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Sep 23, '09 - 
Okay, so here's my story: I'm hopping along in my job as an aide on the intensive care unit at a local hospital. I love my job, the nurses I work with are phenomenal, and the pay is great. Okay, so only the first two are true...BUT, there is one story that will forever...
by phoenixfire 17 comments Last by
Bubbles_RN
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Oct 10, '09 - one of my earliest memories as a child was my mother telling me that i was prettier than my sister because i had the sweetest of smiles. i believed i was really very charming and i could say that my personality was oozing with confidence back then, because i was the...
by tatara 24 comments Last by
Hardy6
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Oct 6, '09 - People are rarely born being who they are to become, life experiences change and mold a person and create who they are. My path in life was forever changed the day my son was born and I held heaven in my arms.
My chariot charges forward with an incommunicable...
by ringaroundtheposey 16 comments Last by
P_RN
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Oct 25, '09 - learning to perform nursing procedures correctly and safely is imperative for nursing students. practice, persistence, and keen attention to detail are key. in learning to competently perform procedures, practice does indeed make perfect. for visual learners, watching...
by VickyRN 16 comments Last by
zebsmom2002
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Dec 25, '09 - All RN direct care providers are leaders. It takes leadership to comfort a patient and family when they’ve just heard a bleak diagnosis; it takes leadership to question an order, volunteer for a shared governance council, accept a “voluntold” role even for a day, and...
by AnneL 0 comments
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Sep 10, '09 - ETA: Some people have reported they found the context of this story unclear. To set the scene a little better: I was a member of the second last group of hospital-based student nurses; in Australia tertiary education was introduced in the 1980's and completely phased...
by talaxandra 24 comments Last by
nursenow
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Sep 12, '09 - :twocents:When I first decided to become a CNA I wasn't sure if it's what I wanted. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do the dirty work, to get so personal with people I didn't know. I wasn't sure if it would be worth it. All the hard work for so little pay and no...
by Misslady113 25 comments Last by
nighten
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Aug 21, '09 - I field questions from nurses and people who are thinking about becoming nurses on a daily basis. In this economy, there are so many adults from all walks and stages of life who are seriously considering joining the traditional set of newhigh school graduates as...
by MsLoriRN 17 comments Last by
sophie<3
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Jul 29, '09 - Where should I start? 5 days ago, Friday, July 24th 2009, I took the most agonizing exam known to nurse-kind; the infamous NCLEX-RN. We, as new graduates, dread the life-altering exam that determines our next step towards a nursing career, allowing us to officially...
by waterpaint 42 comments Last by
co1717ie
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Nov 26, '09 - The baby boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1964, is the largest demographic group in u.S. History. Boomers, 76 million strong, comprise one quarter of the total u.S. Population. The oldest members of this massive cohort are about to enter their senior...
by VickyRN 0 comments
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Feb 28, '08 - I looked at the Competition Title and thought... Hmmm I can't comment on this one and then all of a sudden I thought, 'What about all those out there pondering the idea of going nursing', so here are my tips for "Student Nursing/nurses". :nurse:
Certainly this is...
by angelchick 36 comments Last by
McFly85
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Sep 1, '09 - The purity of water can bring wonders to a parched soul, a dirty wound, a needy plant. I happen to know of a way in which water can bring solace to the heaviest of hearts and even the most entangled minds. I met him during my Psychiatry clinical and he happened to be a...
by NurseThis21 12 comments Last by
McFly85
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Nov 7, '09 - It was a happy productive morning on the postpartum floor. I was busy with my group of clinical students overseeing “BUBBLEHE” assessments, reinforcing breastfeeding techniques with the new moms, performing non-stress tests on the antepartal patients, drawing labs,...
by VickyRN 76 comments Last by
muskylounge
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Aug 5, '09 - It was one of those nightmare weekends that made me wish I’d never left the deathless, bloodless world of computer engineering. A patient I’d grown attached to was dying from lung cancer, and every time I’d go in his room to check him, he'd pull down the 100%...
by nerdtonurse? 49 comments Last by
betty67
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Sep 20, '09 - BSN to phd programs offer a more direct path to the phd in nursing, with the aim of increasing the number of doctorally prepared faculty. Nurses with bsns can be prepared for doctoral faculty positions in five short years. These programs are ideal for learners who...
by VickyRN 11 comments Last by
Dragonfair
