A pediatric crash cart is a mobile unit containing essential equipment and medications required for emergency care in pediatric patients. It is designed to be easily accessible and transportable to any location within a healthcare facility. Have you ever had a chance to actually look through a Pediatric Crash Cart? Most of us don’t until there is an actual code, and even then, there is no time to…
If you are anything like me, and let’s face it (like every nurse who has ever been in this health care field) you are starting your nursing career wondering how long it will take before you feel as confident as the nurse who is precepting you. Don’t worry. This is a totally normal and expected feeling when you become a new nurse and frankly, when you…
Pre-shift anxiety is something many of us nurses struggle with on a day to day basis and learning how to minimize pre-shift anxiety is absolutely crucial. It can occur at any level in our nursing career and is triggered by many different things. But what really is pre-shift anxiety ? It is the dreadful, stressful feeling you get when you know you work in the morning or evening…
Self-care in nursing seems to be a practice many nurses and nursing students do not have time to partake in yet it is one of the most important things we need to incorporate in our lives. These past few years have not been easy, to say the least, especially in our nursing world. Many of us have felt burnout, unsupported, overworked, emotionally drained and mentally and physically affected by…
Are you completely confused when it comes to choosing the right NCLEX Prep book? Don’t worry, I was too. That is why I decided to do some serious research on your behalf. I have chosen 8 of the BEST NCLEX Prep books out there that will help prepare you to pass your NCLEX-RN Exam. The following NCLEX Prep books are placed from highest to lowest ranking on…
Hello, hello my nursing friends. As a new nurse one of the things I dreaded the most was the moment I had to give bedside report. I remember always being worried about who was going to be the oncoming nurse and was she/he going to chew me out if I didn’t have the right information readily available? Granted- it is part of the learning process and with…
