http://www.rnbuilder.com/blog Gateway To Your Nursing Education Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:36:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I remember learning as a nursing student, that if a physician makes an error in prescribing a medication (name, dosage… handwriting) and a nurse administers that medication to the patient, the nurse is held responsible for the error. The math just did not add up.  Physicians have to go to ... http://www.rnbuilder.com/blog/education/nurse-prescriptions/ One of the highlights of nursing school for me came during sophomore year when we were given our “shopping list” of things we would need to start clinicals. The list included our very first stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, pen light and yes, the all important nursing uniform. For school purposes, we ... http://www.rnbuilder.com/blog/nursing-career/nursing-uniforms/ The system I used to organize important information about my patients before and during a shift was not exactly high tech. My charting system consisted of a clipboard and a sheet of plain blank paper that I would methodically divide into squares with a ruler before my shift. Each patient got ... http://www.rnbuilder.com/blog/nursing-career/patient_information_forms/ My major concerns regarding instructors during nursing school were more about which ones I would be assigned and if I would “survive” the semester, than about whether there were enough teachers to go around. In all seriousness, nursing is a course of study that requires a great deal of instructor attention ... http://www.rnbuilder.com/blog/education/graduate-more-nurses/ This is an ideal time for LPN’s considering making the transition to RN, to make that leap. A typical LPN to RN transition program is one year long, however it varies based on the program and the intensity of the schedule the student elects to follow. There are both advantages ... http://www.rnbuilder.com/blog/education/lpn-to-rn-transition/