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General Nursing

What do you do to volunteer and give back?

Volunteerism - do you do it and if so, what/where/how do you do it? I consider myself extremely fortunate: I have great jobs, friends and family. I have plenty...

Why did you choose nursing as your career?

General Students

Why I Chose Nursing

by nyugirlx19

Why I choose nursing is a question I get asked quite often and here I explain why. It took me longer than some to figure out my career choice and I finally...

Entrepreneurs

Nurses in Business - 2016 Annual NNBA Conference Oct 14-16

by allnurses

Nurses - Are you an entrepreneur at heart? Have you considered starting a business or are you looking for a unique nursing career alternative? Do you already...

NCLEX

NCLEX RN Canada

by A_Axelrod

My experience of passing thee NCLEX RN in Canada. Study plan and PVT.

General Nursing

Making CHANGE: And It's Not About Coins, Though It Could Be!

by Carol Ebert, MSN, RN

I’m back with my third installment of the A to Z’s of creating a Rockin’ Retirement. Let’s talk about the C word – CHANGE. Anything changing in your...

HESI

HESI A2 entrance exam!!

by jennifermejia_1

I decided to take some time out of my day and share with you how I passed my exam

General Nursing

Keys to Success: A Reflection on My Journey from CNA to SRNA

by future_anesthetist, BSN, CNA, RN

I reflect on the last eight years of my journey and begin to understand that the true keys to my success were more than just going through the motions and...

General Nursing

What a Tobacco Treatment Course Taught Me About Opioid Abuse

by Issaiah1332

After spending five days in a course about tobacco cessation, I was forced to confront some of my presumptions regarding opioid treatment.

General Nursing

Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: The Good, the Bad and the…

by ServantLeader

A look at recent data that explains the impact of uninspiring workplace culture.

Pre-Nursing

Yippiee!!I Cracked the Nursing School Interview!

by janemulligan

Hey !!! All the amazing nursing students out there who have cleared their nursing school interviews. I am one of you now!!! Today, even after four and a half...

Nurse Beth

Creating a Resume with One Year Experience

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Hello Nurse Beth, I am approaching one year of experience at my job and hoping to relocate back home. I am curious how you would format a resume as a...

Hospice

A Day in the Life of a Hospice Nurse

by jeastridge, BSN, RN

The author describes a patient visit and some of the lesser known aspects of being a hospice nurse.

Nurse Beth

New Nurse Having Bad Experience with Nursing - How can I get on tr…

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Hi Nurse Beth, I have been a nurse for 8 months and haven’t experienced the best of nursing. Prior to being a nurse I had been a phlebotomist for 13 years,...

General Nursing

What do you think? My mother is told she is a drug addict by her p…

by lhome, ASN, RN

When it is your mother in chronic/acute pain and anxiety and her Doctor has denied her pain meds and anxiolytics.

NCLEX

When the NCLEX Pearson Vue Trick Goes Wrong

by Ethan, Regular Nurse

Exhaustion. Drama. Financial loss. These are just a few nouns to describe the NCLEX - especially when you accidentally pay the wrong people.

Which nursing positions exist in a hospital setting?

General Students

Nurse Outside the Box: Unique Career Plans for Your Nursing Future

by Kaplan NCLEX Prep

Nursing offers so many unique career opportunities. These are just a few.

Registration

NCLEX Arizona Guide For Foreign Educated Nurses 2016

by rngamer

Do it Yourself NCLEX Arizona Application for Foreign Educated Nurses

General Nursing

10 Survival Tips for the Highly Sensitive Nurse

by CryandNurseOn

Do you consider yourself a highly sensitive person? (HSP) Some would say that being highly sensitive can be a detriment in nursing, but I believe it's a...

General Nursing

Amber Does the Unthinkable

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Her name is Amber and she’s been a nurse for 3 years. Recently while working as Shift Leader in the ED Holding unit on a crazy day, Amber did the unthinkable.

What to do if you want to become a nurse?

General Nursing

To The Girl Thinking of Becoming a Nurse (a note to myself at 17)

by BobiJo

In nursing, there are wonderful days, challenging days, days of frustration and days that make you dig down deep. This is a little piece that I wrote for...

General World

Foreign RN from Philippines with MI license Endorse to California …

by marieblm, RN

I'm an RN in MI who applied for an Endorsement of RN license to Callifornia. After months of waiting, I was finally approved. I had been an allnurses forum...

General Nursing

How You Can Lose 50 Pounds In 90 Days

by Surg-OncRN

As a nurse, we hear about the obesity epidemic more now than ever. You see it in your patients and sometimes in yourself. As nurses, we are looked up to by our...

General Nursing

Cancer Made Me a Better Nurse

by VioletKaliLPN, LPN

"You have Breast Cancer, it is aggressive but we have very effective treatments." I was 31 without ANY family history of cancer, how could this happen? I began...

HESI

How I passed the EXIT HESI first try 2 weeks out...

by jspreitzer

Before I studied for my EXIT Hesi I scoured the internet for resources and luckily there were tons of articles and practice questions to help. I want to just...

General Nursing

Becoming "Well Aware" of Your Retirement

by Carol Ebert, MSN, RN

Are you facing the next half of your nursing career with trepidation? Whether it is moving toward retirement or just shifting in a new direction? Have you...