Nursing Students
A quality education for nursing students will ensure that skilled nurses will result. There are many educational programs available for nursing students, and well as student nurse organizations that offer support for nursing students and provide access to study guides and other materials to assist them in passing state licensure boards. Currently there is a nursing shortage in our country, and nursing students are offered accelerated courses and degree programs to get them licensed and out in the facilities working as fast as possible. This is not always a good thing. Some institutions are more interested in the money paid to them in tuition, than in providing a quality education to its students.
Associations for nursing students advocate for quality educational programs and advances in nursing education, so that nursing students learn the necessary skills and attitudes, and are prepared to be professional leaders in healthcare. Student nurse associations offer support in a variety of ways to nursing students. Through their memberships, nursing students can take part in national conventions, apply for nursing education scholarships if qualified, and take advantage of the many benefits that membership has to offer. The National Student Nurses Association is the group that all nursing students should join. Visit www.nsna.org for more information, including membership information, dues, benefits of joining, organization publications, nursing student resources, links, nursing career information, scheduled activities, and a live chat room for nursing student. There are also state affiliated programs for nursing students that offer state specific scholarships and resources for attaining state licensure.
There are many more online resources available to nursing students, such as the Student Nurse Information Center, located at www.nurse-center.com/studentnurse. This site has great resources for nursing students like nursing journals, formulas and conversions for nursing math, specialty specific links, information regarding nursing schools and educational resources, internet based resources, hospital based learning modules, and information regarding state specific licensure requirements. There are other online sites that nursing students can research specific specialties to provide information to students which will assist them in deciding which specialty would be right for them.
These nursing students are the future of healthcare in our country, and if they do not have a quality education and clinical learning experiences, our quality of care will be greatly affected. Nursing education should not be like an assembly line; these nursing students deserve to be the best, and they can only be that way through a quality education. Nurses are the core of healthcare, and without them, our system will greatly suffer.
Right across my apartment, in a smallish, two storey block, there live a bunch of nursing students. They have given me several hours of viewing pleasure as I sit on my balcony and watch them. Before you let any naughty thoughts cross your mind or declare me a pervert, let me tell you that most of these nursing students are male. And even then, the viewing pleasure I am referring to is the way these nursing students go about their everyday lives. Nothing more!
These nursing students moved into their apartment over a year ago. The previous owner, who was a very good friend, was moving to the suburbs as he could no longer stand the hustle and bustle of the city after his retirement. And like most of the people seemed to be doing in my block, he sold his apartment to a leading real estate developer. All of us were apprehensive that the real estate dealer would soon buy out most of the remaining residents, demolish all the old structures and erect a mammoth apartment complex. But the most unlikely of sources came to our rescue.
The nearby general hospital served as an educational institution as well as a full fledged hospital. As such, there were a number of nursing students who interned in the hospital. Being located in the heart of the city, there was very little affordable accommodation available for these nursing students. Which is where the savvy real estate dealer entered the picture. Over a period of time, he had acquired four or five houses and apartments in the area. He struck up a deal with the hospital management and offered to lease out these properties to nursing students. The deal had advantages for all the concerned. While the hospital was glad that they would no longer have to worry about the commuting times of their nursing students, the developer was glad that his properties would generate income. The nursing students themselves were thrilled to be able to live so close to the hospital as most them worked late and would relish the opportunity of walking a short distance to reach home, rather than travel for hours on crowded trains and buses.
If anyone was a trifle unhappy, it was the rest of the residents. Now we didn’t know about nursing students, but students in general were rather loud, obnoxious characters who lived life to the fullest and partied hard. Since most of us were retirees who sought calm and peace, we were not sure how these nursing students would fit into the picture. But a couple of weeks of watching them and out doubts were set to rest.
Never before have I seen a more hardworking bunch of people than these nursing students. They woke up early, exercised, kept their homes and surroundings clean, worked long hours at the hospital were generally cheery and well behaved and in short, were the kind of ideal neighbors we would have liked. Before the nursing students entered our community, we were an old, drab bunch of people. But with their friendly dispositions and helpful natures, they soon befriended us all.
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