What it takes to be a Mental Health Nurse
Mikaela has been contemplating lately. Yes, she loves being a nurse, being able to care for the sick and see them recover. However, there’s something about ward nursing that has...
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Hyperbaric Nursing
Back in the days, when people mention the term “nurse”, all they think about is a person wearing an all-white ensemble plus the cap, administering medications in wards and catering...
Let’s talk computers: Telenursing
Erwin is a computer geek. He spends hours and hours in front of the computer monitor, doing this and doing that. Name a computer problem and he can solve it...
Genetics Nurses: What are they?
Susie is fond of analyzing things. She like details even the minute ones. She has this patience and determination inside her that makes her believe that even the smallest of...
Let’s fly away: Flight Nursing
It’s just another ordinary day at the airport. Fair weather. Blue skies. Passengers boarding and arriving. Families waiting expectedly for their loved ones. Children crying as they depart from their...
A Day in the Life of a Clinical Instructor
A Day in the Life of a Clinical Instructor
One of the most important roles of the clinical instructor role is providing instruction to students, which is based on a course syllabus. With nursing concepts and theories being taught in nursing school, it is important that student nurses also know how to apply them in the clinical setting. That is where clinical instructors enter the scenario. Their job is to connect what students learn in school and aid them in real life application. Textbooks and other written materials may be used, but the teaching strategy of CIs mostly rely on laboratory simulations and on-site rotations.
Exploring New Options: Dermatology Nursing
Dermatology Nursing
Dermatology nurses receive an estimate of $85,000 on average every year, which is $15,000 above the salary of generalist nurses. They may even receive a sign-in bonus for applicants and for those already working as one, retention bonus may complete the annual income. This bonus that we are talking about, ranges from $517 to $7,861.
Being a dermatology nurse can be exciting. Nurses may feel thrilled and love this specialized area of nursing and with this comes the best benefit of them all. They say when you love your work, you never go to work at all. That applies to this job as well, as long as nurses love what they are doing and consider it as their passion, they will never bored and get tired of it and that no matter what hardships may be encountered along the way, they will always emerge and remain standing as a proud dermatology nurse.
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Sentiments of a Ward Nurse
Things every ward nurse wants you to know
1. When you buzz and I do not come right away, it’s either I am attending to a patient at bedside, or I am assisting a doctor during his rounds. Do not storm into the station like you are my only client.
2. We are humans, too.
3. Yes, it is okay for your relatives to ask us to take their blood pressures, but also remember that we have other patients, too.
4. Trust me, I’m a nurse.
5. We are not doctor’s assistants
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Getting to Know Perianesthesia Nursing
When one thinks about nursing, he always visualizes people in white with a cap on their head, catering sick patients in wards, making nurses rounds, administering medications and so much...
Top Paying Nursing Career Paths
From the moment we stepped forth the path of nursing, we have envisioned a career which involves helping people and dealing with the sick. Along our journey towards becoming a...
