As previously mentioned, your nursing care plan -highly- depends on assessment data. If your clinical instructor did not give you assessment data (which totally sucks), you might have to assume...
So I was fortunate enough to get a job at a private tertiary hospital recently. I am very grateful for my job: The pay is good, the benefits are better than practically all of the hospitals in the...
I know how you feel! Not being able to get a job post-NLE is very frustrating, especially with the number of nurses rising dramatically every year. I was idle for what seemed like long periods of...
@medic28: Ah, I guess my post was affected by my own career goals. Because personally, I've only really considered doing hospital or private duty nursing. I have a general idea of what occupational...
I'll share my own experience: I enrolled in a training program which included two months of clinical exposure, lectures and IV therapy training. We were required to pay a certain amount as honorarium...
Just a thought: Perhaps a better way of dealing with the situation would be to ask the medical assistant questions about needle sizes, the procedure, the vaccine, the proper dose and side effects,...
There are already too many RNs in the Philippines as it is, and, in my opinion, no point in having LPNs here in the Philippines. And, frankly, I don't agree with producing LPNs for the sole purpose of...
Don't be too hard on yourself. While it is important to learn from your past mistakes, you must not allow these bad experiences to consume you. Perhaps, a pleasant lunch or cup of tea with a good...
I must agree that the practice of accepting volunteer nurses (and even forcing them to pay for their own training) must be stopped. Even with volunteers, hospitals need more nurses (nurse-patient...
I am a new nurse training at a private hospital in Mindanao. I paid a small amount for two months of training, which also includes IV therapy training and (once I complete my cases :)) licensure....
I'm still a nursing student, still sweating over my pharmacology exam mark! But I guess I'll share something. As a kid, I wanted to be a doctor. But learning how long it would take for me to finish...