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What happens during your first semester of nursing?

General Students

How to Survive Your First Semester of Nursing School: Things I Wis…

Are you wondering what it is like to enter nursing school and to go through your first semester? look no further! Relieve your anxiety, stress, and questions by...

Hospice

Hospice Nursing: A Season Pass

by jeastridge, BSN, RN

Through the story of an interaction with a fellow hospice nurse, this article helps the reader understand just exactly what it is that hospice nurses do.

General Nursing

Lessons from the Free Clinic

by anon456, BSN, RN

A call for compassion that goes above politics. Lessons learned from a nurse who volunteers at a free clinic on their day off

Success

Shout Out to the Nurses Taking Care of Post 9/11 Patients

by Brenda F. Johnson, MSN

The human psyche is easily affected by events that happen to us physically, mentally, and emotionally. Some people innately are able to navigate what life...

Pre-Nursing

Passed TEAS (Finally)!!!

by MSNMBA

No two students will have the same study habits, as they truly ebb and flow. This is a story of a young lady who realized her challenges, sought help, and...

Relations

Ghost Soldiers

by ghiapet, BSN, RN

I admit to "nursing judgementalism". Judging my patient's appearance or behavior before knowing their story. In this essay I share some experiences with...

Parish

End Of Life Conversations With Families

by jeastridge, BSN, RN

Written from a Christian Parish Nurse's perspective, this article provides practical tips on how to talk with families and patients about end of life questions.

General Nursing

Domestic Violence: Rebuilding

by Ruby Vee, BSN

October is Breast Cancer month; it is also domestic violence awareness month. As it turns out, breast cancer is not the worst thing to ever happen to me. Here's...

How to pass the AANP certification exam?

NP Students

How I Passed the AANP Certification Exam Today (Tips and Insights)…

by CCNP-FL

Just a summary of my strategy for NP-C exam success with tips/suggestions/insights.

How can a nurse be a successful student?

Share Tips

From One Student To Another - Student Tips

by achurley

This isn't your typical "study tip list" - but sure, you might get a little bit of that too. This is a compilation of stories, suggestions, passed-down advice,...

General Nursing

The Nurse vs The Person Inside You

by justchill, BSN, RN

A brief description of the battle inside a person who happens to also be a nurse.

General Nursing

Leadership

by madwife2002, BSN, RN

What is leadership? A question that is asked and debated daily on every level of management. We all have our own thoughts and opinions on what constitutes a...

Nurse Beth

How to Land a Job

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Sometimes landing a nursing job is harder than expected, especially for new graduate nurses. Here are some key things you can do to help land the job you want.

General Nursing

Are You Protected Against Identity Theft? - FREE Offer for Nurses

by allnurses

We are proud to announce that allnurses and CEO Brian McLane of SafeIDTrust will be joining forces to honor nurses across the country. Allnurses has been...

Stress 101

Emotional Health: Strategies for Nurses

by MostWanted

Dealing with day to day levels of stress, which can be tough to handle for some individuals. There are ways you can improve this type of problem that seems to...

General Nursing

Meet Miss Colorado 2015 (Kelley Johnson) - The Nurse Behind the St…

by tnbutterfly - Mary, BSN

Over the past few weeks, the topic of the nursing profession has ranked among the top news stories. Why? Read about the person who sparked the conversation that...

Uniform/Gear

Apple Watch - Why I Love It!

by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN

I love love love my Apple watch. I also add some thoughts about the Apple watch 4 series

Urology

Can Pediatric Dialysis be Fun?

by lpruteanu

Our children hospital embrace the theme “ Power of Play” to welcome every child that comes to the hospital. The hospital child-friendly design and the staff...

General Nursing

Through the back door

by kaylie1, MSN, RN, NP

This is my story about my time as a hospice nurse. Providing comfort is at the core or essence of nursing. Although medications can be used, other interventions...

Will you become a nurse committed to uniting to effect change and forgo the inter-nursing differences?

General Nursing

#NursesUnited: Can we continue the momentum for necessary change?

by Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN

Nursing has been plagued over the years by division within its ranks. However, recent events have resulted in nurses uniting together despite those divisions....

When the time comes, how do you want to be treated?

General Nursing

The Nurse on the Other Side

by sheilagood52, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN

Every nurse will one day find themselves on the other side of nursing.

General Nursing

An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

by disillusionedrn, RN

I’ve had this on my mind for quite some time, but am now able to put it into words. Since Joy Behar opened her mouth and let her ignorance towards the nursing...

General Nursing

Code Blue: What Should I Do?

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

There is nothing that gets your adrenaline going more than a cardiac or respiratory arrest during your shift, especially on a patient you were just going to do...

General Nursing

The Heat is On: Why the Temporal Artery Thermometer Should Be Your…

by Exergen Corporation

Nurses are on the front line of patient care. Taking and evaluating vital signs is one of the first steps to determine a diagnosis and plan...

Career Support

Revamp your Resume

by Nurse Beth, MSN

If you are not landing interviews, the problem may be your resume. Your resume is so much more than a laundry list of previous jobs and responsibilities. An...