Professional boundaries are an essential component of ethical and practical care. They serve as a framework to maintain trust, safety, and respect between professionals and their clients, colleagues, or superiors. For nurses, these boundaries are crucial for fostering therapeutic relationships, ensuring patient safety, and upholding professional integrity. Violations of these boundaries can have lasting consequences, including legal penalties, damage to reputation, and harm to patient well-being.

Nurses are on the front lines of healthcare, making decisions that directly affect patients' lives. Those decisions aren’t just clinical but moral and legal, too. Ethical dilemmas and legal conflicts come up all the time in nursing.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics and legal frameworks give us the tools to handle these situations with integrity, professionalism, and compassion.

Let’s talk about something that will help you crush the NCLEX and give you a serious edge as a new nurse: Chronic Disease Management.

Ninety percent of the nation's $4.5 trillion in annual healthcare expenditures are for people with chronic and mental health conditions. Chances are, a massive chunk of your patient load will consist of people with chronic illnesses like diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, or COPD. These conditions don’t go away after one hospital visit—they’re lifelong and require a lot of TLC to keep under control.

Pain management is not just a clinical issue; it’s a deeply personal and emotional one that can significantly affect patients' quality of life. For many patients, advocating for their needs becomes a crucial part of the journey.

Effective communication bridges the gap between what you say and what patients understand. It's about being clear, concise, and compassionate, ensuring your message is heard, understood, and actionable.

Clinical judgment is making informed decisions about patient care by combining your knowledge, experience, and the patient’s specific situation. It’s like putting together a puzzle—assessing symptoms, interpreting data, and determining the best action.

Every patient deserves safe care, and every nurse has the power to make that happen. It starts with one simple act: infection control. Infection control isn’t just about rules; it’s about saving lives—both your patients' and your own. This blog will break down key infection control skills, with practical tips and fun ways for new nurses and NCLEX students to master them.

Every patient deserves safe care, and every nurse has the power to make that happen. It starts with one simple act: infection control. Infection control isn’t just about rules; it’s about saving lives—both your patients' and your own. This blog will break down key infection control skills, with practical tips and fun ways for new nurses and NCLEX students to master them.

Today‘s blog encourages you to become observant in your regular life. It also encourages new nurses and NCLEX students to develop sharp observation skills. Learn why observation matters, review three case studies, and grab a free downloadable observation checklist.

This blog is about helping you make 2025 your most impactful year as you transition from an aspiring nurse to an accomplished RN. Whether fresh out of school or conquering the NCLEX, you’re setting off on an adventure of professional growth. Rhoda gives you a guide to fulfilling achievements, making goals, and the reflecting on the lessons you'll gather on your nursing expedition into the new year!

Embrace the holiday spirit with 12 nursing tips to finish the year strong. From self-care to study hacks, Rhoda share tips to keep you focused, motivated, and ready to succeed in your nursing journey, and into the new year!

Rhoda gives you a guide to help you recognize when to advocate for yourself, and your patients in difficult situations.

Rhoda goes through the stages of development from birth to 18 years old. Each stage is unique and present different challenges.

Rhoda gives an overview of the three main types of ostomies, care needed for an ostomy, and common myths surrounding ostomies.

Rhoda gives you a guide to providing care to your bowel obstruction patient, and provides a case study for practice.

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Rhoda gives you a guide to provide you with the critical information needed to master questions related to constipation on the NCLEX.

Read on to discover how to practice NGN NCLEX questions by way of an evolving case study.

Rhoda explores the importance of flexibility in nursing. Flexibility helps you adapt to the ever-changing environment, enhances your problem-solving skills, improves patient care, and fosters a sense of resilience.

Read on to discover how adapting can turn tough first-year moments into major growth opportunities.

Rhoda explores the importance of leadership in nursing, how to develop nurse leadership skills, and why leadership is more than just being a charge nurse.

Read on to discover how every nurse can be a leader, with or without a title

Rhoda dives into the topic of Lifelong Learning in Nursing: Personal Stories and Nursing Skills

Read on to discover the importance of lifelong learning in nursing.

Rhoda dives into the topic of advocacy in nursing, and improving patient care with advocacy.

Read on to discover the importance of advocacy in nursing.