nursing

Nurses of all types from Registered Nurses to LPNs and CNAs are in high demand these days due to the acute nursing shortage that has seen hospitals struggle to maintain their head counts. The nursing profession includes plenty of bloggers. Nurses and nurse employers blog about issues that are important to nursing and health care providers.

With a variety of blogs ranging from nursing site and resource reviews to those covering nursing jobs and personal experiences as a nurse the nursing profession is well represented in the blogosphere. Nursing blogs are becoming an important part of the increasingly political debate about health care policy.

With the advent of travel nursing, there are also many nurses who have taken to the web in order to more effectively communicate with friends and family, and blogging has been a useful way for nurses to keep in touch. Travel nurses can use their blogs to share their travel photos and stories with those they have left behind. With more and more nurses relocating for temporary employment nursing blogs are here to stay.

Original Technorati articles tagged “nursing”

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  What's the Big Deal with the Breast Milk Baby?
  Breastfeeding baby doll by Berjuan Toys ignites the age-old debates about nursing vs. formula and the early sexualization of girls.
  by alanagarrigues / on Jul 19, 2011

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• Extendicare to Split North American Operations, Cites U.S. Healthcare Reform

  
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• How to Be Sure Nursing Home Staff Treat Your Loved One as Well as Possible

  
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• I am a mother

  
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• I am a mother

  
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• New Inhaler Drug Approved By FDA For Chronic COPD

  
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• Happy Mothers Day!

  
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• Get a FREE Printed Nursing Pillow

  
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• New Moms Will Love The Mombo Nursing Pillow!

  
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• Celebrating Nursing

  
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• BSc Professional Nursing Studies Scholarship at Swansea University in UK, 2013

  
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• Protein Rejuvenates Hearts In Mice

  
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• Slowing Down The Aging Process By Boosting “Cellular Garbage Disposal”

  
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