Let’s face it, nursing school is a demanding and stressful path.

It pays to be organized and have ready access to good information.  This post has 5 resources to make your life easier on your nursing career path.
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You may be aware that on June 16th, the President addressed the the American Nurses Association, which represents more than 3 million registered nurses across the United States. The topic was about how the health care reform affects nurses.

He started out (rightfully so) talking about how wonderful nurses are:

“America’s nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.  You’re on the front lines — (applause.)  You are on the front lines of health care in small clinics and in large hospitals, in rural towns and in big cities, all across America.”

He talks about the Support from the ANA for passing the health care reform.  He suggests that there are positive effects being seen and that the consumer (read patient) now has more “power and protection in the health care system”.

Here are a few things that the President says the reform covers: Read the rest of this entry

Have you taken a nursing competency assessment?

Since we have been talking a little about the NCLEX and nursing school clinicals lately, my mind has been pondering on nursing competency assessment a little.

Nursing competency assessment really has a little more to do with the management level of healthcare, but I think is a relevant topic for us now due to the vain (excuse the pun) of information that we have been talking about lately.

Measuring nursing competency is becoming more and more prevalent in the health care industry. Read the rest of this entry

Are you planing on studying to being a nurse?

Well then you will have to do nursing school clinicals.  At most nursing schools, your classes and clinicals will work hand in hand, feeding off of each other.

Often, you will have to have some pre-required classes and may actually need to pass some exams in order to take the clinicals.  Somethings you may be tested on prior to being allowed to take your nursing school clinicals are: catheter insertions, dressing wounds, administering medication, etc.

Not all schools are the same and so your experience may be different from a nursing student at a different school. Read the rest of this entry