The Article Index

Many of the articles listed here (unless housed on another site) are .pdf files and require a .pdf reader such as Adobe Reader to access.
As of 2012, I am working hard to convert them to pages on the site. If you find a broken link, return to the Article Index to look for the article, and please report it to me. Thank You!

Become a Nurse
Before You Decide to Become a Nurse

How Do I Become a Nurse?

• How Do I Find Out if Nursing is For Me?
• What is a Nurse?
• Why Become a Nurse
• Choosing a Stethoscope
• Entrance Exams
• What If I'm Really Bad at Math and Science?
• Nurses Skills Transfer to Other Professions
• The Role of Men in Nursing Today
• Are You Considering Nursing as a Second Career?
• Many Diverse Roles for Nurses
• Careers in ICU Nursing a Guest article
• Nursing is Not for Everyone
• How Do I Find an Accredited Nursing Program?
• How Can I Find an LPN or LVN Program?
• What About Entrance Exams?
• More About Entrance Exams & Practice Tests
• How to Finance Your Nursing Education
• Essential Tools for Nursing Students
• How to Study for the NCLEX
• Why Choose CNA as a Stepping Stone Career in the Medical Field (a guest post on the blog)
• The Role of a Certified Midwife
• Time Management Skills for Nurses
• The Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now (a guest post)
• How to Succeed in Online Nursing Education Programs
• What is Geriatric Nursing? (on BestNursingDegree.com)
• Be the Best New Grad Preceptor

• see Jone Johnson Lewis' comprehensive set of articles on the Nurses in history on Thoughtco.com
• The Role of Men in Nursing Today
• Nursing is Not a Gender (on RN Degrees.net)
• The Evolution of Women In Nursing
• And MORE…..

• History of Nurses Week
• Florence Nightingale Pledge
• Ways to Celebrate Nurses Week Part 1
• More Nurses Week Celebrations

• Managers Need to Help Staff Nurses Cope with Floating Needs
• Nurses Beware: Antibiotics Linked to Tendon Rupture
• What is Death By Natural Causes?
• A National Nurse for America
• Easy Way to Avoid Burnout
• Communication for Foreign Born Nurses
• The Case for If and When
• Five Rights of Delegation (on UltimateNurse.com)
• Calling Yourself a Nurse is a Crime No Less (by Brittney Wilson)
• Supporting Nursing Moms at Work (by Debbie Swanson)

• A Checklist of Nursing Procedures (universal to all)
• Sample Documentation
• How to Perform a Head to Toe Assessment
• How to Take a Pulse
• How to Take a Temperature
• How to Take a Blood Pressure
• How to Count Respirations
• How to Assess Pain
• How to Give an IM Injection
• How To Determine Needle Size
• Assessing Cranial Nerves
• Rhyme to Remember Cranial Nerves (mnemonic)
• Cranial Nerve Graphic
• How to Administer Heparin or Lovenox
• Book Review: Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students
• Five Rights of Medication Safety
• Tips to Improve Patient Education (On NurseJournal.org)
• The Five Rights of Delegation (on UltimateNurse.com)

• The Nursing Process
• Demystifying Critical Thinking Skills
• You Are Not "Just a Nurse" The Things Nurses Really Do

• Careers in ICU Nursing