Becoming A Nurse

A the topic of interest to this mental health nurse. I work with adolescents and their families. I teach the adolescents about the signs of stress and how it can take a toll on your physical health. My own family is a blended family, and we manage a great deal of stress. My ex-husband lost…

I am not exactly sure what I was thinking when prior to starting nursing. However, after I became an LPN I could not understand why I needed to become an RN. Moreover, certainly did not understand why I need my BSN considering I worked beside Baccalaureate-prepared nurses and we do the same job. I was…

All of our lives we are taught to find our purpose: to pick a career that will make us happy and showcase our talents. At the beginning of my junior year of high school is when I had a realization, one that lead to me to go into nursing. I attended a leadership conference where…

Therapeutic communication is the cornerstone of all nurse-patient interactions and is essential to conducting a successful patient interview. A nurse must establish rapport and build therapeutic relationships with patients in order to gather comprehensive and relevant information. Throughout a patient interview, the nurse utilizes therapeutic communication techniques to encourage a patient to share their story….

Introduction Models of Health, Healing and Professional Presence ​My own personal beliefs differ from Era I, in that I believe there is more to nursing than just the physical aspect of a person. When working with medical surgical and surgical oncology patients, I have to look at the whole picture and that include a persons…