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Article: Getting back into the field.(Practice Issues)(refresher courses for nurses)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Nevada RNformation
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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Refresher RN Nursing courses provide a 'catch-up' for returning nurses. 'An RN is always an RN" is often stated; but after years away from the bedside is she qualified to be a nurses in today's expansive technological world?
The role of nursing has changed dramatically with new procedures and medications and those who have been out of the work force, even for as little as 4-5 years, find they have fallen behind in the practice of nursing.
The ever-changing, ever-evolving role of nursing can be a challenge for a nurses has to do more decision-making and deal with patients who are much sicker in faster-paced environments with fewer nurses. Drug therapies and surgical ...