Nursing: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.
“With great power, comes great responsibility”. As cliché as that phrase may seem, I feel it lends itself quite well to the nursing field. I have been a nurse for over two years. While I feel I have...
View Article10 Reasons Why I Hate to Get Admissions At Shift Change
Receiving admissions at shift change is probably one of my biggest pet peeves in nursing. The reasons for this could fill pages upon pages, but I will try to be relatively brief: Responsibility for the...
View ArticleNG Tubes Suck: Gastric Contents from Patients and the Life out of me!
On the NG tube issue, I have already written about about a recent NG tube order fiasco, which caused me considerably more grief than it ever should have. A patient who gets to the floor at 6:40 am,...
View ArticleHey Hospitals, Patients Are Looking For you Online!
The potential for social media to impact and improve healthcare is staggering. This is especially prominent now that consumers are stepping up and confirming that a healthcare providers online presence...
View ArticleThe Importance of Removing Fear and Promoting Honesty and Integrity In Nursing
As nurses we are given such trust and responsibility. Often people’s lives are in our hands. We a allowed to care for people in their most vulnerable states. And depending on your license level,...
View ArticleHow to Titrate a Cardizem Drip
Many nurses are apprehensive about having to titrate a Cardizem drip. Patients who require Cardizem are usually facing life threatening conditions like A-fib and this can be very stressful to a nurse...
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