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NCLEX

Pearson Vue Trick

The Pearson Vue NCLEX trick is a way to see your NCLEX results prior to receiving your official score from the Board of Nursing. In this article we’ll walk...

Nurse staffing is a crisis for nurses and patients.

General Nursing

Nurse Staffing: A Crisis of Epidemic Proportions

by cherylrenee

This article discusses the problems currently within the work environment and ways to help decrease the stress all nurses are experiencing. It also has...

General Nursing

Top Causes and Symptoms of Nursing Staff Burnout and Ways to Help …

by Susan Sears, BSN, RN

Burnout is a work-related stress syndrome resulting from chronic exposure to job stress, and healthcare is a leader in work-related stresses. In Long Term Care...

Hire More Nurses and Provide Higher Salaries

General Nursing

My "Horoscope" for Nursing Shortages

by MarkMyWords

Nursing shortages are mainly because hospitals and clinics need to hire more nurses as a first priority. I recommend a few business strategies to hire more...

General Nursing

The Healthcare Hero Paradox and the Alleged Nursing Shortage

by AM408, BSN, RN

An exploration of the Healthcare Hero paradox as it relates to the "Nursing Shortage", which I believe to be a shortage of nurses willing to tolerate the...

Professionalism

Media: Where are the Nurses?

by Brenda F. Johnson, MSN

Nurses have a very complicated job that requires intense critical thinking. We are the first line of defense as the patient advocate. So why are we so often...

When nurses build each other up like coral in a reef, we are resilient through the waves of crisis.

General Nursing

Be the Coral

by Murybur

Nature has long inspired solutions to humanity's great conundrums. A reflection on coral reefs may reveal the key to solving the nursing shortage.

What could temporarily fix the Nursing shortage?

General Nursing

This Guy's Take on How to Fix the Nursing Shortage Temporarily

by Red Shirt 6, CNA

The article is a series of ideas, thoughts, and opinions about some things that can be done to address and fix nursing shortages (at least in the short term)...

Are virtual meetings just as productive as in-person meetings?

General Nursing

3 Tips to Energize Virtual Meetings

by Judy Campbell

Virtual meetings can be a great way to save time and travel expenses, but they can also be tedious if not planned correctly. Here are three tips to energize...

The patent on a heart valve afforded a major contribution to the making of "Downton Abbey"

General Nursing

What Do Downton Abbey, Poldark, and a Heart Valve Have in Common?

by Nadine Buchanan, LPN

How the invention of a heart valve eventually afforded the production "Downton Abbey" through a contribution from the family.

General Nursing

Be A Nurse They Said...

by Beth Prather, BSN, MSN

Is there really a nursing shortage or is there a tolerance for abuse shortage?

General Nursing

RaDonda Vaught - What is she doing now?

by tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN

What are your thoughts about the trial, the conviction, and the sentencing? Watch the video below to see what Radonda Vaught is doing now. Please complete the...

Learn When It's Time To Refer A Patient For Services

General Nursing

6 Signs Your Patient Needs a Mental Health Referral

by Diane Covel, RN

No matter your nursing specialty or the patient's chief complaint, all nurses can possess the skills to recognize if their patient needs a mental health...

Promise nurses the moon, and then give it to them.

General Nursing

Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

by KathyDay

The nursing shortage has been exacerbated and accelerated by the Pandemic, no doubt about that. We need to replace those who have left and educate them even...

Med-Surg

Pulmonary Embolism

by EOC, MSN, RN

Know your risk factors. Make prevention your goal.

LTC Directors

Nursing Homes Short Staffing Causes and Effects

by Susan Sears, BSN, RN

Short staffing in nursing homes affect residents as well as staff. Read on to learn more on how this has played a pivotal part in the short-staffing crisis.

Pediatric

Pediatric Oncology Nutrition

by Erica Larsen

Providing families with the information necessary to provide healthy food options during a child's cancer treatment

General Nursing

Nursing Then and Now

by RN WRITER NC, ADN

Nursing from 1967 compared to 2006 until now. What was different with uniforms, nursing school, 'high tech, high touch.' Has nursing practice been forced into...

General Nursing News

Radonda Vaught Sentenced

by tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN

Hundreds of nurses are waiting outside the courthouse in support of Radonda Vaught. She will be labeled as a convicted felon for the rest of her life.

General Nursing

Nurses are the 'Canary in the Mine'

by RN WRITER NC, ADN

The profession of bedside nursing is in crisis. There are advantages to staying the course and waiting for change, but is it worth the risk to nurses as they...

Announcements

What Would Florence Think of Us Today?

by tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN

allnurses Florence Nightingale Anthology

Neurological

Stroke Alert! Know Your Role

by Maggie Aime, BSN, RN

While many advances have been made to improve care and outcomes, stroke remains the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Nurses have a...

Can technology help the nursing shortage?

General Nursing

The Solution For the Nursing Shortage? More Technology.

by Sara E., BSN

A fictional story of innovative technology that can improve the nursing profession

How can our nursing history help us better understand the current nursing shortage?

General Nursing

Nursing Shortages Past and Present

by Ellen Grover, MSN, RN

Nursing shortages have occurred throughout nursing's history. The shortages are unique in their circumstances but they do have similarities. Looking back...

General Nursing

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

by Vikki Earley, ADN

Learn about postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and how to best support your patients living with this chronic condition.