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  1. Nursing Ethics

    If there are any ethical issues in nursing, one that is definitely developing is that our roots are disappearing. As trite as 'caring' sounds, it is the cornerstone of our career birth. Too often, now we find ourselves in the position of being little...
  2. spotangel

    I Gotta See If He Is Dead!

    I had a strange sense of anticipation as I walked in. Working as a perdiem Nursing supervisor(Assistant Director of Nursing) in a busy hospital, I had strongly felt that I needed to put myself down as available for this Sunday shift a month ago. I av...
  3. There's a lot said about ethics in nursing, and much of it -- most of it, probably -- pertains toward the ethical treatment of patients. Not charting meds you haven't given or procedures you haven't done, admitting your med errors and setting about t...
  4. Starting in a few years, my state is going to requiring background checks and fingerprints as a condition of license renewal for all nurses. Whew! What a pain in the posterior! I mean, I've been a nurse for over three decades and they're just asking ...
  5. The importance of continued education with any profession is paramount. Within the Nursing profession it is a requirement. In general, to maintain your license you need twenty-four continuing education credits (CEU's) every two years. This article wi...
  6. Social mediaThe use of social media and other electronic communication is expanding exponentially; today's generation of nurses grew up in a social media milieu. Social media provides wonderful online communities for nurses to post and interact. I my...
  7. There are so many . . . . how to choose? There was the woman who'd had an aortic dissection repair, and things didn't go well. She had a perioperitive MI, a CVA and sepsis. All told, she was a patient in our ICU for six months. I didn't hear much abo...
  8. Nurses are seen by the general public as healers, that are thoughtful, kind, and will go above and beyond to help someone, which we are. All of us in our crisp white caps, and sparkly white nurses' uniforms can't possibly be anything other than super...