Brittney Wilson, BSN, RN

Brittney Wilson, BSN, RN, a bachelors-prepared registered nurse, is the founder and owner of The Nerdy Nurse® and TheNerdyNurse.com. She is award-winning author, blogger, and community manager. In addition, she is an international keynote speaker and influencer in the nursing and healthcare technology communities. Brittney is the author of The Nerdy Nurse's Guide to Technology and co-author of The Nurse's Guide to Blogging. She blogs about nursing, technology, health IT, at other healthcare topics at thenerdynurse.com. Want more information about Brittney, her background, and nursing expertise? Check out the about page.

The Best Vein Finder Lights and How They Work

The Best Vein Finder Lights and How They Work

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As a nurse, you depend on your tools to make your job easier. Discover the best vein finder lights and learn how they work – all right here. How Do Vein Finder Lights Work? The science behind vein finder lights is pretty fascinating. The most popular vein finders are made by Accuvein. And this is what their website says about how they work: Vein visualization (also known as vein illumination) uses Near-infrared (NIR) imaging for detecting veins. This proven technology enables accurate visualization of the veins under the skin. The AccuVein AV400 employs two safe barcode-scanner class lasers: an invisible infrared and a […]

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Physician Assistant Vs Nurse Practitioner - What’s the difference?

Physician Assistant Vs Nurse Practitioner – What’s the difference?

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This healthcare team is composed of members from different health allied courses such as doctors, nurses, medical technologists, pharmacists, physical therapists, and many more, etc. In particular, both physician assistants and nurse practitioners hold an advanced role in providing direct patient care. We can tell that PA’s and NP’s are similar and different at the same time.

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The Best Accelerated Nursing Programs

The Best Accelerated Nursing Programs

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If you already have a bachelor’s degree in another field and you want to earn your BSN, then you need to enroll in an accelerated nursing program. These are the best accelerated nursing programs out there. It’s totally normal to change your mind after you graduate from college and want to go back and become a nurse. So many people do it that colleges started offering accelerated nursing programs to help people like you zip through some of the prereqs and get their degrees a bit quicker. 10 Best Accelerated Nursing Programs in the Country The best accelerated nursing programs

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What Does It Mean to Blow a Vein?

What Does It Mean to Blow a Vein?

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Starting IVs is one of the most exciting skills new nurses learn, and it can also be one of the most difficult. While threading a plastic catheter into a vein may seem straightforward when reading about it in a book, in practice, many things can go wrong or make the process more difficult. You may hear many nurses talk about “blowing a vein” when they were not successful in an IV start. However, what does it mean to blow a vein?

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NANDA: Nursing Diagnosis List

NANDA: Nursing Diagnosis List

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If you are a future nursing student or an actual professional nurse, you need to know about the NANDA or North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, nursing diagnosis, NANDA nursing diagnosis list, NANDA approved nursing diagnosis, NANDA problem list, and other nursing terms. If you are an ordinary citizen that is curious about the credibility of the nurses in your hospital, you should know the basics of these terms.  What is NANDA, and what does it do?  First of all, NANDA should be defined first and what they do in the medical field. NANDA or North American Nursing Diagnosis Association is

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The Perfect Nurse Lunch Bag

The Perfect Nurse Lunch Bag

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Nurses are generally known to be hard workers who are on their feet all day attending to the needs of others. Since they’re “on the go” most of the time, they need equipment that will work as hard as they do – including their lunch bags! You can’t just use any old brown bag as a nurse lunch bag. The perfect nurse lunch bag has features that go perfectly well with most nurses’ routines, and here are some of them:

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