Meth Withdrawal Symptoms and Treatment: What You Must Know
What is Meth? Meth -- short for Methamphetamine -- is an illegal drug, classified with other powerful stimulants like cocaine. It’s a white crystalline substance that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easi ...
How to Pass the NCLEX the First Time
Passing the NCLEX-RN exam is the last major milestone standing between you and your ultimate prize -- a Registered Nurse license. It’s hard to stop the panic from setting in, but you have been preparing for this ...
Making The Switch To The 'Dark Side': Five Tips For Adjusting To Night Shift
Whether this is your first time working the night shift, or you are re-entering the night shift workforce after some time away, the initial transition can be tough. When your body is used to a normal circadian rhythm, i ...
Tackling the Truth about Opioid Addiction: 5 Key Tips to Address Patient Fears
A common scenario: It’s 3:00pm on a Tuesday and you are discharging a patient from the medical-surgical unit /emergency room/ambulatory surgical unit. You review their discharge instructions with them, to make sure ...
Patient Satisfaction: 3 Key Strategies for Getting the Highest Score
The healthcare market has undergone countless changes over the past ten years. Some examples:The Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 (ACA) caused a shift from specialty care to primary care. Technology made electro ...
Common Hospital IV Drips: Names, Types, and Their Uses
All nursing programs include fluid balance and intravenous (IV) therapy as part of the curriculum. The information about the types of IV solutions and when to use them can be confusing for a nursing student. Nurse.Pl ...
Enhancing Your Future in Nursing: 6 Critical Reasons to Pursue Your BSN
Nursing is a unique field in that several levels of education can lead to the same Registered Nurse license. You’re reading one of our “Nursing Career Guide” articles. Need to practice for your upcomi ...
Social Media 101: 5 Crucial Tips for Nurses to Play It Safe
If you are a seasoned nurse of 10 years or more, you likely remember a time in your career before social media exploded onto the scene and became such an integral part of the world we live in. Whether you are 18 or 78, y ...
The Soaring Cost of Health Care in the U.S. and Current Cost-Cutting Initiatives
Overview The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis recently announced that health care spending rose by 9.9% in the first quarter of 2014 -the largest quarterly increase in more than 30 years. It ...