Posts Tagged: know my patient

Nightingale’s November Newsletter: Are you subscribed?

Are you subscribed to the Nightingale Apps‘ newsletter? Here is the one just released yesterday for November. If interested in receiving it, let us know at @contact@nightingaleapps.com PS…something really fun is coming your way early 2018!! We’re working on it now and will share more details when able . To read our newsletter from November, click here…. Read more

PhD versus DNP: Which one should you choose?

Are you deciding upon a doctoral degree in nursing? There are two primary choices: a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Both degrees are supported by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and represent terminal degrees in the field of Nursing. However, there are differences between the two… Read more

‘If it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done.’

If you are a nurse or health care professional, the phrase, “if it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done”, is something you have likely heard, said, and/or thought during one of your shifts. For those that aren’t familiar with this phrase, it means that if there isn’t a record of the care you delivered in the… Read more

When nursing care, intuition, and technology work together.

Today I’ll share some thoughts on one of my own experiences as a nurse on the lives of others. I’ll admit, I’ve not been in the position of having a patient in critical condition that needs life saving measures during my shift. However, there have been several instances over the course of my career where… Read more

I am a nurse (not ‘just’ a nurse).

Today I’d like to share a poem by Suzanne Gordon entitled ‘Just a Nurse’. Sometimes we (nurses) will hear this comment, ‘just a nurse’ over the course of our nursing careers. I know I’ve heard it and it has never felt great. When I have heard it, I tend to think about all the responsibilities I… Read more