Should I Accept an Employment Counter-Offer?

So you’ve accepted a position with another employer. You resigned from your current job and went through the bright light treatment of the resignation process… but now they offer a counter-offer to stay. What do you do?! Is this a good decision, or even in your best interest? Let's put [...]

Should I Accept an Employment Counter-Offer?2021-10-08T22:15:43+00:00

How to Resign From Your Current Position

There are lots of stress points when considering making a job change: What type of job would warrant making a move? What level of compensation would you consider? Are you willing to relocate...and if so, to where? What about acuity level, delivery, transport, shifts, etc.? And these don’t even take [...]

How to Resign From Your Current Position2021-10-08T22:17:40+00:00

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Growth in NICU Parents

Having a sick child in the NICU is a stressful, if not traumatic experience for many parents. Not surprisingly, most studies on this experience focus on how it psychologically affects parents in a negative way. However, some studies show the experience can also lead to positive psychological growth.  A recent [...]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Growth in NICU Parents2021-08-07T20:29:36+00:00

Karen Lefler: The Interview Series- NNP Spotlight

What is the passion of ENSEARCH? Our passion is the ethical, quality recruitment of amazing people. The people that we work with here at ENSEARCH are stars in their own right. The Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, the recruiters, hospital HR staff, are all part of our family. In this personal series, [...]

Karen Lefler: The Interview Series- NNP Spotlight2021-07-20T16:18:33+00:00

5 Ways to Ally Yourself with Your Bedside Nurses as a New NNP

When you graduate from NP school, you hear about working with difficult physicians, earning their respect with your knowledge and work ethic, etc. But what you don’t hear about frequently is the struggle that can occur when you start a new NNP job and have to work with bedside nurses [...]

5 Ways to Ally Yourself with Your Bedside Nurses as a New NNP2021-05-11T02:58:09+00:00

Why the Need to Edit Your Social Media BEFORE Applying to NNP Jobs

“The most difficult job you’ll ever have is finding your next job.” Job hunting is seldom easy. It can often seem like one is mostly trying to be in the right place at the right time for an unlikely encounter with the perfect employer. This isn't too far from reality. [...]

Why the Need to Edit Your Social Media BEFORE Applying to NNP Jobs2021-04-16T16:08:12+00:00

Supporting NNP Resilience with “Three Good Things”

A recent, two-week-long study used daily emails and an online survey to measure resilience among NICU workers. You would be justified in wondering if the study itself was meant to test the workers’ resilience. Shockingly, a high percentage of participants dropped out of the study.   All joking aside, this [...]

Supporting NNP Resilience with “Three Good Things”2021-04-14T19:12:56+00:00

Delivering Bad News Well… Can Simulations Help?

Sharing bad news and having difficult conversations with families are vital skills for NNPs. Yet, these skills are not often formally taught in NP training, leaving many NNPs feeling unprepared for the task.  A randomized controlled trial published in PLOS ONE set out to answer the question, “Can a simulation-based [...]

Delivering Bad News Well… Can Simulations Help?2021-03-17T21:05:36+00:00

Supporting the Mental Health of Your Staff During COVID-19

As of Monday, February 22, 2021, we’ve lost more than 500,000 of our fellow Americans to COVID-19. It’s a heartbreaking and sobering milestone for us all.  New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are decreasing. Still, the numbers remain stubbornly high, begging the question, how are you and your staff coping [...]

Supporting the Mental Health of Your Staff During COVID-192021-03-06T01:41:27+00:00