I stood within the doorway of room 630 and watched her, deep in thought, staring out the window. She was a 20-year-old young woman admitted to...
After completing your chosen nursing program and passing your state licensing exam, there’s yet one more hurdle to beat before entering the world of skilled nursing:...
Noirin O’Neill’s blog As a patient and survivor of a life-threatening, hemorrhagic type of leukemia in 2004 on the age of 30, I care deeply about...
A number of difficult years. Recent years have been particularly difficult for the nursing occupation. We fought a virus that wreaked havoc on our patients, families...
For every nurse working in a direct care setting, preparing medications and administering them to patients is a component of the each day routine. Errors can...
I even have been a nurse for 30 years, with over a decade of experience as an intensive care unit nurse. During this time, I learned...
As flu season begins to come back to an end, we will take a step back and reflect on best practices. Guidelines for isolation in healthcare...
Following on from our previous post on isolation guidelines, below is an inventory of virus transmission precautions advisable for common pathogens. In addition to pathogen-specific precautions,...
at Dr. Dr Nicola Dunlop RGN @NicolaDunlop13 Before Covid 19, researchers weren’t typically regarded as change leaders, but that is exactly what I achieved with this...
April 7vol on the occasion of World Health Day. This yr, the World Health Organization (WHO), in consultation with the International Council of Nurses and Nursing...
