OK new grads, fill out those online applications if you want and send in your resumes and cover letters to the human resource department of

It has been one year to the day that I wrote my last self-care blog post (See Self-Care: Walking the Walk October 3, 2009). At

In case you’re not already aware of this, the job market for ALL nurses across the country is very tight right now with a few

A growing number of nurses and other healthcare workers have been fired from their jobs for postings on social media sites deemed to violate patient

I once heard someone say, “Life is not boring; people are boring.” The implication is that if someone feels bored, it is his or her own

I recently came across the Florence Nightingale pledge, the one I took 35 years ago when I graduated from a hospital-based diploma nursing program. When reading it

We in the nursing profession spend a lot of time reading clinical journals and books. But an equal amount of time needs to be devoted

While recently speaking at a nursing conference, the speaker before me was trying to make the point that nurses don’t support each other. One more sweeping

My life has been spinning out of control. The entire last year has been particularly “full” with business activities, new products and projects (I worked on

I just watched the premier of the newest medical drama “Mercy” on NBC which seems to focus on the lives of several key nursing characters.

I’m finally on Twitter www.twitter.com/donnacardillorn and Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/donna.wilkcardillo. Have been on LinkedIn  but am now actually using it. Twitter is interesting and amazing and I’m

My latest book, A Daybook for Beginning Nurses is hot off the presses. It was written for new graduates to inspire, motivate, and inform. There