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Nursing Articles
But the very best period of my working life was when part of my job description was "cardiac liaison nurse". The bulk of my time in that job was spent in providing the pre- and post-op education for cardiac surgery patients. But the plum was that I would go into the OR a few times during each case and come out to give the family a quick update on how things were going.
Clinical News
Women who have been physically active at any point in their lives -- but especially during the teenage years -- are at lower risk of developing cognitive impairment in late life than women who have been inactive, according to research published online June 30 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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The other day a co-worker strolled in wearing a scrub top festooned with furry, smiling teddy bears. On an adult cardiac floor...REALLY? On various adult units I've seen Looney Tunes, Precious Moments, rainbows and clouds, hearts, and yes...oodles and oodles of teddy bears.
I think these types of scrub tops look ridiculous unless you work in peds, in which case they would all be highly appropriate. On one hand nurses are striving to be taken seriously as professionals, yet with the other hand they are taking juvenile looking scrub tops off the hangar.
I vowed upon my graduation from nursing school that I would devote my career to abolishing the utterly useless institutions of NIC, NOC, NANDA. It's now been 2 years since my graduation, but I have not made any effort. Why? Because I've largely forgotten about nursing diagnoses. But then I remembered, and their existence irritated me. Why? Because their mere existence is a testament to the insecurity and defensiveness nursing presents as a profession.
How do you carry your stethoscope?
Do you keep it around your neck, tucked in your pocket or do you have the belt clip?
Do you even keep it with you?
Or do you use the (shudder) public, staff use steths?
Also, what kind do you have and what color?
Student Discussions
I'm so happy to see so many posts about passing the NCLEX!! I also JUST found out (officially!!) that I passed the nclex-rn in 75 (grueling, awful, mind-game-playing) questions!
Like most people I walked out of the test thinking...oh no, I don't even know what happened, what a blur, I FAILED!!! Honestly, this seems to be a natural reaction and pretty much expected! I did the PVT and got the good pop up and could not wait to see my beautiful license next to my name on my BON website.
I wanted some insight from those of you that have recently taken the NCLEX-RN and those of you who are also studying. How do your scores on practice exams compare to mine?
Here is a list of what I have done thus far:
Read Kaplan's 2010-2011 NCLEX-RN Strategies, Patrice, and Review Book cover to cover & Took the diagnostic test that comes on the CD with the book. My scores are as follows...
With the current economic situation, there have been a lot of changes in pay rates. Just so we are all more aware of the current pay rates can you pls. post the following...
Regional Discussion - New York
I just graduated in May 2010 with an Associate degree in nursing, and I'm having a hard time landing a job in NYC. I currently live in Maryland, but will be moving to the city in 2 weeks. I would really love some advise on how to get a RN job in NYC. I'm really interested in L&D or postpartum.
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