Ask any nurse about the reasons s/he became a nurse and somewhere in that conversation will be a discussion about a passion for helping others. Additionally, nurses are also known to be passionate about helping others join the profession of nursing. Greg, the spouse of a loyal reader of this blog, recently told me about a project his wife has gotten involved in because her passion for helping others led her to help others become nurses. She has taken this passion to the global level where a team of determined people have a goal of financially assisting 5 Haitian students become nurses so they can help save lives in their…
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Wireless Nurse Call Systems Deciphered
By Rebecca Jones The saying goes, “it’s a matter of life and death” and when someone’s survival and life is at risk, this is when things should be taken seriously. So often we worry about menial, insignificant things which, in the great scheme of things, when properly thought about are not important at all. However when it comes to our mortality, we more often than not forget to cast our minds over this subject and only really think about the fragility of our lives when it comes into question. With an increasingly aging global population and numerous people taken into hospital everyday as well as care homes, it is essential…
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Support Growing for a National Nurse
As we continue to transition into a wellness model for health care and leave the sick model behind, we have to change our focus. In doing so we prioritize prevention and proactive measures to improve our health status and that of our patients. Our job as nurses will continue to include more and more patient education and holistic care. Not only will we continue to educate patients about their current health status and diseases, but we will focus heavily on preventing disease and complications in order to improve outcomes and general health status. A National Nurse for Public Health will help to set the tone and lead the charge to…
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The NCLEX and Finding that First Nursing Job
Nurses never learn all they need to know in nursing school. It’s just not possible. In a given graduating class you will find a wide variety of skills and knowledge base. Some of it is dependent on the students themselves and how aggressively they sought out opportunities, and some depends on the faculty and how well they assisted all students to find opportunities to observe and practice their skills and knowledge. Nursing is also a lifelong learning experience. Technology changes, medical science advances, and new treatments and pharmacology become available constantly. What you have learned to date will change sooner than you might think. stock.xchng.com For new grads the challenges…
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Welcome New Grads!
Wow where did the month of May go?!! It was one full of celebrations: NursesWeek, Mother’s Day and graduations. Time flies when you’re having fun – that’s for certain. I hope you all had memorable times this month as well. As we head right into June, the celebrating continues with more graduations and Father’s Day. And summer will be upon us. Hope the good times continue for you. Speaking of graduations… I had the honor recently of attending and speaking at a grad event at Santa Monica College. It was a fabulous event, and would have been something my own nursing class of many years ago could have appreciated and…