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Recent research from the UK Department of Health revealed that among health workers, nurses and midwives are the least likely to get vaccinated against flu. A dismaying figure of only 30% of workers got vaccinated in 2010 despite an aggressive Government drive to promote vaccination. In an interview with The Times, Dame Sally Davies, the [...]

incredibly funny video capturing a memorable baby birth moment More funny nursing videos here.

In a study by TERESA AMABILE and STEVEN KRAMER, of a person’s psychological state in the workplace, data was gathered from 12,000 electronic diary entries from 238 professionals in seven different companies.  Analysis of these data showed that inner work life significantly affects a worker’s performance, production, creativity, and commitment. Inner life here refers to usually [...]

A study published online in the BMJ Quality and Safety journal on Aug 16 revealed that almost 17 percent of oncology nurses have been exposed to “secondhand chemo”. The study was done on 1,339 nurses working in Michigan. Christopher Friese, RN, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing and lead author [...]

Heavier women aged 60 and above, were found out to have fewer hot flashes than their leaner counterparts. This was the result of a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). This latest finding is in contrast to results of earlier studies which reported that heavier [...]

Nursing is one occupation in which additional education and training can go a long way toward job security and financial stability. The highest paying nursing jobs pay six-figure salaries. But education, experience and credentials generally determine a nurse’s salary and position. Typically, one begins a nursing career in an entry-level health care job, such as [...]

Finally, after all the years of hard work in college, you are now excited to step into the outside world and clinch that first nursing job. Looking for that dream nursing job is no easy feat especially when you’re just fresh out of college and with no experience to show off. Searching for a job [...]

It is in everybody’s, yourself and your patient’s, best interest to find out what a nurse really does before you jump into the real world. While you are still in nursing school, you might think nursing is what you really want but you find yourself leaving the job after a year or so because it [...]

When not running this website, we here at NJW have another passion. Cooking yummy food with new flavors.  Cathay Pacific is holding a desert contest to introduce a new unique dessert for their first and business class passengers. I tried to think of a dish that held its taste at higher altitudes, easy to assemble [...]