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One of the most important interventions nurses provide to patients and clients is to administer medications. The original “five rights” of medication administration taught in all nursing schools have been expanded to seven rights – and I’ve seen as many as 12 Rights suggested. This post will explain the basic Rights of Medication
How to “do” Dimensional Analysis is a timely topic as many nursing schools have moved to this method of teaching medication calculations (Greenfield, Whelan, & Cohn, 2006; Toney-Butler & Wilcox, 2019). At first, this method can seem really intimidating. But once you learn it, you will find that you can use
Original post published August 8, 2017. Updated June 16, 2019. In this series of posts, I started talking about advancing your nursing career by deciding to go back to school for an advanced nursing degree – be it BSN, MSN, or PhD/DNP. The previous post covered the types of questions to ask
Original post was published on June 6, 2017. Updated: March 20, 2019. This career advice question came from a comment on my YouTube video about nursing doctorates. The writer, a hospital clinical educator, asked which terminal degrees I suggested for a nurse educator to pursue. I could really go into
Nursing practice is complex – it’s described as an art and a science. Because nursing practice encompasses so many aspects of life, how does one come to understand what nursing really is and what it means to be a good nurse? In this Deep Dive, I explain six ways of
I’ve had multiple emails from concerned faculty members about the dangers of predatory journals for students and aspiring authors. Predatory journal sounds scary, no? Yes! Students citing from predatory journals or faculty publishing to them are laying themselves open to intellectual theft. In this post, I talk about what predatory journals
This post is part of a series of tips and expert advice about how to be successful in nursing school. In this post, I share tips about how to navigate and master your online courses. This post was proofread by Grammarly** **This post contains affiliate links. See the explanation at the
For those of you just entering a nursing program, one of the first things to navigate is the course schedule! You need to make sure that you are signing up for the classes and the sections (i.e., the type of course offering classroom, online, or clinical) you need. This post provides
Nurses care for both the patient and their family members. I know you’ve advised at least one family member sitting at a patient’s bedside to get something to eat or go home and get some rest so that they could stay healthy to support their ailing loved one. A healthy nurse cares
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