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What are the steps in a written nursing care plan?

General Students

Help with Care Plans

Are you scratching your head or are you maybe even ready to tear your hair out over how to come up with care plans? Here are some words of wisdom from our own...

Psychiatric

Borderline Personality Disorder on the Behavioral Unit

by Thunderwolf, MSN, RN

Folks with Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD can often be a challenge on a behavioral health unit. When dealing with BPD, here are some...

General Nursing

Caring For A Family Suffering A Fetal Demise

by mother/babyRN, RN

Sometimes the most difficult and poignant things we can do as OB nurses, is simply be there....

How can you excel as a medical surgical nurse?

Med-Surg

Tips On How To Be An Extraordinary Med-Surg Nurse

by Bugaloo

Medical-Surgical nursing is the largest specialty area in nursing. Many nurses start their nursing career in Med-Surg, acquire excellent clinical skills, and...

General Nursing

What does TKO mean?

by pat8585

In this article, we will explore the meanings of TKO, KVO, and other related medical terms.

General World

Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

by 43RN20

As seen by a Registered Nurse from the United States, who is now on assignment, it can be hard to adjust to hospital nursing in Saudi Arabia. That is...

General Nursing

Common Problems With Breastfeeding

by HeartsOpenWide, RN

Many people have a misunderstanding that breastfeeding comes natural; the misconceptions that all a mother has to do is put her baby at her breast and call it...

NCLEX

Kaplan vs NCSBN NCLEX-RN Review

by jay4

The reason why I am writing this review is because, just like you, you’re searching the internet to see what people are saying about the two most popular...

General Nursing

Overcoming Clumsiness

by gemini_star, BSN, RN

Clumsiness, an issue that I have considered as a hindrance in pursuing nursing. Yes, I was once a victim of clumsiness. The most painful part was if the above...

New Nurse

Full Circle, My First Year of Nursing

by Imafloat, BSN, RN

I have officially completed my first year of nursing. I graduated in November, passed my boards in December, and started my job in January. The first year was...

Relations

Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with i…

by AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN

Just curious as to what you would say. Mine goes something like this:

General Nursing

Don't Blame the Nurse : Fix the System

by Bill Levinson

Nurses have blamed themselves or have been blamed by hospital administrators for dangerous and fatal medical errors. In most cases, these incidents reflect far...

General Nursing

Case Managing the Homeless and the Role of Community Health Worker…

by jhoonk

This paper describes the case management process in providing Health Care for the Homeless (HCH). A brief introduction to homelessness in the United States and...

Relations

Tips for Nurses: Dealing With Annoying Coworkers

by Bugaloo

One thing they don't teach you in nursing school is how to deal with annoying coworkers. If you work in a hospital, you probably work 12-hour shifts. Those 12...

General Nursing

Learning From the Ancients: The Nurse Becomes a Shaman

by zenman

A massage therapist friend gave me a book titled, "So You Want to Be A Shaman." I never really paid much attention to the book, perhaps because my friend told...

Student Assist

Nursing Diagnosis - Psychosocial

by Lemetria Whitehurst, RN

In this article, we’ll define Psychosocial Diagnosis, give examples of conditions, provide potential care plans and more.

General Nursing

Diversions

by NurseKymba

Have you ever had a coworker die on you? Yes, really die while at work with you? I have, more than once. Each and every one of them stayed dead despite our best...

General Nursing

Elderly Suicide Is Not Uncommon

by NurseKymba

During my illness, I received word that my Great Auntie had died. In the next sentence, I learned she had taken her own life. She did this the week before her...

General Nursing

Art of Nursing

by NurseKymba

Nurses are old and young, tall and short, skinny and wide. We come from all walks of life. Some choose to enter the nursing profession for job security, others...

General Nursing

I Don't Know Nothin' 'Bout Birthin' No Babies

by Ms Kylee

My very pregnant sister in law called me one day and said "I'm being induced on October 15. I'd like it if you'd be there since you keep talking about going to...

General Nursing

Patient Teaching Guide: Coumadin Therapy

by Bugaloo

This helpful guide on Coumadin (anticoagulant) is for nurses to use to inform patients. It details Coumadin's purpose, effects, and risks for patients who are...

General Nursing

Helpful Hints: Female Patient Urinary Catheter Insertion

by Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN

With some female patients, insertion of a urinary catheter can be difficult. The level of difficulty can be increased due to variations in anatomy, or swelling...

How have you utilized the Nursing Process?

General Nursing

Drive Through Dialysis: A Study in Resource Utilization

by Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN

I recently applied for a nursing position for which I was required to write an essay describing my nursing experience, as part of the application process. The...

General Nursing

How Far Have I Really Come?

by cmo421

The first thought that comes to my mind is a quote from the bible, "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child....

Critical

Family-Focused Care in Adult Critical Care

by VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN

The Move Towards Open Visitation - This paper explores the issues surrounding family-focused care and open visitation in the adult critical care environment and...