How can nurses today be more competent in applying evidence-based nursing care at the bedside? Health care reimbursement in America moves from “pay for service” to “pay for performance.” As the nursing profession continues to promote quality and safety as well as efficiency and cost effectiveness, new options among the entry-level master’s degrees arise in […]
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Care of Patients Suffering from Panic Disorder
One in five people experience a panic attack at least once during their lifetime. Between two and five percent of those people have panic disorder. Panic may occur at any age. It is often under diagnosed in children. Panic often surfaces during the teen years; however the onset may occur at any age. Panic attacks […]
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How to Launch Your Nursing Career
New nurses are reporting difficulty finding employment despite the nursing shortage. The future need for nurses is unquestioned however budgetary concerns are causing health care facilities to fill fewer positions. Often, employers want to hire experienced nurses. What can a new graduate do to optimize the likelihood of obtaining employment? It is essential to prepare […]
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Pursuing a Career as Nurse Educator
Nurse Educators shape many nursing students’ lives in this planet and they are the guardians of the nursing profession’s standards. It is never an easy job but it can be the most fulfilling career any qualified registered nurse can pursue. The future nurses become the reflection of today’s nurse educators. Perhaps you can take part […]
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Consider a Career Specializing in Pain Management
Men and women enter the nursing profession to provide comfort and ease suffering. Pain is one of the most common symptoms of distress which patients experience. Pain management interventions are diverse and need to be individualized for each patient. Suffering caused by pain affects multiple aspects of patient’s lives. Nurses are among the professionals most […]
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Nursing-A Calling to a Caring Profession
Why did you become a nurse? Were you inspired by a relative or friend who is a nurse? Did you happen to see the excitement of an actress or actor portraying a nurse on a TV show and thought, I’d love to do that? Or, is this a career you always wanted to pursue since […]
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How it’s really like to be a nurse?
When people ask me how it’s like to be a nurse, I usually tell them that this is a wonderful job, and I am lucky to be a part of it. I tell them that taking care of someone is a blessing. The conversation goes on with asking me how can I work without having […]
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The Cancer Patient’s Sibling and the Pediatric Oncology Nurse
“Each time my younger sister cries for the pain she feels, it felt like there’s a blade slicing my heart. I would go to the comfort room and tears uncontrollably fall from my eyes because I cannot bear seeing my little sister suffer from the intense pain brought about by the untamed effects of cancer.” […]
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Assertiveness in the Nursing Profession can Save Lives
On your way back to the ICU from your afternoon coffee break, you heard from the paging system a call for emergency medical response. You immediately responded by going to the area and found the medical resident and the consultant trying to intubate the cyanotic female client who suddenly had an arrest. Looking at the […]
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The Experienced Nurse in Role Transition
With the growth of the Nursing Profession and the development of many expanded roles, nurses of the 21st Century make frequent career moves. Some experienced nurses find themselves in lateral transfers by the administration within the same organization they serve while others take new positions in either the same organization or a completely new company. […]
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