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What to do when You Get a Bad Grade »

Getting a poor grade on an exam or other assignment can be disheartening. If you let it get you down, it can ruin the rest of your semester. Don’t let a bad grade ruin your confidence! You can persevere, but it takes determination.
Follow these tips to help you bounce back after a bad grade.
Identify Mistakes- [...]

A Career in Elder Care »

The statistics tell us that it’s because the Baby Boomers — one of the biggest generations — are aging and are therefore starting to need care.  For whatever reason, though, elder care is a huge industry — and growing.
Whether or not you are already in the nursing industry, you might consider pursuing a career as [...]

There is More Than Just Nursing »

Nursing is a very rewarding career for many people. Nurses provide comfort to many people in their time of need. One thing I have learned over the years talking to nurses is that for many, nursing is a dead end job in many areas. They enjoy the job, but after a while, the job loses its challenge. If you [...]

Now What? »

A few weeks after I graduated from high school, I found out that I was expecting a baby. I was very scared, as it was the first time in my life that I knew things were not going to be going according to what I had been planning for my life for the past four [...]

Planning Your Health Care Career »

If you decide to pursue a career in health care, there are a lot of different avenues in which you could take it.  It’s important to think about this now, lest you end up in my sister-in-law’s position — after 10 years of working in elder care, she is so burned out that she is [...]