Worried about working as a night shift nurse? There are some serious perks! Advice from a night shift ICU RN about why she enjoys working the graveyard shift.
The plague of long ago still exists today. How do we, as nurses, know if our patient is one of the few individuals who has contracted it? Check out symptoms and treatment for this rare illness.
Wound care is an important part of nursing. Bedsores are a common problem seen among bedridden patients. How can we as nurses help our patients who have developed pressure sores?
Here's how you zero a pressure line in five easy steps! Quick and simple read on how and why zeroing is important.
It is important to be able to recognize different types of heart blocks when your patient develops them. What do the ECG strips look like? What will the patient feel like? Most importantly, what are you going to do about it?
Basic ECG interpretation is important to understand as a nurse. What does it mean when different waves do not look how they should? Here is a guide to common ECG abnormalities and what to look out for.
Tips on how to remove rings from a patient whose fingers are swollen. This can be a task that emergently needs to be done if a patient's fingers have decreased blood flow because of the ring. Try some of these easy tricks and see if they work!
Looking for opportunities to volunteer as a nurse? There are so many organizations that you can look to get that experience. Operation Smile, the Peace Corps, Project Hope, and many more!
You've passed the NCLEX and gotten your first nursing job. How do you survive as a new nurse when there is so much to learn? Here are tips to succeed in your first nursing job and not get "eaten" by senior nurses.
Giving insulin IV is a lifesaving measure for patients experiencing diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperkalemia. Monitoring these patients closely is essential to safe treatment. Learn the basics about IV insulin from an ICU RN.
