Nursing school is hard enough without the fear tactics.  And the truth is, there are so many ways that people learn.  Instead of saying "One of you won't be here" - what if we said "I will HELP you be here".   You CAN Do This! -Jon Haws, RN ..read more

The past is prologue - there comes a time when we have to stop wishing for a better past.  It took me 5 years to accept the past as a way to move forward.  ..read more

Full Episode HERE Your 14-Day Jump-Start For Nursing School Success Begins Now!!! Come along for a 14-day series that will push you ahead of the curve, helping you break through the most difficult nursing content with a FREE 10-minute video each day. You can access these lesson videos completely free of charge! Simply set up a password, and you're good to go. ABGs refer to "Arterial Blood Gases." These are tests performed on a blood sample taken from an artery to assess the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, as well as the pH and bicarbonate levels in the blood. AB ..read more

I literally wrote the book on surviving your first year as a nurse (The New Nurse Survival Guide) and today I wanted to share 3 tips from that book that you can start applying TODAY whether you are in nursing school or already working as a nurse ..read more

If I could encourage you to start doing ONE thing today while you're in nursing school - it would be this.    To join the NURSING.com Insider Circle - just visit https://NURSING.com/insider ..read more

Full Episode HERE Your 14-Day Jump-Start For Nursing School Success Begins Now!!! Come along for a 14-day series that will push you ahead of the curve, helping you break through the most difficult nursing content with a FREE 10-minute video each day. You can access these lesson videos completely free of charge! Simply set up a password, and you're good to go. Diabetes mellitus, or diabetes, is a chronic condition affecting how your body handles sugar (glucose). It's due to issues with insulin, a hormone that regulates sugar levels. There are 2 types of diabetes me ..read more

Full Episode HERE Your 14-Day Jump-Start For Nursing School Success Begins Now!!! Come along for a 14-day series that will push you ahead of the curve, helping you break through the most difficult nursing content with a FREE 10-minute video each day. You can access these lesson videos completely free of charge! Simply set up a password, and you're good to go. Understanding the heart's complex physiology was like decoding a secret language. Ejection fractions, cardiac outputs – the terms seemed to swirl in a sea of confusion. Hours were spent buried in textboo ..read more

What I Wish I Knew: Potassium-K Lab Value Levels For resources to help you master Potassium and ALL the lab values, we have a FREE Cheatsheet Download at NURSING.com/labvalues.   What do bananas, avocados, and kale all have in common? Potassium! For more resources to help you understand Potassium, Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia, click here: What role does it play in the body? What’s a normal range level for potassium? And what happens when potassium levels are too low or too high? On a shift early in my career, while I was still being oriented to the unit, I held tight to tha ..read more

For resources to help you master ABGs and ALL the LabVales, we have a FREE Cheatsheet Download at    NURSING.com/LabValues.   At NURSING.com you can learn everything you need to know as a nurse about ABGs including gas exchange, acidosis, alkalosis (metabolic and respiratory), normal lab value ranges, and more.     We also cover key concepts for NCLEX for arterial blood gases.     Our gas exchange nursing care plan covers impaired gas exchange nursing management, impaired gas exchange interventions, impaired gas exchange diagnosis, et ..read more

For resources to help you master Cardiac topics, we have a FREE Cheatsheet Download at  NURSING.com/heart.   At NURSING.com you can learn everything you need to know as a nurse about distributive shock including distributive shock pathophysiology, distributive shock definition, types of distributive shock, and more.     We also cover key concepts for NCLEX on distributive shock nursing.     Our distributive shock nursing care plan covers distributive shock nursing management, distributive shock interventions, distributive shock diagnosis ..read more