Back to School Mastery: Part 2 — Highlighters and Notes
Do you try to transcribe everything the teachers says (until your hand cramps)? There is a better way! Let’s go over some strategies for effectively capturing information in the fast-paced world of Nursing School. Handwritten Notes or Typed Notes? Typed...
Back to School Mastery: Part 1 — Technology
Don’t let technology own you! Learn how to leverage technology to be the invisible helper that it should be. Laptops, phones, and tablets. Oh my! Once upon a time, I began an educational program that was mostly distance learning, with...
Back to School Mastery: Series Overview
Back to school season often evokes one of two strong reactions: Dread or Excitement. Whether you are in the first semester of nursing school or the last, let us help get you started on your best foot. Back to School:...
Why the Nursing Soft Skills Matter, Too.
But I haven’t started my first IV yet! If you are reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve only started an IV on a manikin and are wondering when you’ll get a chance “in real life”. The ability to start...
NARCAN: Naloxone Know-How for Nurses
On November 18, 2015, at the urging of the public and many agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. FDA approved the use of naloxone nasal spray for the treatment of life-threatening opioid overdose. The legislation...
EKG Basics– How to Identify ECG Rhythms
Contrary to popular belief, cardiac rhythm identification isn’t hard. What most of us need is access to a really good tutorial and lots of practice. Clinical rotations provide an excellent opportunity to get in there and look at some rhythm...
5 Crucial Tips When You Failed the NCLEX
You failed the NCLEX. That is not a fun situation. You know what they say: if at first, you don’t succeed at passing the NCLEX…eat a cupcake (or two), have a good cry and then let it go! Is everyone...
2017: Year of the Healthy Nurse Avoid Burnout in the Age of Mindfulness
What IS health, anyway? Nurses should know…we promote health and hope for a living, right? But do we make sure ALL caregivers are cared for? Even us? In 2017, the ANA focused on nurses keeping nurses healthy for nurse’s week,...
What Every Nurse Should Know: Estimating TBSA
The burn unit: one place I NEVER wanted to float to in the hospital! It was all ages at the hospital where I was. As you can imagine where all situations were difficult, some of the pediatric cases were incredibly heartbreaking....
4 Mnemonics Every Nursing Student Should Know For Hyperkalemia & Hypokalemia
Mnemonics! These little nuggets are some of the greatest ways to memorize information. I know before I started nursing school, I never could have imagined the true scope of just HOW MUCH stuff would be stored up in that brain...