Blog Profiles: Nursing Blogs

Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, we select a topic and handful of blogs that do a great job contributing to the conversation. We’re dedicating this week’s list to a few of our favorite nursing blogs. Do you have a blog that deserves recognition? Tweet our writers at @BeyondBylines.

My brother is a nurse. My husband and I had three nurses in our bridal party, including the officiant. And that doesn’t even cover all of the nurses I know.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 15% from 2016 to 2026.

Because these people play such an important role in my life, field all my health-related questions, and have my utmost respect, I decided to take a look at popular nursing blogs.

These are a few of the unique ones I came across.

1. The Gypsy Nurse

If I was a nurse, I’d be a travel nurse, so I was immediately drawn to this blog. Founder Candy Treft was a travel nurse for more than 10 years and started the blog in 2012 as a resource for education and support for anyone thinking of entering the field.

The sites posts guides on housing, jobs, finances, and more to ensure travel nurses are equipped with all the information they’d need.

I enjoyed reading Tips for a Travel Nurse Interview; Ways to Avoid Burnout in Travel Nursing; and The Importance of Travel Nurses During a Natural Disaster.

Follow @TheGypsyNurse on Twitter.

Credit: @thegypsynurse on Instagram

2. Correctional Nurse

This blog covers the unique field of correctional nursing, caring for incarcerated individuals in jails, prisons, and juvenile facilities. It also can apply to more traditional healthcare settings that include prisoners as patients.

Blogger Lorry Schoenly, PhD, RN, CCHP-RN, is a correctional nursing consultant, podcaster, and speaks regularly on topics like clinical judgment and reducing medication errors.

Her posts seek to educate readers on the unique characteristics of this growing patient population as well as dispel apprehensions and misconceptions about them.

I recommend reading Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations – Could This Really Work in Correctional Nursing?; Patient Safety and Correctional Nursing Fatigue; and Moral Courage: Being Assertive.

Follow @lorryschoenly on Facebook. 

Credit: @cnursenet on Pinterest

3. Nurse Nacole

Nacole Riccaboni is a registered nurse who blogs “to provide nursing students and nursing professionals with simple and fast resources.”

The homepage has daily nursing tips and readers can visit the “Nursing Advice” section for more in-depth posts to help nursing students succeed.

Riccaboni has a popular YouTube channel that documents her journey to getting her MBA, nursing school tips, and more. She also runs a successful Etsy shop with nursing apparel, study index cards, and tote bags, among other educational materials.

Check out these interesting posts: Why Are You Calling Me? | Provider-Nurse Disconnection; Avoiding Learned Helplessness | Nursing Hacks # 13; and #1 Trait Of Successful Nursing Students.

Follow @CoronaryKid on Twitter.

Credit: @nursenacole on Instagram

4. The Nerdy Nurse

Brittney Wilson, BSN, RN, started The Nerdy Nurse in 2010 and blogs about technology as it relates to nursing and healthcare. Blog topics include nursing issues, nursing products and services, healthcare, technology, social media, personal branding, and lifestyle topics.

Wilson also is the author of “The Nerdy Nurse’s Guide to Technology” and co-author of “The Nurse’s Guide to Blogging.”

I enjoyed reading the listicle posts on the site covering the best shoes for nurses, nurse cartoons, the best places to study, and more. The helpful and usually humorous posts have helped The Nerdy Nurse generate an impressive following, with 36K followers on Twitter alone.

5 Tips to Master Pharmacology for Nurses; 7 Must Have Nurse Gadgets; and The 35 Most Hilarious Nurse Cartoons That Are So Relatable are good reads.

Follow @TheNerdyNurse on Twitter.

Credit: @thenerdynurse on Instagram

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Rocky Parker works in Audience Relations at PR Newswire. Check out her previous posts for Beyond Bylines and connect on LinkedIn. When she’s not working, Rocky typically can be found cooking, binge watching a new show, or playing with her puppy, Hudson.