When you tell others you are a nurse, they automatically assume that you work in a hospital, taking care of patients, working 12 shifts for a living. On the surface, nursing presents itself as a “hands-on only” profession, not adaptable to…
Nurses are some of the most valuable people in the medical world. If you’re looking to study to become a nurse, it’s easy to reach out and apply for scholarships. There’s plenty out there to keep you afloat while you…
Fresh out of high school, I had no particular career in mind. Since I was always able to make a living working with my hands, I worked in factory maintenance and studied nights for my associates degree in Electro-Mechanical Technology.…
It’s often been said that to eliminate medication errors in nursing, we have to get five things right: the right medication, right patient, right dose, right route, and right time. That’s why hospitals often invest in technology that helps to…
It is important to evaluate ourselves as nurses from time to time. A nurse evaluation will help us learn if we are growing in our career and in our relationships with our coworkers. Evaluating oneself is not always easy because it requires…
Have you ever thought about a nursing career in informatics? Have you ever wondered about the clinical documentation system you use to document your assessments? Or does the “whole thing” scare you? Technology can be very intimidating, particularly if you do not understand…
For many, nursing is quite a bit more than dispensing medication and charting. And for some, nursing can be a lot deeper than admitting patients and discharging them. Nursing is more enlightening than giving a bath, helping pass trays, changing a…
As a new nurse giving care, I was handed the report on my patient’s condition and was warned by seasoned nurses about his anger. You better watch out for that one, he is a grumpy and angry patient, I was told.…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my time in nursing it’s that you have to be doing it for the right reasons, otherwise there is an even greater chance that you could suffer from burnout and compassion fatigue. Personally,…
Through the span of our lives (even in our nursing careers), we have encountered numerous cases of Arthritis on our more mature patients. However, Arthritis is something not only our older patients experience. Arthritis is also something even our kids…