What’s the Deal: IM vs. IV Injections
hen one says the term “Nurses”, they often envision people in an all-white ensemble, with a cap, a ready smile and a syringe, or injection as some may say, in...
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10 R’s in Giving Medication
s nurses, our job description involves a number of tasks that we must be able to fulfill to ensure quality of care and to aid our patients towards the betterment...
Transcultural Nursing
hey say each person is different, with different sets of personalities that set them aside and make them unique from one another. Each has their own needs and demands. In...
Graveyard shift: What and what not to like
10:00 pm. Duty is about to start in an hour. I lazily grab my clothes and prepare for another 8-hour duty, hoping that it wouldn’t be a toxic one. I...
Tips for your first week of work as a nurse
ou’ve survived nursing school. Endured sleepless nights and days of hard work. You passed the board exam, and now, you’ve finally reached your goal. You, my friend, are now a...
Nursing Care for Hypertension
ursing can be a lot to take into sometimes. You have to study hundreds of diseases and pick out the most appropriate nursing actions to address them. But how do...
Tips in Nursing Documentation
It’s a toxic shift for you. You have tons to do including nursing procedures to be performed for each patient and medications to be administered. You also have to assist...
How to Measure Pediatric Intake and Output
t’s almost the end of the shift and you are asked by your clinical instructor to measure the intake and output of the patient assigned to you. However, it is...
Hot Jobs in Nursing
Most people get so obsessed with what’s in and what’s not nowadays, from fashion trends, to the latest techie gadgets, to the most sought after activities. We try to go...
NCLEX Question Types
Most of the questions of the NCLEX exam are worded multiple choice questions. In recent years, however, the NCSBN has added new format questions which do not involve simple multiple...
