New NCLEX Test Center Opens in Texas
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), Texas Board of Nursing and Pearson VUE today open up a new testing center in Harlingen,Texas. The test center, located in...
Author: Byron Webb Romero, RN, MSN
Jobs for Nurse Practitioner in Sheldon Iowa
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center 118 N. 7th Avenue, PO Box 250 Sheldon, IA 51201 Nurse Practitioner Qualifications: Graduation from a NLN or AACN accredited nursing program is strongly preferred. *Master’s...
CDC’s Safety Guidelines for Outpatient Settings 2011
Due to the huge increase of outpatient clinics, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a guide and checklist specifically for healthcare providers in outpatient care settings...
Nurses Beware of Facebook and Twitter
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of United Kingdom has issued a warning on health workers specifically nurses and midwives to be extra careful when using social networking sites like Facebook...
New Gonorrhea Strain: Antibiotic Resistant
A new strain of gonorrhea is discovered by scientist and they have found that this strain is resistant to all available antibiotics. The details of the discovery made byDr. Magnus...
Most US Hospitals are Run by Non-Physician Managers
The conventional thought is that doctors should manage hospitals and business managers are suited for enterprise. But according to the 2009 study in the Journal Academic Medicine, surprisingly out of...
Room Assignments for July 2011 NLE
Examinees are reminded to take note of their exam venue, school/building, room assignment and go to the test center at 6:30 in the morning. Late examinees will not be admitted....
Pre-board Exam for July 2011 NLE
July 2011 Nursing Board Exam Preboard Examination. Mark the letter of your choice then click on the next button. Your score will be posted as soon as the you are...
Nursing Care Plan – Hypovolemia (Fluid Volume Deficit)
Definition: Fluid volume deficit, also called hypovolemia, is excessive loss of water and electrolytes in equal proportion; vascular, cellular or intracellular dehydration. Clinical Manifestation: Tented skin turgor and dry mucous...
Why I Chose Nursing
Encountering this topic initially gave me a thought of taking a survey with my friends, colleagues as well as batch mates way back in college as to why they did...
