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The Year of The Nurse

The Year of The Nurse

Happy New Year & hello 2020! January marks my 1.5 years as a practicing RN & I thought it would be fitting to discuss the Year of the Nurse for my first post of the decade ;).

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 the years of the nurse. Their website notes they have done so to bring attention to the global nursing shortage & celebrate this group of healthcare workers. So…

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Simple Loc Maintenance Routine

Simple Loc Maintenance Routine

After being a loose natural for 8 years, I loc’d my hair & wanted to be free of excessive hair routines. There are many different schools of thought on the best hair care for locs & it can be overwhelming. Everyone has a different loc care philosophy, but I centered the choices I made for my hair on reducing buildup & promoting a healthy scalp & healthy locs. Before being a nurse, I was a…

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Pleas From a Nurse: COVID - 19

Pleas From a Nurse: COVID – 19

COVID-19 is the topic of conversation right now.

The United States & many countries around the world are on lock down. Businesses, schools, colleges, restaurants, stores have shut their doors &, if able, sent their employees home. There’s no toilet paper, hand sanitizer, or cleaning supplies to be found in stores. This virus has spread quickly & the media has been covering it non-stop. It’s…

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Owning Real Estate Has Not Panned Out for Many African-Americans | The Pew Charitable Trusts

Owning Real Estate Has Not Panned Out for Many African-Americans | The Pew Charitable Trusts

Owning Real Estate Has Not Panned Out for Many African-Americans | The Pew Charitable Trusts — Read on www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/10/16/owning-real-estate-has-not-panned-out-for-many-african-americans

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Humor in Nursing.. What's Too Far?

Humor in Nursing.. What’s Too Far?

Yesterday on TikTok, which made it’s way to twitter where I discovered it, a nurse posted a video captioned “We know when you’re faking.” The video then followed up with her acting as the patient, “pretending” to hyperventilate, & the nurse starting a song & dance & the patient abruptly ceasing hyperventilation.

Initially, this made me chuckle. Many of us have been there mentally, but I would…

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Goodbye Loose Natural Hair.. Loc’d

Goodbye Loose Natural Hair.. Loc’d

Every few months I do a yearly goal evaluation. I look at the goals I set for myself for the year & the progress or lack off progress that I’m making.One of my challenges over the past few years has been my hair. I’ve been natural since.. well honestly idk 😐. I went natural in my early 20’s though so it’s been at least 5 years.

This was my hair at its biggest point. It was healthy & well taken…

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Nurses Leaving the Profession

Nurses Leaving the Profession: Weighing In

Nursing can be a great career, & in my eyes has the potential to be much better. Those of us who become nurses know the blood sweat & tears that go into achieving those letters behind our names, so why is it that nurses are leaving the profession?

A survey done by RN network (view the survey here) showed that nearly half of nurses were considering leaving the profession. The top 3 reasons…

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Welcome!

Hey everyone! This first post will be a short one.

It’s my third time restarting my blog, but this time I’m hoping to really keep it going. I created this blog because I realized I enjoy being a resource to others and sharing what I can to help other people be successful. This blog will mainly be about nursing, but it will also be about my life.

Please read my about me section for a little bit…

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How to Survive Working Night Shift

How to Survive Working Night Shift

Great tips for nighshift!

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Nursing Students: PLEASE DO THIS

Where ever you are in your program, write yourself a letter to open the day of your graduation.  Fill that letter with your hopes, dreams, fears, questions, what you think are the answers to life at that moment in time.  Let it all out; empty your soul into it.  I promise you it will make that day even more amazing.  <3

Trust me on this.

Reblog this so I know You’ve made this promise to yourself.

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Good info

This is one of those study challenges in Nursing school. Nursing is a career based off a paramilitary background that requires you to learn time management. Learning to manage your time well while going through Nursing school by being on a schedule will help you better organize all parts of your life which also includes how you study.

Study in smaller chucks such as every 30-50 minutes with a 10 minute break allows your brain time to absorb the information and enhances your recall as well for short term memory. It’s called linkage learning. Every time you learn new material, break it up into smaller parts. Cover section by section with small breaks in between and not forgetting to review the previous sections you just covered before going onto the next. I guarantee you put this study method into effect and your test performance as well as grades will go up.

Cramming in the last 30 minutes before the test will not get you very far in Nursing school like it did in traditional college classes. Always think the long term outcomes of your career as a Nurse. You are a health advocate, educator, and doing a job that often has people’s lives are hanging on the line. One of my best clinical instructors taught me recently “To be a good nurse is to know your skills. To know your skills is to understand how and why you are performing those skills to your particular patient cases. To be knowledgable of your skills is to have complete POWER!”

Something to take into consideration before you decide to cram for your next nursing test.

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ACE Inhibitors

Examples:  lisinopril, enalapril, and captopril 

Action:  decreases peripheral vascular resistance to decrease blood pressure; indicated for heart failure and hypertension 

Side effects:  postural hypotension, dizziness, nonproductive cough, angioedema, kidney injury, and hyperkalemia

Nursing considerations:  (1) assess patient for history of renal impairment, as ACE inhibitors may exacerbate kidney injury; (2) teach patient to seek immediate medical attention if he/she experiences swelling of the lips (angioedema; as pictured), as severe angioedema may cause respiratory distress; (3) teach patient to notify HCP if a nagging cough develops

Also of note:  ACE inhibitors are contraindicated during second- and third-trimester pregnancies

My clinical experience:  

(1) Angioedema with ACE inhibitor use is quite common, especially with African Americans and may not manifest itself for months/years after starting an ACE inhibitor. 

(2) In light of acute kidney injury, doctors do often suspect fault with ACE Inhibitors and will hold/discontinue medications as appropriate. 

(3) A patient with a nonproductive cough, another common complication, although certainly not an immediate concern, will likely be switched to another class of medication. 

(4) Remember, when heart failure arises, the goal is to DECREASE the WORK LOAD of the heart in any way. ACE inhibitors accomplish this by decreasing RESISTANCE of blood against arterial walls, thus increasing CARDIAC OUTPUT. 

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The Immune Response (made simple!) Part 2