• New Products at CES

    This has been a busy week. I’m in Las Vegas attending the Consumer Electronics Show. There are some innovative products for health care or that relate to health care. I’ll tell you about them when I get home and have a chance to sort through the literature and visit websites. Meantime, let me remind you about the Nursing Site Forum. (Subscribe at the top right.) There are a couple of requests for information posted there. Please join and chime in with your recommendations.

  • Virtual Voting Booth Open at ANA

    Members of ANA can cast a vote for their presidential candidate in the Virtual Voting Booth until January 17. This vote will help ANA decide which candidates nurses feel will be the strongest advocates for nurses. Also on the ANA site, public comment is being sought for Scope and Standards of Practice for Nursing Administration. Here is your chance to speak out and voice your opinion! Be sure to do so before the public comment ends Feb. 20, 2008.

  • Helping the Foreign Born Nurse Asimilate

    Each year many nurses emigrate to English speaking countries such as the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Australia. Learning to speak English is a huge challenge. The form of English spoken in each of these countries can vary along with the slang, the accents and the pronunciation and spelling. Additionally they need to learn about the culture and the practice of nursing in these countries. It may be very different from the practice of nursing in their homeland. Learning to speak another language can be a challenge for all of us. As our countries become more and more global and diverse, the need to speak other languages in order to…

  • Entrance Exams and the NCLEX

    Well it is now officially 2008. Happy New Year and I hope it’s a good year for you. I was busy this weekend adding some new content to The Nursing Site. If you’re considering becoming a nurse, you will most likely have to take an entrance exam. Two of the most popular are the NET and the TEAS. And if you’re graduating soon, you’ll be sitting for your state boards soon (also known as the NCLEX). There are many study guides available to help you prepare for either of these exams so don’t panic! On the NCLEX & Exams pages I have tried to provide you with some advice, links…

  • Happy New Year!

    I hope everyone had a great holiday season and that 2008 will bring great things to everyone. I am presently on jury duty and will resume posting new articles to The Nursing Site and to this blog as soon as I am done with my civic duty. Hope you all have a terrific New Year’s Eve. Be safe! Be well! Take time for you and enjoy some quality time with your patients as they face uncertainty in their futures as the year come to a close. Happy New Year!!!image from Kaboose.com