Do you want to go to college to become a nurse? You’re not alone. Nursing is one of the fastest growing professional fields in the United States. Education News, a non-profit career index, reported that the number of practicing nurses…
Are you one of those roughly 70,000 nursing applicants who was turned away for admission because of shortage in faculty? It’s alarming, to say the least. The demand for qualified nurses continues to grow. Older nurses are retiring. The patient population…
There’s an article I wrote about the importance of education for nurses called “Five Reasons to Further Your Nursing Education.” But if those were not enough, I am going to dig further. If you answer yes to these 5 questions, it’s truly…
Students on their first day of clinicals in nursing school are always my favorite: wide-eyed, anxious, and terrified. They look at me—their instructor—like an eccentric piece of art that they can’t quite interpret. Ten years ago, I was one of…
Nursing school can be exhausting. There’s the hazing and abuse from teachers and staff, along with the massive amount of memorization that needs to be done in order to stay on top of your studies. Add to that the stress…
Naturally, being a nurse involves being able to deal with a lot of stress. We can’t blame nursing schools for making it tough for students because that’s just how things will roll after you earn your degree. If you feel…
Entering a nursing school can be easy but surviving is another story. Aside from the passion and calling to be a nurse, of course you need to gear up with the right point of view, equipment, and attitude to be successful. For those…
There comes a time in everyone’s life when they start to look back at days gone by and reflect on their student days. Nursing school is certainly included in these reveries, whether it’s the good, the bad and the ugly!…
One fact exists: if professions were ranked with the comicality of instruction and advice shared among the students, nursing would be number one. Let’s start with the name of the association itself: school of “nursing”. It is the only school whose…
Nursing school has the one of the highest drop-out rates for obvious reasons—it’s stressful, it’s challenging, and extremely demanding. Nursing schools are tough, but that’s probably because the real-world situations for nurses are tough as well. If you’re faced with a…