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Multiple-choice test items have two parts: a stem and various answer options. We will discuss the stem in this segment.
When considering a holistic approach to healthcare, it is important to realize the vital role that spiritual care plays in healing and in coping with a health...
After several days of working regular ER zones and one of triaging I worked as one of the trauma response nurses yesterday. My first patient was from a head-on...
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...
There has been recent discussion in one of the allnurses threads about a nurse in the UK who was placed on suspension for offering to pray with a patient. In...
Analysis reflects the ability to break information down into parts, understand how these component parts are organized, and then infer how they are put back...
I don't do drugs but I was in a room of people smoking marijuana. I am freaking out that I may fail the drug test because of it. Help!
Application reflects the ability to use learned concepts, rules, methods, or theories in new situations. This includes the application of basic principles or...
One shift can forever change your life, your career, and your outlook on life. All these events transpired many years ago in a small community hospital in which...
I'm not exactly sure when my instructor started hating me, or if she disliked me from the beginning. But she broke me. Any answer I would give in pre or post...
Being a school nurse is not as easy as it looks. These days, there is a lot more to it than band-aids and ice packs. When I started school nursing as a...
Hypoglycemia in newborns, as with adults, can be a medical emergency and in any case needs immediate treatment. At particular risk are newborns whose mothers...
You, the nurse educator, must compose 50 multiple choice test items. You don't trust the test bank questions, as these are being sold over the internet. Here...
Standing at the nursing station, alone, my first day at the hospital, I silently planned my escape. The nurse who was assigned my proctor, my "mentor," had left...
Care of the antepartum patient that's on your unit for an extended length of time can be a huge challenge, both for staff and for the patient. These are women...
Nearly every woman at some time in her life will miss her menses. There is a myriad of other reasons for this to happen. Take, for example, my patient, Lindy....
Proper positioning of a patient in pain has nearly become a lost art with the advent of patient-controlled analgesia and the focus on pain as the 5th vital...
So I haven't been on this board for a while. I have been an R.N. for 1 1/2 years now, where I started as a brand spanking new grad in Interventional...
A concept has been put in place called Restorative Dining which is a practice to bring residents together in a social setting, resembling a restaurant, with the...
As most of us did, I started my nursing career as a CNA in a long-term care facility. It was a great experience and I really got my feet wet by following some...
In 1992, I was a brand new LPN (probably even had the new nurse smell) working on a busy med/surg floor. I was so proud and excited about my new career and took...
I vividly remember a particular episode in nursing school which happened during our clinical rotation. We were at the very beginning in the medical-surgical...
As a new student, I was always eager to gain EXPERIENCE...
Diligent and professional attorney-client marketing is crucial to the success of the Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC). Many nurses are lacking in this area.
ER orientation - how cool. The day finally arrived for the start of your orientation. However, what should you be learning in orientation?