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Burn

Starting My Career as an RN on a Burn ICU in a Level 1 Trauma Cent…

by makers

Burn nursing is physically and emotionally demanding, but the pros always outweigh the cons.

Providing the Best Care For Hemodialysis

Critical

Dialysis Day: Tips for Critical Care Nurses Caring for Hemodialysi…

by MedWriterRN

Considerations for ICU nurses before, during and after patients receive hemodialysis treatments.

General Specialties

Uterine Cancer in the Early 1900s: An Era Gone By

by Brenda F. Johnson, MSN

Uterine cancer was a concern in the late 1800s and early 1900s, just like it is today. Statistics have changed as well as treatment and prevention. Take a walk...

Developing A Plan For The Sundowning Patient

Med-Surg

How to Prepare for and Manage Sundowning Patients

by Rachelle Klein

The article explains what sundowning is and details behaviors and emotions the patient may experience as well as what the nurse should be looking for. There are...

General Nursing

5 Ways to Improve Cultural Competence in Nursing

by Melissa Mills, BSN

Providing culturally competent care can be challenging. It takes intention on your part to seek out the needed education and resources. Learn these five...

Understanding Terminology: What is palliative care?

General Specialties

What Does it Mean When Your Patient is Palliative?

by Alice Blackmore, MSN, RN

The words palliative, palliative care, palliate, palliation, and hospice are terms that are sometimes used incorrectly, and can affect the nursing care...

Gastroenterology

Talking About Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: SIBO

by Brenda F. Johnson, MSN

SIBO has similar characteristics as some other GI issues and may get overlooked as a possibility, which may explain why it isn’t a common diagnosis.

General Nursing

To Trust or Not to Trust Dr. Google?

by Delaney Schick, RN

With endless information at our fingertips, how can we know what sources to trust on the internet when it comes to our health?

Sharing Research-Supported, Unbiased Information

General Nursing

Social Media Versus Your Degree

by New Mexico Nursie, MSN, RN

This article will discuss the challenges of social media distribution of health information.

School

The School Nurse May be the Only Source of Healthcare Some Student…

by Andrea Wickstrom, BSN, RN

Approximately 5% of children in the United States do not have any health insurance. School nurses have become some students' primary source of medical care....

Fact or Fiction: Learn the Myths of Long-term Care Nursing

LTAC

7 Myths of Long-term Care Nursing

by Melissa Mills, BSN

You might think long-term care nursing is all doom and gloom. However, this specialty offers challenges, purpose, and even lots of opportunities for...

Critical

Four Proactive Interventions to Alleviate Moral Distress in the IC…

by Alice Blackmore, MSN, RN

This article examines the definition, cause, and symptoms of moral distress in critical care nurses. It also provides four tangible and proactive ways for the...

Basic Steps To Empower Patients As Consumers Of Health-Care Information

General Nursing

Navigating the Media Maze of Health-Related Information

by Juliefin, BSN, MSN, APRN, NP

Today’s patients are living in a unique time in history with tremendous amounts of health information. Nurses can help patients to empower them to make wise...

How the Nursing Profession Has Used Social and Digital Media to Progress

General Nursing

Advancing with Integration of Digital and Social Media: Nursing Gl…

by PositiveEnergy, MSN, PhD, RN, APN

Through a reflective and comparative approach, this article imparts several anecdotes exemplifying how technology, digital media and social media have changed...

General Nursing

Healthcare Information: Who Can Be Trusted?

by raven_h17, BSN

With every person offering healthcare advice (whether you asked for it or not), how can we as nurses help the general public know who to trust?

General Nursing

Supporting Access to Health Information by Combating Social Media …

by A.D.Pharis, BSN, RN

Social media improves access to health information. However, there are risks, such as misinformation, that can harm patients and communities. Nurses should...

Five Things to Negotiate for With a New Job

Advanced

Getting the Most From Your Job Offer

by FNP2writer, ASN, BSN, MSN, NP

Salary and loan repayment benefits are not the only perks worth negotiating for with a new job.

General Nursing

Thankful: 25 Things to be Thankful for as a Nurse

by Melissa Mills, BSN

Check out these 25 things to be thankful for in nursing today. Then, add to the list by leaving comments below.

How Video Interviews and Social Media Impact The Hiring Process

General Nursing

Interview Tips in the Age of Video Communication Platforms

by KaleenaIrene, MSN, RN

Undeniably, the world of interviewing has evolved exponentially through the use of technology and social media. This article goes over the pros and cons of...

General Nursing

Emotional Self Care: 6 Steps to Improve Resilience

by Kathy Stosz, RN

Definition of resilience and how we all can take steps to improve it, making it through the difficult times easier

Recognizing and supporting those affected by suicide

Psychiatric

International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day – November 19th

by Sherri Perry APRN, MSN

Recognizing and supporting those family and friends affected by suicide. Recognizing the stages of grief, how to implement self-help, and when it's important to...

New Nurse

New Grad Nurse: What I Didn't See Coming

by raven_h17, BSN

As a new grad nurse, there were certain difficulties I expected: encountering incivility, imposter syndrome, getting used to a rotating schedule, etcetera....

Would you help correct misinformation on YouTube?

General Nursing

YouTube Expands "Health Source" Verification to Nursing Profession…

by KaleenaIrene, MSN, RN

YouTube is one of the most convenient online methods of obtaining health information for the public. Yet it has been found to contain a great deal of health...

Trying to Save Patients From Conspiracy Theories

General Nursing

Misinformation and Medicine

by FNP2writer, ASN, BSN, MSN, NP

Misinformation and distrust are affecting our ability to provide the best care for patients.

Operating Room

Celebrate Perioperative Nurses Week

by tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN

November 13 - 19, 2022 has been designated by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) as a week to celebrate all perioperative nurses.