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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
- Have enough sleep and take a balance diet.
- Stay fresh at work to make you feel good all night.
- Have a mental or physical relaxing activity before going to sleep.
- Never take stimulants like coffee while on duty. This can be addictive. Join your group and have some laughs or a few minutes break to relieve from stress.
- Sleep on a comfortable bed in a quiet, dark, and moderately cold bedroom. Wear your pajamas and listen to a soft music.
- Never take sleep-inducing drugs. Instead, rely to your body clock (or have a change of body clock) to have a sound sleep.
- To make you on the go on your shift, do other errands during the day so that your body will be ready with your duty at night.
- Maximize your daytime salary so your night differential pay will be beneficial to other unexpected expenses like vacation fund and budget for hang outs.
- Treat yourself in your favorite place, a spa, read a popular book, watch a movie or have a savory menu. These are some of the rewards that you can give to yourself.
- Spend quality time for your family. Your family is the most important part of your daily life.
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 |
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The demand for nurses is now increasing in different countries. According to Dr. Merle Mast, head of JMU's nursing department, the U.S. Bureau of Labor will need 600,000 new nurses. The 500,000 positions that will open as baby boomers retire are not yet counted in the available positions. |
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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
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Most patients want to go home after being hospitalized. They easily ignore the medications and avoid the follow-up visits which are vital to them. According to Timothy Bickmore, a Computer Scientist, about 20 percent of patients who are discharged from the hospital are readmitted within thirty days, and those readmissions are avoidable. Only 8 minute-conversation happened between a nurse and a patient to be discharged. |
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
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With the 2009 National Certification Licensure Examination, UNLV Nursing School achieves 100% pass rate during the fourth quarter. Dean Carolyn Yucha of UNLV's School of Nursing said that they are really preparing our students to enter the nursing workforce and that this recognition pleased their record of their graduates to meet the evolving healthcare needs of Nevadans. The pass rate also points an increase in students' success since the rate of 84.7 in 2008 and is seven percent higher than the national average.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
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Have you experienced wearing your shoes for twelve hours? You keep on running around attending to the needs of your patients. When you feel that your feet are aching, you need to stop to have a rest. The reason of is that your feet are not comfortable with your nursing shoes.
Then, you must choose proper footwear to avoid foot-related issues. Because of the busy job of a nurse, you should wear footwear that will provide optimum support on your legs and feet while you keep on walking around the hospital. |
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