THE KEY TO LANDING YOUR FIRST NURSING JOB: BE LIKE GUMBY

Many nursing students dream of getting their first job in the ICU or Emergency Room. These places are action-packed, full of excitement and considered “cool”. Some students know they want to advance their degree and become Nurse Anesthetists and truly need at least one year experience in a critical care unit – cool or not.  However, the job market today isn’t as open to hiring new graduate nurses into critical care environments. 

NURSING STUDENT SUCCESS: USING BRAIN SCIENCE TO PASS NCLEX

This is a wonderful time of year for many nursing students. You can smell graduation in the air!  The ceremonies are planned, dedications are written, and families are making travel plans. How exciting! The long and hard (sometimes almost impossible) journey to become a nurse is almost complete.

CLINICAL PRACTICE TIP: THE GREAT OXYGEN DEBATE

I’m sure you’ve experienced the following situation: A COPD patient drops his sats. You’re about to start him on oxygen yet someone shouts, “Wait. This patient has COPD. Don’t give oxygen!” Hmm…is that true? Maybe – maybe not.

You’ve just experienced the great oxygen debate! What do you do?

To provide the very best care to COPD patients and "win" the debate, you must first understand what stimulates the body to breath.

Actually, we have two stimuli:

Q & A: TO TELL OR NOT TO TELL. CHEATING IN NURSING SCHOOL

I get emails and messages from nursing students, new and experienced nurses asking for advice on a variety of topics. One of my favorite things to do is to help nurses succeed through problem solving. I especially love it when I get a question that involves an ethical dilemma like the following on cheating: