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Evidence-Based Practice by Nurses for Nurses: Encouraging Waiting …

by AHRQ

This article describes an evidence-based patient-centered campaign and clinical resources that were developed by nurses, for nurses....

General Nursing

Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired: Sleeping on duty

by madwife2002, BSN, RN

Sleeping on duty is number 3 in my series of 'Top ten reasons we get fired' Internet searches on this topic show it is a world wide problem, and not limited to...

What should NOT be included in a nursing note?
Safety

Nurses Notes: Guidelines On What Not To Chart

by TheCommuter, BSN, RN

The significance of accurate, timely documentation by nurses and other members of staff cannot be emphasized enough. However, some types of documentation should...

Career Support

Advice for the first year of Nursing

by SandandSandwiches, BSN, RN

In school you learn a lot, but nothing that can prepare you for actual working knowledge. I'm sure you have heard again and again about your first year of...

NCLEX

It's OFFICIAL!!! Tips and Encouragement from a Second Timer!

by Lillian11

Cheers! You have finally graduated nursing school, celebrated with your friends and started to enjoy the afterlife as a new grad nurse! Just as you begin to...

General Nursing

The First Time I Had to Tell a Family That Their Loved One Passed …

by november17, ASN, RN

I originally wrote this in my personal journal that chronicled my first year as an RN. I was recently rereading my journal and reflecting on the years since....

Are non-accredited school graduates able to get a nursing license?
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Completed Non-Accredited Nursing Program, But Want Higher Educatio…

by TheCommuter, BSN, RN

Are there any nonprofit, legitimate, nationally accredited schools of nursing that will admit you into their degree completion programs? Yes. I have listed...

NP Students

Why you shouldn't become a nurse practitioner

by chillnurse, BSN, RN, NP

There are many reasons why people should not become nurse practitioners. I will outline a short article stating why YOU should NOT pursue a nurse practitioner...

NCLEX

Study Plan: Hurst, Kaplan, LaCharity

by bas22

I'm confident in saying there are thousands of 'My NCLEX Journey' threads on this site (because I've probably read close to all of them!), but I made a promise...

Western Governors

Western Governors University (WGU) Readiness Assessment

by TheCommuter, BSN, RN

The Western Governors University (WGU) Readiness Assessment is a pre-entrance exam that assesses a prospective student's preparedness for university-level...

How does an individual deal with a racial refusal and maintain self-dignity?
Relations

Racial Refusals In Nursing

by TheCommuter, BSN, RN

'Racial refusal' is a phrase that refers to the practice of patients and / or family members who refuse care from particular nurses, physicians, nursing...

Management

Different Nursing Leadership Styles

by TheCommuter, BSN, RN

In the nursing profession, a nurse manager's personal style of leadership impacts multiple aspects of a healthcare facility's operations and can have...

Professionalism

Mistakes Are Inevitable: No One Is Perfect.

by Ruby Vee, BSN

Everyone makes mistakes, absolutely everyone. There is no such thing as a perfect person, and since all nursing students, CNAs, LPNSs, RNs, and providers are...

Rock

Centimeters Away From Brain Death

by nursey246

A normal day as a nurse can include life leaving someone's body. Have you ever stopped to think about that? It's Tuesday, you're pulling your scrubs over your...

Stress 101

Resentment Will Destroy You

by TheCommuter, BSN, RN

Nurses and other healthcare workers who regularly work with difficult people are prone to resentment, which is a deeply indignant feeling of strong animosity we...

Emergency

Teamwork: A Recipe for Positive Patient Outcome and Self Satisfact…

by Lourdes FMcD, RN

This Article brings a perspective to teamwork. Teamwork is part of all organizations. As a good food recipe makes a tasty dish so can outstanding teamwork yield...

What is included in postpartum care?
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Postpartum Care Plan

by Allie0188

Pt 24yo female 1 day postpartum. Baby is in NICU due to other complications but only the mother was my pt. I need five diagnoses total and I only have four. If...

Critical

How Do You Want Me to Remember You?

by JulieRomanoLee

My memories of the night I died and the nurses that helped bring me back to life! This true story is a time in my life that I remember as if it were yesterday....

General Nursing

Top 10 reasons we get fired!-Poor Performance

by madwife2002, BSN, RN

Poor performance has to be dealt with, no matter how distasteful it may seem when have to confront the nurse. When we permit poor performance, we promote its...

Rock

How Nurses Are Like Olympians

by Brian, ASN, RN

The 2014 Winter Olympics are in full swing! Many of us look-up to Olympians and aspire to be more like them. But each day there are "Olympians" walking among us...

Relations

Nobody Likes Me. Everyone Hates Me.

by jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B

So before we go off and eat some worms, lets think about the differences in how to communicate effectively. Let's think about how work and non-work are 2...

Safety

The Admission Process: Make Sure You Actually Say Something of Imp…

by pinkiepieRN

If you don't put in the details, how is anyone else supposed to follow your work and pick things up on the next shift? This article is about how clear...

What can you do to make a facility survey go smoothly?
Geriatric

"State's Here!": Demystifying the Long-Term Care Survey

by VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN

Everybody dreads it: that morning when a group of official-looking people walks into their facility and announces the beginning of the annual survey. Here are a...

Home Health

And the Clock Struck 8

by Sabr, BSN, RN

She thinks about which route would get her to the family's house the fastest. She decides to opt for the bus route today. Her issue is not the bus because she...

Ambulatory

Charting Disruptive Patient Behaviors: Are You Objective?

by SHGR, MSN, RN, CNS

Nurses have an obligation to chart objectively. When behaviors need to be described, though, we don't always have the vocabulary to chart an objective...