Category: LPN (Licensed Practical Nursing)
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Words Matter: The Power of Inclusive Language in Medicine
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As healthcare professionals, you will be called on to continue learning and growing for the duration of your career. Yes, you’ll know more as a seasoned worker than someone fresh out of school. However, you will also build up automatic responses and—yes, it happens even to the best of us—blind…
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Be Prepared for the Future of Nursing: Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity
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Explore how nurses are essential in tackling social determinants of health and promoting health equity through clinical care, community engagement, and policy advocacy.
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A List of US-Based Nursing School Scholarships
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Explore tips for applying to nursing scholarships and discover a handy list of US-based scholarships to ease the financial burden of nursing school.
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Preparing a client for a thoracentesis
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Learn what the optimal position for thoracentesis to allow for rib separation and safe needle insertion.
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Choosing a Nursing Specialty: 20 of the Most Popular Career Tracks for Nurses
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Embark on your nursing career by exploring the top 20 nursing specialties. Get insights into each specialty and discover the diverse opportunities within nursing and find the path that aligns with your passions and skills!
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How to Study in Nursing School: 8 Tips from an Expert Nurse Educator
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Prepare for academic success with these eight essential study habits every nursing student should adopt! From understanding the basics to practicing NCLEX®-style questions, this guide offers practical strategies to enhance your learning experience and ensure you thrive in nursing school.
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Living With Hypochondria: A Patient Experience
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Hypochondria or hypochondriasis is a psychological disorder where someone develops chronic stress about an imagined illness. It often manifests after someone has lost a loved one to serious illness, and while it’s often dismissed and stigmatized, the condition can cause real harm by putting excess stress on the body. Today…
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How to Practice Empathy as a Nurse (and Why You Should)
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Get practical tips for developing empathetic communication skills, building rapport with patients, and enhancing overall health outcomes in healthcare.
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How to Become a Nurse: The Osmosis Ultimate Guide
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Discover the essential steps to starting your career in nursing, from understanding nursing roles and program prerequisites to navigating the journey to licensure. Get valuable tips and a wealth of resources to support your career path today in our ultimate guide to becoming a nurse. Getting Started On Your Nursing…
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Breaking Bad News: Using the SPIKES Protocol vs. the BREAKS Protocol
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Learn how to deliver tough medical news to patients using the SPIKES and BREAKS protocols to enhance communication and create better patient outcomes.
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Make Yourself Comfortable: How to Be Aware of Your Implicit Biases
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“I want to help people” is a common response on a medical school application, but sometimes we experience trepidation when working within a new environment or group—especially when we lack understanding of these groups. Read about how one medical student ventured outside of her comfort zone and overcame her biases…
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What You Should Know to Become a Pediatric Nurse
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In today’s guest post, learn about the ins-and-outs of pediatric nursing, one of the most popular and rewarding career tracks in nursing. There are a large number of career options available in health care, and nursing is the most common profession in the industry with a variety of opportunities to…
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3 Tips to Write Progress Notes
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Discover how to write an effective SOAP progress note that tells the patient’s story clearly, communicates accurately with colleagues, and builds trust; all while avoiding common documentation mistakes.
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Avoiding Errors In Patient Care
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Learn about essential tools and best practices that help healthcare professionals avoid medication, communication, and typographical errors, enhancing patient safety and care quality.
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What Clinics and Organizations do to Protect Medical Information
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There are many laws that are meant to protect patients and their information. Not everyone really understands the laws, protocols, and regulations that clinics use. It can range from a doctor or nurse refusing to disclose patient information to the technology that clinics implement protections. There are laws that doctors’ offices and…