Author: Shelby House, BSN-RN

Shelby is a Bachelor-prepared nurse with experience in Medical-Surgical, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, pre and postoperative, and psychiatric nursing. She is also a nursing and healthcare information writer.

What is Bipolar Disorder?

There can be a lot of stigma and misunderstanding surrounding mental health conditions, including bipolar disorder.  Historically, mental health disorders were not viewed as an actual illness but rather a lack of willpower of the person displaying symptoms.  But this view of mental illness is not accurate. Mental health disorders are not a lack of…

The Best Nursing Skills for Resume

Are you a new nurse looking to build your first nursing resume? Or are you an experienced nurse looking to update your current resume so you can advance your career? Either way, if you are on the job market you need to ensure that your resume is tailored to highlight your acquired nursing skills. This…

The Best Shoulder Exercises for Strength and Flexibility

It’s important to keep muscles strong and flexible throughout our lifetime, as weak muscles and joints are a leading cause of pain, and our shoulders are no exception. Thankfully, there are several quick and simple shoulder exercises that can help strengthen and stretch the shoulder, helping to decrease pain and prevent future injury. Strengthening the shoulder…

Lateral Violence in the Profession of Nursing

Lateral violence, or workplace bullying, is the inappropriate treatment of one worker by another of equal or greater station within the workplace.  This behavior is purposeful and intended to belittle or embarrass the victim and is often passive aggressive so that the perpetrator does not appear to others as being overtly hurtful to the victim. However, over…

How to Make More Money as a Nurse

We all want to make more money, and as nurses we have a solid foundation of education and critical thinking skills that help set us apart as leaders in the healthcare community and enable us to demand adequate compensation for the work we do. This specialized education allows us to function in a wide array…

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