Traditionally, new nurses have been advised to work on a medical surgical unit prior to seeking employment in a specialty area. Many new nurses balk at this recommendation, believing that they know where they want to work and therefore do not need medical surgical experience. The wisdom of advising novices to work for a year […]
Hospice Does Not Mean Giving Up
As a novice nurse, it can be intimidating to care for a patient who only has a few days to live. One of the most important ways that you can advocate for your patient is to request a hospice referral from the physician. Hospice does not mean giving up. It means ensuring that your patient […]
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The things I wish I knew when I was a new nurse
There are things that I wished they told me at school before I start working. When I got my first job I had a lot of those moments, I wished I was told at school or someplace else, but eventually I learned that while working. You have already achieved a very great thing; you have […]
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Aerospace Nursing Education Program
No nurse has ever been beyond Earth yet. However, this does not mean that nurses have insignificant role to play in space missions. Nurses can function greatly in monitoring the health of astronauts not only on Earth’s ground but time will come when nurses’ critical thinking abilities, outstanding clinical expertise, excellent contribution to research and […]
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NCLEX & Mnemonics
Our journey as a nurse does not stop after earning a degree. As we move forward, we need to face another challenge which is passing the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). According to statistics from NCSBN, out of the 170, 890 total test takers only 139,292 (81.51%) passed the exam from the months January-September 2012. […]
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How I got my nursing scholarship
When I first started out, there were a lot of hoops I had to jump to get my degree. Here are some quick tips on how I got my first scholarship. Choose your nursing specialty Pediatrics, forensics, gynecology, emergency room and cardiology are just few of the many specialties that are wide open to all […]
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Space Nursing
Try to reflect and look back into the history of nursing. Look farther into the past when human began to exist. Was there not nursing in the midst of a blossoming civilization? Wherever people have lived, worked and basically existed, there nursing was. I believe that space is not an exception to this. Expert nurses […]
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Nurse: to be or not to be?
In the early years of one’s life, you ponder on which path to take as you move on to choosing a career that will greatly benefit you. Several factors are put into consideration. The nature of each is evaluated and examined with great responsibility. More often than not, when one eyes a career based on […]
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Tips for Nursing Scholrships and Grants
There are 2.6 million people that work as a registered nurse. The number of registered nurses is much bigger than the number of people employed in any other profession. Nearly 60% of the nurses’ work in hospitals all around the country, but the biggest number is not just in hospitals, they also work in the […]
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