practical tips for surviving nursing and the NCLEX

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Pathology Review Tables: Gastritis

Sorry for being MIA lately…! I spent the last few days at a local nursing conference and would like to share with you something very important that I learned. One of the keynote speakers at t…

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Pathology Review Tables: Cholecystitis

My nursing program requires students to take two patho courses: one for acute conditions and another for chronic diseases. When I was studying for my acute patho course, I found that online resourc…

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Printable Drug Cards: NSAIDs

Although a simple class of drugs, NSAIDs are pretty much found on every single nursing unit. This drug table summarizes its properties and, most importantly, the patient teaching that you are respo…

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Pathology Review Tables: DKA

Here is another patho table for all nursing students. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is an important pathology to be familiar with because no matter your practice setting, acute care or community, you…

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Pathology Review Tables: Acute Pancreatitis

Here is another Pathology Review Table to help your midterm and NCLEX studying! NCLEX tutors will suggest that their students make summary tables like these to keep their information concise and in…

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Pathology Review Tables: DIC

In preparation for my midterm exams and the NCLEX, I have begun creating summary tables that review the main points of testable diseases and disorders. I try to summarize the information into a 1-2…

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The Ultimate Nursing Pen!

There are many things that we do as (student) nurses that appear random, but are actually very purposeful–like asking your patient which hospital he is in half a dozen times during your shift…

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Organizing medication research in nursing school clinicals

My clinical instructors, probably like yours, require that I thoroughly research every medication that I am about to give to a patient. My first med-surg placement was on a cardiology unit and my s…

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Head-to-Toe Assessment Checklist

When I began my med-surg placement, I was asked to complete thorough head-to-toe assessments on each patient. As a novice student, I found it very difficult to remember what I needed to assess for …

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Printable Drug Cards: Antibiotics

Following up on the previous drug cards I have posted, antibiotics are a fantastic example of why you want to study drug classes as opposed to individual drugs–this set alone contains 11 clas…

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Shift-at-a-Glance Checklist

As my clinical placements took place in more acute settings and especially as I started giving meds, I needed to keep track of more and more information about my patients. I found that I needed a q…

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Printable Drug Cards: Anti-diarrhea Medications

When I began nursing school, I thought that I would study individual drugs for NCLEX. Even the drug cards available in drug guides focus on individual medications. However, what is more important i...

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Up your clinical game in nursing school. Laminate and cut these quick reference guides, use a binder ring to keep them together, and take them to clinical to remember key points for #catheterinsertion #catheter #deepbreathing #coughingexercises #iv #primingiv #incentivespirometer #dressingchange #woundcare #nursingstudent #nursingclinical #clinicalreference #nursingbrainsheet

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I modified this tool from the various shift-at-a-glance worksheets that I found online. This is a great way for student nurses to stay organized when working with one patient. Please comment if you would like an editable copy.

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