Under Pressure: Managing Stress as a Nurse
Pressure: A very familiar word in the medical field, right? When I hear “pressure” I think of blood pressure, venous pressure, arterial pressure, and the like.
In the Breakroom
Float Nursing to Reduce Healthcare Costs
Float nursing reduces healthcare costs and assists with staffing shortages while increasing patient safety and workload (Bates, 2013, p. 197). A float nurse is responsible for working on different units throughout the hospital, and placement varies. Read more…
I’ve Looked at Patient Advocacy from Both Sides Now
During my healthcare profession, I often served as a patient advocate, either knowingly or sub-consciously while performing my routine duties. I took satisfaction in responding to patient needs, guiding someone to the right person or department, and seeing a positive outcome. But I never realized how important a patient advocate can be until I became a patient myself.
Regular Pain Assessment Scores in Infants: Help or Hindrance?
There is an ongoing need to explore alternate methods for evaluating pain in nonverbal and preverbal patients, as well as managing the cumulative pain experience in these patients.
The Struggle of the Nursing Student
Recently, I returned to nursing school to first, expand my knowledge of nursing. Secondly, in hopes of improving my current skill set as well as polishing up my old ones. To my surprise, I was met with a harsh reality.
The Journey of a Lifetime
I was hopeful as I started in a new role in a Women’s Care Unit in a new hospital. Everything was different for me and I looked forward to a change in the type of clinical practice I would learn. The Human Resources person clearly informed me of the average ages of the women I would care for and the list of the most common diagnoses being treated on this unit. But nothing prepared me for what I would experience in my journey of caring for one woman who would change the course of my career.
