Nursing School

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Tough love for “incivility” in nursing

I’m still trying to understand the uproar here. Incivility in the workplace is as old at time. Do you agree?

The role of nurse practitioners in healthcare

Being mid-level providers, the world of medicine seems to have drawn a line between support and rejection of NPs. Today I was told by a physician that NPs are simply hired to do all the “scut-work” that physicians don’t want or like to do.

A modern view of Nurse Ratched

Back in 60s psych wards, there were no counselors who held the group therapy sessions over which Nurse Ratched presided. Shock therapy and/or lobotomy was the usual treatment for extreme depression, suicide attempts, psychoses, and neuroses. The antipsychotics and antidepressants which we now take for granted did not exist.

Have I become a “pro” at being a nursing student?

Seven years later, this nurse is back in school. How have things changed… and what’s still the same?

Top 10 qualities of a great nurse educator

Prospective students are getting turned away because of a shortage, so perhaps you should consider changing careers to something with more flexible hours, less physical strain, and better pay!

A nursing student’s Christmas list

You know you’re a student nurse when your Christmas wish-list asks Santa for some scrubs, pens, and a good night’s sleep before clinical.

Reality Check: Surviving nursing school

There were many times I wanted to throw in the towel and quit. Heck, our class lost a lot of people during the whole process.

Is nursing school built to “break us down” rather than “build us up?”

I can say 90% of my nursing education and experience has been about ‘breaking us down’. Sad, but true. I wish our instructors would make an attempt to teach, not torture.

The organized nurse: How to schedule your day on a med-surg floor

An hour by hour guide for students and nurses as taught by a tough but extremely smart nursing instructor. Do you agree with her instructions?

Crazy rituals

We love to torture ourselves. Somehow we always end up huddling to ruminate over what we just survived.

Jochen Sands | Digital Vision | Thinkstock + Scrubs

Clinical rotation jitters

Now I’m walking the halls as a Nurse Practitioner Student and holy crap! My lab coat. I have to wear a lab coat.

	6 dos & don’ts for putting together great scrubs outfits
	A list of rules for nurses…from 1887
	What scrubs style is best for your body type?

	Doctor tributes to nurses!
	WATCH: 10 must-see medical movies
	8 ways nurses can make extra cash

	10 songs to help you relax
	Word Roots Quiz I
	Managing patient rage quiz: part 1

	Night nurse rant!
	7 scrubs wardrobe malfunctions you can fix today
	If I knew then what I know now: things I wish I’d known my first month on the job