10 Priceless Pieces of Advice to Get You Through Your Nursing Career
You won’t find it in a book, and you may not hear it from a mentor, but the following ‘pearls of advice’ have become priceless:
Confidentiality in Your Nursing Job
Confidentiality is an issue that anyone considering a nursing job needs to seriously think about. If you have great difficulty knowing and understanding what you can discuss openly and what you need to keep to yourself, a nursing career may not be right for you.
Ethics in Nursing: Issues Nurses Face
Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics such as beneficence, non-maleficence, and respect for autonomy. However, those in nursing can be distinguished by its emphasis on relationships, collaborative care and human dignity. Because the healthcare climate is regularly changing, as is our society, it is crucial that nurses have a grounded understanding of ethics.
12 Secrets Every Pharmacist Knows (And You Should, Too)
Nobody knows more about medications than pharmacists do—not doctors, not nurses, not anyone. As Ronald Jordan, dean of Chapman University’s School of Pharmacy, in Orange, California, puts it, “Those with the right to prescribe know far less about drug therapies than pharmacists, and consumers need to make use of that knowledge.” Here, find out why generics cost less, how far in advance you should call for a refill, and more.
ANA Commends Introduction of the Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act
The American Nursing Association (ANA) commends Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and David Joyce (R-OH) for introducing the Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act. This bill would require Medicare-participating hospitals to establish registered nurse (RN) staffing plans using a committee, comprised of majority of direct care nurses, to ensure patient safety, reduce readmissions and improve nurse retention.
How to Deal With Over Demanding Patients
As a nurse, you’ll be expected to deal with various kinds of situations and many emergencies. However, while you might be prepared to deal with emergencies, dealing with difficult patients is what will tax your resources. You’re not alone in this. Every health care facility has its share of difficult patients. You dread seeing their names on your nursing schedule. The hospital staff is wary of returning their calls.
Look for Work in Troubled Times
It’s hard enough to job hunt in a thriving economy, but now, even the heartiest job seeker may be inclined to roll over and catch a few more z’s rather than hit the streets.
The Layoff Survival Kit
Now that you’ve lost your job, you need to hurry up and find a new one, right? Wrong. You’ve got to buck up and tie up loose ends with your ex-employer in order to secure your finances and insure your health. Add these items to your to-do list for your first week out of work.
Medication Programs: Advice from a Pharmacist
As a pharmacist, we are often stopped by friends and family seeking advice regarding medication. Last week, a fellow choir member asked my opinion on cholesterol medication. It seems the pastor’s wife stopped her prescription medication and has had good results with an over the counter (OTC) supplement. I offered the following as a basis for a standard response to such questions.
What Nursing Shortage?
As “graduation season” approaches once again, another class of nurses will be looking for jobs and many will be disappointed that there seem to be no jobs available which is not what they expected when they became nursing students.
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