Lyme Disease in Camp Nursing Practice

As nurses practicing in a rural environment with extensive outdoor programming, we are in locations that are often endemic with lyme. Camp nurses are in a unique position with regards to the identification and treatment of Lyme Disease. In fact, well-educated nurses may be one of the best resources in the camp practice environment.
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Chart your educational path!

Looking for the school that best fits your needs is hard. We've been there. So, we put this list of degrees and area of interest to help in your research. We have many universities offering Associate, Bachelor, Graduate, Master, Doctoral, and Undergraduate programs and much more.

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Hospice: A naive, first-year nurse's perspective

In nursing school, the importance of learning countless medications and techniques was always stressed by our teachers; however, the lesson of keeping someone comfortable in the dying process was often overlooked.
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Nurses: You’ve Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

Lift with your knees and not your back has been drilled into nurses as often as patient safety comes first. Just follow these body mechanics rules, and you will protect your back, nurses are told. The only problem is that it isn’t true, and everyone but nurses knows all about it.
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Nurses, It’s Time: Find a Happy Place Amidst Chaos

As a nurse, there’s always an opportunity for.. you know.. “One of THOSE days.” After my first medical/surgical job, I realized that chaos is as chaos does. If you harbor negativity, that day is only going to get worse. Things got so bad at one point that I was carrying affirmations in my pocket. Can I let you in on a little epiphany? It actually worked.
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CCRN "Cram Cram Repetition Nail it"

A nuts and bolts view of studying and taking the CCRN exam. This article is intended to encourage nurses to go for the challenge of sitting for the exam. The journey is as rewarding as the certification itself.
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Small Gifts

Over the years patients and families have given me many small gifts, something that I never anticipated when I became a nurse, and certainly not something that I was prepared for. At first it made me very uncomfortable, but understanding the message behind the gifts has helped me to see it in a different light.
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After eleven years as a nurse I was reminded why I became one

An exemplar from 1989 that I had written immediately after the experience. I have never shared this before. It reminded me, why I became a nurse, the importance of end of life care, and a families love and understanding of the loved ones desires. This is a true experience of a families love for their mother, and her desires to die with dignity.
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[Toon] Spring Fever Anyone???

After the long and frigid winter many of us experienced, the early signs of Spring, including blue skies and warmer temperatures have many of us shedding our heavy winter clothes. We may be rushing the season a little as we longingly start trying on our shorts and flip-flops.
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