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13 Types of Patient Positioning to Remember

Patients in health care settings often spend extended periods in bed with limited mobility. An important part of nursing care consists of helping your patients keep their bodies as comfortable...

13 Types of Patient Positioning to Remember

Patients in health care settings often spend extended periods in bed with limited mobility. An important part of nursing care consists of helping your patients keep their bodies as comfortable...

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How to Study for a Med-Surg Test With a Test Bank

Med-surg refers to medical-surgical nursing, a specialty that deals with patient care before and after surgery. Although it is a popular specialty, many students may find med-surg tests challenging because...

How to Study for a Med-Surg Test With a Test Bank

Med-surg refers to medical-surgical nursing, a specialty that deals with patient care before and after surgery. Although it is a popular specialty, many students may find med-surg tests challenging because...

A young nurse in blue scrubs checks the flow of an IV: how to start an iv

How to Start an IV: A 5-Step Guide

In nursing school, one skill you’ll learn that you’ll use repeatedly throughout your career is how to start and insert an IV. An IV is incredibly important when it comes...

How to Start an IV: A 5-Step Guide

In nursing school, one skill you’ll learn that you’ll use repeatedly throughout your career is how to start and insert an IV. An IV is incredibly important when it comes...

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What's Included on a Nursing Report Sheet?

Nurses are the cornerstones of the healthcare industry, providing an essential link between physician and patient. One element that helps nurses maintain continuity of care for their patients are nursing...

What's Included on a Nursing Report Sheet?

Nurses are the cornerstones of the healthcare industry, providing an essential link between physician and patient. One element that helps nurses maintain continuity of care for their patients are nursing...

A female nurse in scrubs and a stethoscope assists and aids an older woman following maslow's hierarchy in nursing header

How to Prioritize Nursing Care With Maslow's Hi...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was developed in 1943 by psychologist Abraham Maslow to describe and categorize things people need to experience self-actualization. In simpler terms, he created this psychological theory...

How to Prioritize Nursing Care With Maslow's Hi...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was developed in 1943 by psychologist Abraham Maslow to describe and categorize things people need to experience self-actualization. In simpler terms, he created this psychological theory...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison

55 Nursing Quotes To Inspire, Motivate, And Rem...

It takes a special person to become a nurse. The recent Covid-19 pandemic has proven this to be true. Nursing is a career in which you will face many challenges,...

55 Nursing Quotes To Inspire, Motivate, And Rem...

It takes a special person to become a nurse. The recent Covid-19 pandemic has proven this to be true. Nursing is a career in which you will face many challenges,...