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Head to Toe Assessment As a student you are learning many new skills and have many expectations from your lessons. However, one of the basic but most important is the head-to-toe assessment. Read More

Confessions of a Clinical Instructor (CI) - Part I Unfortunately, most nurses have no idea what it's like to be a CI or understand the position we occupy in the world of nursing education. Read More

How to survive in nursing school if you do not like lecture One student's quest to find what works when traditional lecture formats do not... Read More

Learning Intimate Exams I work as a male urological teaching associate. I use my body to teach students to find all of the physical landmarks to do a complete exam including inguinal lymph nodes, hernia, testicular cancer, STD's, locate the epididymus, vas deferns, femoral pulse and a DRE. Read More

Why Pursue Nursing As A Career Historically, The nursing field has consistent positive job outlooks, health care is the backbone of most communities, not just for its services but also for the jobs it provides, economic stimulation and the way lives are saved. Read More

Failed nursing class 6 months away from graduation, need Advice So here I am 6 months away from graduation being told I have to drop the class and retake it because I failed my foley critical element 3x. I kept breaking sterility by touching the draping. I practiced it so many times, I don't know what happened. Read More