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16 10, 2019

Fall in Love with Your First Nursing Job by Choosing the Right One

2019-12-30T13:13:44-08:00October 16th, 2019|Categories: Career Programs, Nurses Corner, Research|

While choosing nursing as your career may have been a simple decision, your choice of nursing specialization may not be so easy. After all, there are dozens of areas where you can work in any health care organization as well as numerous specialty organizations that offer home health and hospice care. You could even put your nursing education to work behind the desk at an insurance company or in case management. With so many choices, you may be worried that [...]

11 10, 2019

Pros and Cons of Working “Only” Three Days Each Week

2019-12-30T13:16:16-08:00October 11th, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing, Career Programs, Education, Nurses Corner|

Today, the majority of nurses, particularly newly licensed nurses, end up working 12-hour shifts rather than the traditional 8-hour shift. This often makes staffing easier in hospitals, and hospital managers argue in favor of the great continuity of care for patients. However, even though some love the flexibility of the 12-hour shift, it is not all glamor and downtime. For many nurses, this dreaded shift can pose many real problems and distinct health dangers. Pros and Cons of a 3/7, [...]

9 10, 2019

Recognizing and Treating Heart Blocks

2019-10-06T14:48:50-07:00October 9th, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing|

The human heart has a unique electrical system that signals different parts of the heart muscle to move. When there is a disruption in the electrical pathways, your patient may develop chest pain, decreased perfusion and life-threatening pumping interruptions. One of the most concerning and oft-confused issues is heart block. Heart block refers to any delay in or interruption of the electrical impulses from the top to the bottom of the heart. There are three main types of heart block [...]

4 10, 2019

Initial Assessment of the Trauma Patient

2025-11-19T08:59:54-08:00October 4th, 2019|Categories: Education|

High-quality early trauma care can mean the difference between life and death. It can also help to determine the extent of complications from injuries and the length of time that the individual will need to spend in the hospital. The Steps of Great Trauma Care In general, great trauma care will begin with a quick primary survey to look at the basics of breathing and circulation and to get baseline readings through non-invasive tools, such as electrocardiograms. Next, trauma [...]

2 10, 2019

Taking Codes from Chaotic to Calm

2019-10-01T22:05:09-07:00October 2nd, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing, Education, EMT Training|

As a health care worker, one of the most stressful situations you can ever face is a code blue. Whether your own patient is coding or you are called to a code somewhere else in your facility, the fact that a patient’s life is in your hands is a weighty realization. No matter how many hours of experience or years of education you have, hearing a code blue called or reaching for the phone to call one yourself is sure [...]

27 09, 2019

Simple Tips for Self Care for Medical Workers

2019-09-19T13:38:03-07:00September 27th, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing|

Anyone who has spent a few months working in the health care field knows how mentally and physically stressful this job can be. Long hours on your feet, heavy loads to lift and the burden of caring for very sick and possibly dying patients can quickly wear on you. This is why great self-care is vital to your sanity and overall health. However, while you have most likely heard much about the desperate need for quality self-care for medical workers, [...]

25 09, 2019

The Benefits of NRP Certification on High-Acuity Neonatal Intensive Care Units

2019-10-31T12:22:36-07:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing, Neonatal|

As a neonatal intensive care nurse, you are in charge of an extremely fragile population of the smallest patients in the hospital. Working in this unit requires a certain amount of determination and perseverance as these patients are critically sick, especially if they were born preterm. In addition to your physical and mental determination to provide compassionate care to these patients, you also need a high knowledge level of complete neonatal care to make the smartest decisions for your patients [...]

20 09, 2019

Building an Incident Response Team in Your Emergency Room

2025-11-19T14:56:24-08:00September 20th, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing, Education, Nurses Corner|

Today, many of the largest organizations and businesses have incident response teams that are designed to respond to unusual and dangerous situations quickly. Some businesses may have incident response teams to deal with unexpected computer system failures or major electrical outages. Large hospitals should also have carefully planned teams that can deal with mass injuries and casualties. Of course, in a health care organization, this team would be institution-wide and would include many different leaders in all departments. However, [...]

18 09, 2019

Save Time and Money with a Continuing Education Renewal Bundle

2019-10-31T12:22:36-07:00September 18th, 2019|Categories: ACLS, Basic Life Support Articles, Education|

As a health care professional, your time is valuable. Working such a demanding job can take a toll on your mind and your body, and you need to treat your time off work as something incredibly important. Although continuing education is vital to maintaining your professional certifications and state licensure, you certainly do not want to be wasting your hours off work at multiple classes and lectures that are spread out over weeks or months. One of the best ways [...]

13 09, 2019

Tips and Solutions for Nurse Burnout

2019-10-31T12:22:36-07:00September 13th, 2019|Categories: Advanced Nursing, Education|

Nurse burnout is a very real problem often complicated by factors outside a nurse’s control. For example, many nurses deal with stressful work situations, which could include unsafe work environments or poor staffing ratios. Other causes of burnout may be based on personal feelings, such as a sense of isolation or difficulty in dealing with emotional upheaval on the job. The definition of nurse burnout is a sense of physical, mental and emotional unrest and stress most often caused by [...]

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