The penlight is nursing’s smallest tool with the biggest technique debate, and the debate finally reached the manufacturers: the big change since our last update is warm light. Old-school bright white LEDs are miserable for pupil checks — you’re...
A nurse’s clipboard isn’t stationery — it’s a mobile command center that has to hold the brain sheet, hide patient information from hallway eyes, survive being sat on, and ideally teach a little: the best modern boards come printed with lab values...
Compression socks are the rare nursing purchase with actual clinical trial data behind them: in a field study of real 12-hour standing shifts, regular socks left workers with measurable muscle fatigue, swelling and discomfort — and graduated...
Nurses know a secret about thermometers that the gadget aisle would rather you didn’t: the fancier and faster the device, the further it usually sits from the truth. The accuracy hierarchy hasn’t changed — core measurements first, oral electronic...
Buying a laptop for nursing school starts with a fact most “best laptops for students” lists never mention: your nursing program will make you take proctored exams on it, and the proctoring software gets a vote. ATI’s remote TEAS doesn’t support...
Walk any hospital corridor and count the Hokas. The brand that runners discovered has become semi-official nursing uniform from the ankles down — podiatrists recommend them by name, and “which Hoka?” has replaced “which shoe?” at a lot of nursing...
A smartwatch has quietly become part of the nursing toolkit: a silent vibration when the unit phone rings, a second hand for counting respirations, your steps quietly hitting five digits before lunch. But nursing asks things of a watch that spec...
Ask a hundred nurses what’s around their neck and you’ll hear one name: Littmann. That hasn’t changed. What has changed since we first wrote this guide is almost everything else — the company itself (Littmann is now made by Solventum, spun off from...
In the field of medicine and nursing, different types of positions are being used when it comes to patients assessment and physical examination. However, it is paramount that the dorsal recumbent position is one of the most used positions during...
Terminology such as a Baby Nurse, New-born Care Specialist, and Postpartum Nurse are often used interchangeably. However, the three terminology does not denote the same thing. My younger sister is a Newborn Care Specialist, but I have heard many...