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Okay I'm exaggerating. I'm average, the biggest procrastinator on earth and absolutely lazy to study. Sounds familiar? So you can just imagine how scared I was...
At the beginning of every school year, I assign my junior high students to draw two pictures - one of a physician and the other of a nurse. See, there's a...
A nurse is their own person with their own ideas but some ways of thinking are beneficial to nurses. Their philosophy shapes the way they work and interact.
There are two main doctoral degrees in nursing: the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP).
"One department at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center stands out for its unique emergency supplies: Muslim prayer rugs, recordings of Buddhist monks chanting,...
Agency nursing (aka registry nursing) is the provision of nursing services on behalf of an agency. Agency nurses include RNs, LVNs/LPNs and advanced practice...
Five years from now, do you want to be doing the same things you are doing now? What specific areas would you like changed? It's nice to daydream about an ideal...
I graduated as a nurse from a certain University in the Philippines. I was just as excited as any Nursing graduate. Earning a bachelors degree in Nursing was...
Please, stop talking behind the patients' backs and stop making fun of their conditions.
I wish the phrase "nurses eat their young" had never been coined. Thirty some years ago when I was a new grad, the phrase hadn't yet been coined. When I had...
This article will define sepsis's etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic testing, and treatments. We will also review a case study and nursing care plans...
Codes and electrical mishaps aren't really funny -- but if you can't laugh you'll never make it through three decades of nursing. And besides, once you've been...
As nurses initiate their professional obligations, their legal responsibilities also begin. As they start their journey, they also start learning from...
In an era of informality, have we accepted a lack of respect?
As a senior nursing student, I would like to think I have become seasoned in the whole nursing school biz. I've settled into the routine of nursing...
I need help with my nursing care plan for a labor/delivery patient.
I've heard about bad patients asking to have a BM, and nurses knowing that that was it, we've all heard about the "last turn", but does anyone else smell...
The statistics are sobering. Substance abuse is rampant in our society, with an estimated 16% of Americans suffering from addiction. up to 20 % of nurses are...
Whether administering medications or hanging IV drips, nurses must accurately perform dosage calculations. Some excellent online resources are listed here, to...
I consider myself a reasonably intelligent individual, but every now and again I have to re-learn a lesson that should've sunk in at least the second or third...
When patients need supplemental oxygen therapy, there are several oxygen delivery systems that nurses may use to deliver the treatment. The system used will...
When I was nine years old, my brother Adam was murdered by someone who was supposed to be caring for him. His murder went unsolved and unprosecuted for 19...
Head-to-toe Narrative Assessment.
I have been an Operating Room Nurse since 1995. Previously, I worked in the Operating Room as a LPN/Surgical Technician from 1980-1994. I love working there. I...