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Nursing Review Centers: A Must Join?

 
There are so many nursing review centers that have recently opened around the country. Most of them offer review classes for the Nursing Licensure Examinations and the rest of the five-letter exams as well. But the question remains: is it necessary to join these review centers just to pass the exams?
 
Nursing students study for four […]

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6Apr2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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Nurse Ghost Stories

 
Back in college, my dutymates and I often had shifting schedules like real nurses. We were placed on morning, afternoon and graveyard shifts for weeks at a time. But among the three, I liked the graveyard shift the most.

Aside from the fact that it was the least busy shift (making it duty haven! […]

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3Apr2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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Nurses Health Hazards

Most people think that it’s easy to be a nurse. They seem to overlook all the hazards in being one especially when they are more focused on the huge salaries that will be received on each pay day. But what they seem to ignore are the health risks that every nurse takes when they go […]

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31Mar2008 | Zee | 1 comment | Continued
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Dodging Recruitment Scams And Hoaxes

There are a lot of people including nurses who are all applying for a job overseas. There are hundreds of new applicants every month and there are more who gets deployed to other countries in search for a better future. No one is a 100% sure that it will all turn out all right but […]

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29Mar2008 | Zee | 1 comment | Continued
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No Shortcuts To Become A Nurse

The life of a nursing student would have been a whole lot easier if there was a single book titled, “How to Become a Nurse” or “Nursing for Dummies” that teaches the shortcuts and the easy path to becoming a nurse. Unfortunately these isn’t one. What is available are a thousand books each focusing on […]

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24Mar2008 | Zee | 1 comment | Continued
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Preventable Errors: Why Do They Still Occur?

Even with all the developments in technology and the intensive training of nurses and other members of the health care team, why do medical errors still occur? These might only be simple mistakes yet it causes complications and sometimes even the deaths of the clients. An example of this would be the near deaths […]

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18Mar2008 | Zee | 1 comment | Continued
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Taboo: Salary Talk

It has always been known by everyone that it is taboo to discuss about money and salaries. It is one of those topics, along with sex and religion, that is kept “hush hush” in social conversation. But haven’t you ever wondered why there are so many people trying to be a nurse overseas? They say […]

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16Mar2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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Taking The First Step

In life, taking that first step is usually the hardest thing to do. Reasons may vary but the main one is because of fear. Getting out of your comfort zone makes you vulnerable to disappointments and failures but you have to take the risks to be able to grow and achieve whatever you want.
 
This goes […]

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14Mar2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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The Elusive Subject: What Is Nursing?

I have been thinking of writing a blog on “what is nursing”. At first I thought it was an easy task, a piece of cake and a walk in the park. I have been studying it for four years so how hard could it be? Well, after hours and hours of sitting in front of […]

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12Mar2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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Call Center Nursing: A New Field

Back in college, there was a slogan during one of our intramurals week stated, “Nursing is where people are”. It was explained that wherever there are people, there is always at least one who is “nursing” or taking care of others, hence nursing is where people are. It also means that nursing is everywhere […]

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10Mar2008 | Zee | 1 comment | Continued
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