Nursing Articles

from detra - Upon finishing my last semester for my ASN degree, I had clinicals at a psychiatric hospital. I was assigned a teenage female patient who had made her second attempt at suicide by ingesting pills. As I sat and talked with this teenager who had many problems including anxiety, depression, and trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling) ... she...

from Anyausa - This was my first medical mission trip. The dream finally came true. Last year I was serving the peruvian people and it changed my life forever. I am a registered nurse from another country. I live permanently in the USA, pursuing my dream to be licensed and work here. Nothing will stop me. Last year in November, I went for my first mission...

from VickyRN - This is the paper I have just completed for my Philosophy of Science Nursing Course during my first semester (fall, 2008). While writing it, I realized how much I had grown over the semester. I am looking forward to the spring and further adventures in graduate school! Abstract This paper compares and contrasts two philosophical perspectives...

from QuitoGal - Never one to do something the normal way, when my nurse practitioner residency started, I opted to expand my horizons and venture to the southern hemisphere in Quito, Ecuador. Doing my residency in the Ecuadorian health care system was one of the most profound and life changing experiences I ever had. The first week was rough. My luggage did...

from abemwe - :yeah:I always have a big fight.........The outside fight the inside.The outside is arrogant,violent and judgemental......I only like the inside with its politeness,tenderness and patience.I can't be like my dad but I liked his inside nature. It's now a decade and he is past gone,my inside is that I should care for other insides.I prefer to live...

from Justhere - At a rough point in my nursing career, where I would have rather just quit, I was given the opportunity to work with a hispanic boy who was on the vent. He was 3 years old when I began working with him. His family would talk to him in Spanish and his nurses would talk to him in English. Everyone lovingly called him "Baby", so I will refer to him...

from Medic09 - Cross-cultural Cooperation This reminiscence is dedicated to my buddy Jack and all his fellow soldiers in Iraq. May God keep them safe and bring them home safe. W. was my Chief Flight Nurse a while back. He’s an interesting mix of history and characteristics. He served in the US Army Airborne, went to nursing school after...