal peers, and the share of men in the RN workforce has dipped, plus the latest nursing jobs available. But first.... Featured Jobs Have you applied to a job through Nurse Ascent?...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Full Circle Moment in a New RN Role This nurse shares how she unexpectedly became an educator at the hospital where she was once a new nurse Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week one nurse tells the story of unexpectedly becoming an educator at the hospital where she was once a new nurse. After years of people telling her they loved learning from her, a neck injury brought her into this role. We also discuss the hantavirus cruise ship...
20 days ago • 5 min read
This Week's Top Nursing Jobs and Headlines Your twice-weekly roundup of nursing news, work trends, and opportunities Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, we cover how hospitals are using AI for security and workflow support, why entry-level hiring is slowing at major employers, and how nurse scientists are helping improve patient care, plus the latest nursing jobs available. But first.... Featured Jobs Have you applied to a job through...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Becoming an RN in the height of a pandemic The contrast of an accelerated new RN orientation versus a self-paced FNP program Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, one nurse shares how her new grad RN journey was rushed and chaotic as it began with the short staffing of the pandemic. But she made sure her masters program to FNP was at her own pace on her own terms. We also talk about a woman in labor who was taken to Zoom court, temporary...
27 days ago • 4 min read
This Week's Top Nursing Jobs and Headlines Your twice-weekly roundup of nursing news, work trends, and opportunities Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, we round up Nurses Week deals, break down a student loan rule impacting nurses, and look at ongoing strike activity across the country, plus the latest nursing jobs available. But first.... Featured Jobs Have you applied to a job through Nurse Ascent? Forward us a copy or screenshot of...
29 days ago • 2 min read
From the Navy to NP From Navy surgical tech, to pandemic travel nurse to home-health care. Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, one nurse tells of her journey from working in the medical field in the navy, then becoming a floor nurse turned pandemic travel nurse before finally landing at home-health care where she found a better pace of work for her. Featured Jobs Have you applied to a job through Nurse Ascent? Forward us a copy or...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read