So you’re preparing to take the NCLEX-RN nursing exam. Fantastic. This will be a milestone in your nursing career, and the test is pricey, so you want to optimize your chances of getting a high score. Registration and scheduling fees are typically between $200 and $300. Additional costs for materials tend to run an average […]
Category Archives: Nursing
Extreme sports, extreme injury: January is Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
Winter is a time of extremes—extreme cold, extreme wind, and extreme sports. As the days shorten, skiers and snowboarders head to the mountains, seeking thrills and fresh powder. But these alpine valleys harbor dangers to the body and brain.
The All-new 5 Minute Clinical Consult Unveiled
The latest update of 5 Minute Clinical Consult is on the AppStore! So what’s the big deal? Don’t we have over 400 titles available and growing? Yes, that’s true. But let’s look at the new features on this latest release. Fresh, sleek look and feel – complete with modern, flat and bright. Locate the topic […]
Skyscape Nursing Constellation Plus Vs. Nursing Central
Nurses have played an important role throughout history, be it in the emergency room, maternity ward, at the patients home or in the jungles of far off continents. With so many specialties and programs for modern nurses to choose from, now more than ever their schooling is at the forefront of the job. Schools across […]
How to Thrive, not Merely Survive as a Nursing Student
Presented by: Keith Rischer, MA, RN, CEN, CCRN A practicing nurse for 30+ years and nurse educator Author and blogger KeithRN.com. Webinar How to THRIVE, not Merely Survive as a Nursing Student Webinar focuses on: Nursing – a profession worth sacrificing/giving your all Steps to Success: What you must bring & what you must know […]
Clinical Log aka nTrack – HIPAA Compliant Tool
Students need to be adequately prepared for the real-life clinical environment. Paper based clinical logs can get lost and don’t offer aggregate reporting. Developed in collaboration with pre-licensure and graduate nursing programs, nTrack allows students to track their clinical experience and patient encounters. Additionally they can track time spent with each patient and at […]
6 Essential Smartphone Resources for Nursing Students
There are many challenges and difficulties associated with nursing school. One of the most annoying things I remember about my nursing education was the 100 pounds of books. I had to lug that enormous piles of non-fiction back and forth to class, clinicals, my car, my home, and anywhere else I might need to have […]
SkillsHub – Get Ready for the Workplace
Prepare your students for the workplace Get away from the paper-based checklists and using text books that were obsolete at time of print. Skyscape’s Skills Hub platform allows you to spend more time teaching and impacting outcomes by: Electronically giving immediate feedback to students and running reports without the paperwork burden Generating aggregated reports […]
Mobiles Lead Haiti Into the Future
Tim J. Bristol, PhD, RN, CNE The use of handheld technology has proven time and again to be crucial to healthcare over the past two decades. In many developing countries this is no exception. When a hand held device can have books, notes, and even communication tools (link to other professionals) it is an essential […]