Month: October 2010

Nurses Have To Take Care Of Themselves Too

Stress is a tough reality for nurses and nursing students. Serving as a reminder that nursing can be rewarding and difficult, a recent article on Nurse.com, “War On The Mind, Part 1: Nurses Deployed To Iraq And Afghanistan Struggle With PTSD” (link: http://news.nurse.com/article/20101004/NATIONAL02/109270040/-1/frontpage) discusses the affects of stress on U.S. nurses during and after war.

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Nursing Students Prepare for Disaster During Nursing Skills Week

Nursing Students Prepare for Disaster During Nursing Skills Week

Nursing Skills Week included Disaster Preparedness Exercises. One of the missions of Orange County is to enhance the emergency preparedness and response capabilities of the public through advanced registration, organization and training of volunteer health professionals. Our nursing students went through multiple demonstrations along side active volunteer health professionals. Stanbridge College nursing students were given […]

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