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General Nursing

What do you mean I'm not a REAL nurse?!?

by #Nurse2017

When a nurse is just starting out, their career life is hard, exciting, nerve racking, and a little bit on the scary side; so why would a nurse need the added...

General Nursing

FITTNESS Mnemonic for Physical Activity - Part 2 of 2

by Lane Therrell FNP, MSN, RN, NP

Physical activity is a vital component of human health across the lifespan. The FITTNESS mnemonic can help nurses help their patients build a comprehensive...

General Nursing

FITTNESS Mnemonic for Physical Activity: Part 1 of 2

by Lane Therrell FNP, MSN, RN, NP

Physical activity is a vital component of human health across the lifespan. The FITTNESS mnemonic can help nurses help their patients build a comprehensive...

Is enrolling in a CNA program (before nursing school) a smart idea?
CNA/MA

If You are Paying for a CNA Course... aka The Post I Wish I'd Read…

by MadruGada

Author shares his background and reasons for enrolling in and attending a CNA program, as well as his experiences, and his regrets. He concludes with a piece of...

Can you share your study tips on passing the AANP exam?
NP Students

Tips on passing AANP FNP certification

by 2BlessedFNP

I think I did like everyone else and looked up study tips on how to pass the AANP certification exam and this site helped me out a lot! So I said I would post...

Are you interested in obtaining a higher level of education?
General Nursing
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If You Want the Best For Your Patients...It Starts With Obtaining …

by tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN

Obtaining a higher level of education is a frequently discussed topic in healthcare recently. Many friends, coworkers, and peers are all...

Is there an NP surplus or a shortage?
NP

Nurse Practitioners: Shortage or Surplus

by shibaowner, MSN, RN, NP

This controversial topic has been hotly debated, and is of great interest to current and future NPs, so I conducted some research to help our community.

General Nursing

NTI - Nurse Nacole Interview

by allnurses

Social media platforms are often used for commentary to the world. Nurses are moving into the world too at a fast pace. Here is one blogger who is making an...

What is a the HESI A2 test and how did you prepare for it?
HESI

TMCC HESI EXAM

by KBurns775

Here is a review of what I used to prepare for my HESI A2 exam for TMCC.

General Nursing

Don't Risk Your Job Over Social Media

by Nurse Beth, MSN

It's so easy to post anything on social media and to believe you're in a safe bubble with just you and your friends. But you're not.

Emergency

Opioid Epidemic - EDs Fight Back!

by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN

The opioid crisis in the US! We have all heard about it. How are we addressing it? The Emergency Nursing Conference being held September 13-16 in St Louis will...

Psychiatric

Pain in Dementia and the need to update nursing curriculum in Egyp…

by Amira El Baqary

Dementia is affecting most cognitive abilities and consequently make patients dependent on others within all activities of daily living. When pain exists with...

Who is Judy Crewell, PhD, RN, CNE?
Spirituality

NTI: Spiritual Care in Critical Care Nursing: Judy Crewell, PhD, …

by allnurses

Spiritual care is utilized in all aspects of nursing, but it is especially essential in critical care nursing where life and death decisions are made daily....

What is PVT and does it work?
NCLEX

Pearson Vue Trick "Facts"

by HopefulGradNurse, RN

Since the PVT is one of the largest points of discussion here and the questions are repeated over and over I thought I would provide some insight.

General Nursing

Violence in Nursing

by Nurse Beth, MSN

There's an epidemic of violence towards nurses, and a cultural acceptance of abusive behavior. Why is violence towards nurses so pervasive?

General Nursing

ANA - Healthy Nurses, Healthy Nation

by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN

Healthy Nurses, Healthy Nation is an initiative sponsored by the American Nurses Association to improve the health of nurses and our nation.

Spirituality

I SAW HIM! - Near Death Experiences

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

Nurse seeing patients in the clinic on a usual day notes that unusually three patients back to back had Near Death Experiences. Coincidence?

How did you pass the NCLEX using Kaplan?
NCLEX

Passing NCLEX (first try) UWorld/Kaplan

by morgany, BSN, RN

I promised myself that if I passed NCLEX I'd make a post talking about this topic since there were a lot of posts on this site that helped encourage me as I was...

General Nursing

When You Receive a Warning at Work

by Nurse Beth, MSN

No one likes receiving a warning or counseling on their job performance. Constructive feedback can trigger all kinds of reactions. But here's how to keep your...

Have you ever wanted to understand how to impact change on your unit but aren’t sure how and where to start?
General Nursing

NTI - How to Impact Change on Your Unit: Marian Altman, RN,MS,CCR…

by tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN

The following NTI interview with Marian Altman will give you some valuable information and tips on how to achieve this.

Advanced

Writing the Prescription to Fix Broken Nurse Practitioner (NP) Edu…

by cjcsoon2bnp, MSN, RN, NP

There are over 230,000 licensed nurse practitioners (NP) in the United States and I am proud to say that I will soon be one of them. NPs have achieved great...

General Nursing

How I Wrote a Book and Became a Nurse Author

by Nurse Beth, MSN

I'm an ordinary nurse like most of us here. This is my story of becoming an author and about the book I just wrote. The sounds you hear are me jumping for joy...

How can I start a nursing journal?
General Nursing

NTI - How to Publish in Journals: Mary Fran Tracy, PHD, RN, CCNS …

by allnurses

Writing - have you ever considered writing an article for a nursing journal but aren't sure how to get started? Here are some tips from the editor of Advanced...

General Nursing

Not a Near Death Experience: A Shared Death Experience

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Despite the fact that I'm a skeptical person, I had a supernatural and profound experience with death. Not a near death; a shared death. Let me tell you what...

General Nursing

Confessions of an Introvert

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Some people think you have to be an extrovert to be a nurse. But here's my point of view: and it's one of a nurse introvert.