The PNG Solutions blog
Practical writing for nurses and allied health professionals on travel contracts, per diem work, night shifts, burnout and getting paid what the assignment is worth.
There is no federal law setting nurse to patient ratios in the United States. What the research says about what happens when ratios slip, and what a nurse can actually check before accepting an assignment.
Continuing education is a licence requirement in most states, but the nurses who get the most out of it treat it as career planning rather than box ticking. Here is how to choose hours that actually pay off.
Burnout is a workplace condition with a clinical definition, not a personal failing. What it does to patient outcomes, why resilience training misses the point, and what actually helps.
CNA, LPN, RN, APRN and the specialties inside each. What the licence levels actually permit, what the training costs in time, and how nurses move between them.
Communication failures are among the most common root causes of serious patient harm. The specific techniques that reduce them, and why handoff is where most of the risk sits.
What to ask a staffing agency before you sign an MSA, which contract terms determine whether you actually save money, and the metrics that separate a good vendor from an expensive one.
The questions that reveal what a unit is actually like to work on, including the ones about turnover, float policy and orientation that hiring managers rarely volunteer.
What actually earns its place in your pockets over twelve hours, what to look for in scrubs and compression, and the kit worth spending real money on.
Practical habits that survive a twelve hour shift, from sleep and hydration to knowing when the problem is the job rather than you.
Agency work is often framed as something you do for money between real jobs. Used deliberately it is one of the faster ways to broaden a clinical CV and find out what you actually want.
