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Nov 18, '07 - 
My very pregnant sister in law called me one day and said "I'm being induced on October 15. I'd like it if you'd be there since you keep talking about going to Nursing School." I hesitated. I took a deep breath. I really wanted to be there, but was it really my...
by Ms Kylee 9 comments Last by
luvbug
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Apr 26, '09 - oh my gosh, the pandemic is here! mass destruction is upon us and the end of the world will happen. great googly moogly, perhaps we should all make a bunker and store oodles-of-noodles and twinkies, because of course those do not go bad for centuries. and don’t...
by twinmommy+2 9 comments Last by
CityKat
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Apr 25, '09 - I am twenty-two. I just received my nursing license six months ago. I have attended two trainings and a not-so-stunning-no-seminar-at-all for my continuing educational program as a registered nurse. I have not been into that real-nursing-world. I have not volunteered...
by jesjay 30 comments Last by
wishiwereanurse
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Jun 30, '09 - .........and when to fold 'em too.
One of the few physical advantages of the over-50 body is its ability to say No to excesses---of food and drink, of stress, of too many long, hard shifts in a row. It's only when respecting those limits conflicts with the reality...
by VivaLasViejas 20 comments Last by
TonySTN
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Apr 27, '09 - I entered through the front door of the nursing home just after 8am. I then signed in at the front desk while shaking off the biting cold of that February morning in 1997. I was here to admit a new female patient, Rosa, to hospice.
I began my practice as a hospice...
by nursebboop1 13 comments Last by
DManAZRN
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Jun 4, '09 - Ever hear that expression, "lowering the boom"? It's pretty descriptive of the way I felt tonight when my dear, sweet DON told me, ever so gently, that I might want to be prepared for lean times ahead: Our census has been dropping for weeks, and the numbers aren't...
by VivaLasViejas 32 comments Last by
lamazeteacher
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Oct 1, '08 - The following story is true. Really, I couldnt make this stuff up if I tried.
So I picked up an extra shift this week and wouldnt you know it, I get the bat-**** crazy person admission at 2 am. At first glance, he's an 83-year-old with new onset a-fib. Fine....
by cwdrell 12 comments Last by
ohgoodnessgracious
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Apr 22, '09 - For Patrick
He died around 6 a.m last September 23; his death certificate indicated Herniation Syndrome as the cause after few weeks in a mechanical ventilator and a non-progressing GCS 3.
He was indeed one of the sweetest patients I've ever cared for ever...
by jvqantipolo 8 comments Last by
thenewspirit
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Apr 29, '09 - If someone asked you to answer the question, "Are nurses made or born", what would you say? I believe all nurses are made through knowledge and experience, but people are born with the personality to care, love, and nurture. Those are many of the qualities a nurse...
by cuteinpinkNS 17 comments Last by
AZSamiLPN
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Apr 22, '09 - Their stories were all congruent.
(For those who had lost a child in a hospital bed and still searching for their lost hope)
In expectation, they have waited for their first born.
They were once the typical parents who adorned their babies’ small hands and...
by jvqantipolo 19 comments Last by
Liline26
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Aug 4, '08 - A Place of Safety
I have worked long term care for a long time; standing joke at work is that I am just waiting for them to offer me a free room!
I always kind of assumed (yes I know, never assume etc etc) that after working in this environment nurses...
by nightmare 4 comments Last by
cugila
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Apr 18, '09 - shift change. lights blinked and bells dinged in front of almost every room on the 40-bed telemetry unit as day shifters reported off. i organized the kardexes on my six patients, quickly stapling them together and fanfolding them so i could see at a glance what meds...
by Angie O'Plasty, RN 17 comments Last by
w3ndiscott
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Apr 12, '09 - As teachers, gauging our students' comprehension of class content can be challenging. Sadly, low scores on the first exam often serve as the wake-up call that class understanding is not where it should be. It would be much less stressful to be aware of class knowledge...
by VickyRN 4 comments Last by
VickyRN
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Apr 19, '09 - A concept map is a flowchart or diagram that shows the inter-relationships among concepts (ideas, images, or words). It is a graphical tool for representing and organizing knowledge. Concept mapping assists learners in understanding the relationships as they construct...
by VickyRN 5 comments Last by
VickyRN
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Mar 23, '09 - regression analysis is a broad term for statistical techniques used to model and analyze numerical data consisting of values of a dependent variable y (also known as the response or predicted variable) and one or more independent variables x (also known as explanatory...
by VickyRN 3 comments Last by
BBFRN
