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. OK so it’s TV and it’s a drama so I shouldn’t expect much reality, right? Both the characters and the medical situations were way over the top - lots of exaggeration, some of [...]

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 enjoying using it. It can also be overwhelming but that is the power of it – the ability to reach so many people, many of  who would never otherwise know [...]

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 are 365 daily quotes, tips, and lessons to carry you through your first year in practice.  Each “chapter” includes a career-related essay to support you along the way.  Journal space accompanies [...]

There seems to be a shortage of nursing jobs, as opposed to a shortage of nurses, for the time being. I am receiving many, many e-mails from both new graduates and experienced nurses who want to reenter the nursing work force but are finding traditional hospital nursing jobs in short supply.  And while I cannot answer everyone’s [...]