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General Students

My nursing school story

When I was accepted to nursing school everyone had some advice to offer, whether or not I wanted to hear it. The OR nurses told me the floors are horrible but...

Professionalism

Organizational Barriers to Professional Development for Nurses

by dan83

Existing research supports the notion that nurses poses an ongoing drive to acquire knowledge placing value on their own professional development and that...

General Nursing

Shockingly Humbled

by canesdukegirl, BSN, RN

Oftentimes, we find ourselves in extreme circumstances. As nurse leaders, we feel confident in taking charge of emergent situations. When we feel strongly about...

Activism

Reflection: Healthcare Quality and Safety

by gypsyd8

The following reflection will describe my understanding of the current status of health care quality and safety and my ideas for the best way to improve patient...

General Students

The Insanity That Is APA in Nursing School

by The_Optimist

As with most things in life, there are rules to be followed or there would be chaos! In Nursing, APA format is one such rule and we welcome it; what we detest...

Critical

Who's afraid of the ICU?

by Trissity, ASN, RN

After working three years in the ICU, I want to share my experience of starting out, and how I quickly realized how very little I knew about critical care....

What can I do to pass my nursing classes?

Pre-Nursing

How To Get An "A" In Any Nursing Course

by queserasera, RN

Whether you're a seasoned pre-nursing student or just starting out these easy to follow steps can launch you into academic success. Take a new approach to your...

Relations

Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

by Mully

This is a true, dramatized story to help highlight something important I learned in my first year of nursing. I remember hearing nurses tell stories about being...

New Nurse

New Grad Job Market: A Game of Chance

by sourapril

Someone smart once said: "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." This article talks about the unhealthy trend of...

NCLEX

NCLEX Rules - Please Follow Them!

by BloomNurseRN, ASN, BSN, RN

Lately I have read more than one thread on allnurses that includes a poster state they broke or skirted one of the NCLEX rules because they "didn't know." Not...

General Students

Communication Advice for Nursing Students

by Teresag_CNS

Avoid communication mishaps (and maybe even catastrophes) by avoiding common errors in communication. Use of loaded terms, ways of talking about brain death,...

NCLEX

I Took NCLEX Here Are My TIPS!

by CRNA2b-2017

Passing NCLEX may be the most important goal to be accomplished by any graduating nursing student. The exam is gruesome but can be done. The purpose of this...

General Students

A Day In The Life Of A Nursing Student

by aoyak

Wrote this article to implore people to think more about their choice of nursing/ nursing field, and a day of my clinical experience is described in summary....

Psychiatric

Forensic Psychiatric Nursing: A Unique APRN Opportunity

by Psychcns

This is an article about my locum tenens assignment at a state run psychiatric forensic facility. Patients are committed here for an average of seven years. As...

Job Hunt

Tips and Tricks on How to Get a Job as a New Graduate RN!

by ashleyrosesf

Most of us entered nursing school with promises of the ease in finding work upon graduation only to find our hopes shaken by the surge of negativity in the job...

Stress 101

Negative Self Talk

by jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B

We all get stressed at one time or another. But how we manage stress is an important part of being one's best self--both on the job and in our daily lives....

NCLEX

My NCLEX Story - From Graduation To Results

by alana0231

So as most students that just graduated in May, I have finally completed my journey, and I just wanted to share a little bit about what I went through and what...

Critical

Case Study: Cyanosis

by blondy2061h, MSN, RN

This is a case study of a young woman with a complex medical history presenting with acute chest pain and cyanosis. The case is based on a real patient with...

General Students

Keys to Studying Better Using Your Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic…

by ArrowRN, BSN, RN

Yes, we all can attest to having that terrible boring professor that made us fail the test or did they? If so, why did your classmates Ace the test? Well, it...

Critical

Case Study: Fever

by Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP

The following is a case involving a patient with fever. As the case evolves, I will present assessment findings, lab results, and diagnostic results in the hope...

Can you solve this neurological case study?

Critical

Case Study: Solve A Neurologic Mystery

by Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP

This is a case study involving an elderly female with complex medical history who presented with altered mental status of unclear etiology. The patient in this...

MICU

ARDS: Should We Be Prone to Prone?

by Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP

This author's goal is to present the results of a large randomized study on the beneficial effects of prone positioning in preventing mortality in ARDS recently...

Urology

Be a renal nurse and not work a day in your life

by abbyrenalRN

Boring and very routinely prolongs but never save lives. Is this true that renal nursing is such? NO, NEVER, this article will prove those who think that way...

Emergency

What You Do Matters

by springchick1, ADN, RN

ER's can be crazy, hectic place! Nurses can have a very thankless job with tired, sick, and cranky patients. But an ER nurse, who took time out of her busy,...

Pre-Nursing

Whats the difference between ADN and PN?

by rhythem

Understanding the differences between ADN vs PN can help you decide the best career path in nursing. In this article, we'll compare and contrast the two.