Nursing as a Practice

The Penny Theory – Novice to Expert and Back Again – Part II

The seasoned nurse is now known as, according to Benner’s theory, an expert in his or her area of expertise. This could be ICU, NICU, ER, Med-Surg, or many other areas of nursing.

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The Penny Theory – Novice to Expert and Back Again – Part I

The journey begins with the decision to become a nurse. The course of study for any college or university level student is often laden with hours of reading and studying.

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Correctional Nursing

Correctional nurses face a multitude of challenges, except these challenges occur inside the walls of correctional facilities. A correctional nurse spends each day providing various forms of healthcare to prison inmates.

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Honoring Our Nurses During National Nurses Week

National Nurses Week begins on May 6th and ends on May 12th, honoring the over 3 million working nurses in the U.S.

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Special Nursing Honors For National Nurses Week

National Nurses Week begins on May 6th and ends on May 12th, honoring the over 3 million working nurses in the U.S.

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Why I Chose Nursing

I was interested in behavioral health as a preteen, since I was in a dysfunctional immediate family situation, I was seriously curious; “there had to be reasons for these behaviors”.

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Wound Care

What is wound care and how do we look at it daily? Most people treating wounds are not specialists in this field and 78% of these people treating wounds are from our communities and from hospitals or care facilities.

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What Happened To The Caring Part of Nursing?

When I was taught, many moons ago, the most important part of nursing next to therapies and medications was giving quality care to the patients.

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Views on Women’s Health

Women’s health concerns have drastically evolved over the years and include so much more now than before.

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Using an A+D = A Approach to Nursing Assessment & Performance

The basis of nursing care rests on the ability of the nurse to utilize assessment of the patient as the first step of the nursing process.

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