Six things they don’t tell you before you start nursing school…
1) It’s possible that you will spend the rest of your career putting moisturizer on your hands. Especially after you realize that...
On the Pulse | 03/03/11
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Meg, MSN/MPH student, BS '12
A Day in the OR
I am just now realizing that I've been talking about "hospital nursing" as if it's this monochromatic, homogenous thing. Turns out it's...
On the Pulse | 02/11/11
Health in Translation
Translation can be a very tricky thing. It’s not enough to be simply bilingual; there’s a real professional art to communicating...
On the Pulse | 02/05/11
Checking in: is Nursing still the right path for me?
Okay, I’m going to be totally honest here. Midway through winter break, in the middle of a discussion with my significant other about...
On the Pulse | 01/25/11
Back for More
For those of us in the Traditional BSN program, our six weeks of winter break—whole acres of free time—are coming to a close tomorrow....
On the Pulse | 01/23/11
Taking My Time
One of the luxuries of being a student nurse is how much time you can take with patients. Sure, there’s a lot of running around—my feet...
On the Pulse | 11/18/10
More than Stethoscopes and Blood Pressure Cuffs
Earlier this week I spent four hours on the phone with immigration for a battered mother whose abusive husband had stopped filing his half...
On the Pulse | 11/14/10
“Non-Compliance”
“Non-Compliant” seems, at first glance, to be a fairly straightforward idea—a patient who doesn’t follow the instructions given to...
On the Pulse | 10/17/10
Against Medical Advice—respecting the patient’s right to choose treatment
As long as a patient is able to make an informed decision, however against medical advice, that decision is to be respected. Period. This...
On the Pulse | 10/15/10
