In glancing through my emails this morning I discovered something new I didn’t know and it serves to support my position that you never learn everything in nursing school because technology and patient care are constantly evolving. According to a blog post on Lippincott’s NursingCenter Blog, the Trendelenburg position is no longer considered a safe mechanism for treating hypotension, shock and other emergency aspects of care especially for head injuries, right ventricle ejection fraction, and pulmonary disorders. There is apparently research showing controversy and possible detrimental effects of using this posturing treatment. The practice is being removed from ER and ICU care until further research can be conducted. Are you…
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Can a Nurse Do That?
Advances in technology provide practitioners many new and alternative avenues for patient care and treatment. Nurses never learn everything in nursing school, there simply isn’t enough time for one thing, and advances in care and treatment continue to evolve everyday. There are many more procedures nurses are allowed to do, but they must be adequately trained and judged competent to perform them. So how do we know what can nurses do? First off, nurses need to know and follow their state’s Nurse Practice Act which defines the nurse’s scope of practice. These vary from state to state and some are updated more frequently than others. And second, the nurse needs…
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Seven Tips for Starting Nursing School with a Full-Time Job
By Deborah Swanson If you’re contemplating working full-time during nursing school or you’re already struggling to balance these commitments, read on for seven tips to stay sane while going to nursing school and holding down a full-time job. 1. Find a flexible job Maybe you’re lucky enough to already have a flexible job: You can set your own hours to a certain extent, you have a retail or food service position, you often work remotely or you freelance exclusively and can schedule your work whenever you want. If this describes your situation, then great! That will make it easier to continue your work during nursing school. But if it doesn’t,…
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NurseCEO Success Summit a Huge Hit!
Yesterday I had the honor of participating in the NurseCEO Success Summit in Los Angeles. The discussion centered around nurses building businesses beyond the bedside. The mission was “to educate, inspire, and empower nurses to be successful entrepreneurs, business owners, and business leaders.” It was clearly fulfilled, and then some! Several of the participants and attendees are not nurses, but their stories were most certainly relevant. The only negative was there was so much more to say and time ran out. Let’s do it again soon! In fact, there is another session booked for Nov. 17 in Atlanta and those of you who can, should make plans now to attend!…