As a healthcare professional, you realized before you entered the nursing profession that at various times in your career some of your patients will die. Many students and nursing students understand this on a cognitive level, but the emotional impact of losing a patient for the first time often takes them by surprise. In addition, […]
Nursing Challenges
Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Explained
Just like other healthcare professionals, nurses need to practice according to a complex web of federal and state statutes – while they make decisions in an ethically responsible manner. Due to rapid advances in medical practices and technologies, nurses and other healthcare professionals often face the challenge making decisions where lawmakers and the court have […]
Handling Stress as an LPN
Everyone has job related stress from time to time but the demanding role of the LPN may take job related stress to a whole new level. The fast pace, the multitude of responsibilities and the liabilities associated with nursing is enough to get anyone a little frazzled. Toss in a few hundred different personalities and […]
Challenges you will face in your nursing career and solutions
A career in Nursing is an ever evolving learning experience. Unfortunately, you will ascertain a minute amount of information in Nursing School compared to the experience that you will obtain through trial and error while working. Nursing School is wonderful but there simply isn’t enough time to prepare you for everything that you potentially may […]