"Rate your pain on a scale of 0 being no pain and 10 being the worst you’ve had in your life." "Rate your satisfaction with your purchase, with 1 star being poor and 5 stars being amazing." When haven’t  you been asked to rate something on a numerical scale? We’ve all been there. In the medical world, we love to rate things. What’s the patient’s fall risk score? What’s their skin pressure assessment rating? As mentioned above, what’s their pain score? These are all important

Burnout is real. It affects thousands of nurses, but it's not inevitable. The key to prevention is awareness.

Hi, I’m Lindsey — and I’m a self-proclaimed surgical nerd. Honestly, I think most of us in the OR are, deep down. But I tend to take it a...

In conversations about the nursing profession, it's not uncommon to hear phrases like “nursing is a calling” or “nursing is a passion.” But this language, however laudable it may sound, has far-reaching consequences that have contributed to the systemic undervaluing of nursing as a profession.