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Stress 101

Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

Here's a primer on how to recognize nursing burnout......BEFORE it destroys your career and lands you in the booby hatch.

General Nursing

The FIVE P's to Patient Satisfaction

by Griffd

Treating the entire patient through psychosocial skills, active listen, and empathy

General Nursing

Room 827 - Nursing Ghost Story Article

by danegerous, BSN, RN

A short little tale exploring the history and spirit of one of Chicago's most prestigious and longest-standing hospitals.

General Nursing

20 Things Nurses Wish They Never Had to Say

by VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN

OK, I'll have to admit that I got the idea for this piece from a desk calendar my sister gave me for Christmas last year. It's 365 pages of nursing funnies,...

Student Assist

Pharmacology Flashcards (drug cards)

by Music in My Heart

Attached are 12 Word documents which I made when I took pharmacology. All the information was based on the ATI study guide since that constituted the final exam...

Student Assist

My Guide To Making The Grade And Maintaining Your Sanity

by Tree525

Hello everyone. I want to share with current or future nursing students my "guide " to surviving nursing school exams and coursework.

Government

101 Things I Wish I'd Known Before BOLC

by Lunah, MSN, RN

Not sure how many things I'll actually come up with, and these are things I wish I'd known, or that other people probably wish they'd known that I actually did...

General Nursing

RN's and the Cult Mentality

by madwife2002, BSN, RN

Cults, wonderful on the outside but on the inside are very manipulating. Cult leaders are desperate to trick you into joining. They are after your obedience,...

Government

BOLC Nurse Track: Yay Nurses!

by Lunah, MSN, RN

Truly the home stretch! The last two weeks at Ft. Sam Houston, TX.

General Students

Nursing Entrance Essay: Nursing Journey

by StudentNurseRed1982

A journey through my nursing school entrance experience. The experience shows a little about my life and why nursing is so important to me. It also encourages...

General Nursing

RN's are part of one huge CULT!

by madwife2002, BSN, RN

Now in the business world for a business to be 'viable' they have a magic number for the sake of an argument lets make the number 2.85, each month health care...

Student Assist

APA Writing Style Resources

by VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN

The proper use of APA Style and correct APA formatting can be a daunting feat to accomplish. Here are some resources to help the weary nursing student.

What are some practical strategies when confronted by student incivility?

Educators

How to Handle Student Incivility

by VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN

This blog discusses the difficult subject of student incivility and practical strategies that nurse educators can employ to effectively handle these situations.

Career Support

I Don't Like Nursing. What Else Can I Do With My Degree?

by toniasday7, ADN, BSN, RN

I have only been an RN for 2 years now and have done nursing in Med/Surg, LTC, and currently work in home health. I keep running into the same problems I get...

General Nursing

A Nurses Responsibility: Report Possible Narcotic Diversion

by clebius

Chemical dependency and narcotic diversion from the workplace has become more common. Nurses need to know their responsibility if there is an alcohol and/or...

General Nursing

Landing a job in a tough economy

by NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN

Advice provided for job leads and finding nursing positions in 2011 tight economy.

General Nursing

Fecal Disimpaction

by Brenda F. Johnson, MSN

Fecal impaction is a potentially fatal condition of the bowel. In this article, we’ll provide an overview of fecal impaction and subsequently, digital fecal...

How can I better prepare for NP school acceptance?

NP Students

So I got rejected from NP school...

by ChristineAdrianaRN, BSN, RN

After 10 painful weeks of waiting, I got my rejection letter from (adult/geriatric) NP school.

Job Hunt

Urine drug test too dilute??!!

by ijuanabhappy, ASN, RN

I'm driving myself crazy over this. Will clear urine show a creatinine level? Or if I drank too much water will it result in a failed test? Help, what do I...

General Nursing

EtOH Medical Abbreviation

by allnurses

EtOH is a synonym for ethanol or ethyl alcohol. In this article we'll walk through a high-level overview of EtOH including the ways you may encounter the...

General Nursing

Autism Immunization debate how nurses can help

by RNmom2g1b

This paper outlines the history of the Autism immunization debate. It shows how it affects nurses and what nurses can do to help scared parents make the right...

General Nursing

A Nursing Exemplar; One New Nurse's Experience

by kris5

This is a story about one new nurse's experience caring for an unresponsive stroke patient on the night shift, who teaches her about patient interaction.

General Nursing

Nursing Dx: Noncompliance of healthy lifestyle choices

by jsapphire, BSN, RN

Nutrition, physiology, and life style management were all part of our nursing program's curriculum. Still, we find ourselves stuck gorging on sweets and fats in...

Geriatric

Morphine and End Of Life

by MelissaLPN, ASN, LPN, RN

If a nurse follows an order that is intended to kill a patient, how can she possibly be covered legally?

Geriatric

Whee! The People

by VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN

An "other-side-of-the-desk" look at what nurse managers REALLY do all day. Hint: it's *not* sitting in our offices filing our nails and checking out the latest...