Nursing Podcast by NURSING.com (NRSNG) (NCLEX® Prep for Nurses and Nursing Students)

The power of four simple words - "You CAN do this" - transformed one nursing student's life from the depths of despair to professional success. This remarkable story of resilience and hope centers on Heather, whose journey illustrates the devastating impact of self-doubt and the life-changing effect of support in healthcare education. Her experience resonates deeply with countless nursing students...

I still remember the night before my first pharmacology exam. 3 AM. Energy drinks scattered across my desk. Hundreds of flashcards in disorganized piles. My eyes burning from staring at tiny drug names for hours. And the worst part? I knew nothing was sticking. Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARBs—the names swirled together in my mind like alphabet soup. The side effects l...

Struggling to stay on track in nursing school or NCLEX prep? This is the plan 300,000+ students have used to pass — with daily structure, Flash Notes™, SIMCLEX®, and a 200% guarantee. 👉 https://nursing.com/      You show up ready to learn. But your preceptor barely looks at you—or worse, tears you down. What do you do when the one person meant to guide you just… won't? In this episode, we talk ab...

Struggling to stay on track in nursing school or NCLEX prep? This is the plan 300,000+ students have used to pass — with daily structure, Flash Notes™, SIMCLEX®, and a 200% guarantee. 👉 https://nursing.com/     I almost walked away from nursing school. Not because I wasn't cut out for it. Not because I couldn't handle the material. But because I believed the soul-crushing lies that nearly broke m...

Struggling to stay on track in nursing school or NCLEX prep? This is the plan 300,000+ students have used to pass — with daily structure, Flash Notes™, SIMCLEX®, and a 200% guarantee. 👉 https://nursing.com/     Visit NURSING.com/different for exclusive resources designed specifically for nurses with learning differences. In this deeply personal episode, Jon Haws, RN and founder of NURSING.com, sh...

Struggling to stay on track in nursing school or NCLEX prep? This is the plan 300,000+ students have used to pass — with daily structure, Flash Notes™, SIMCLEX®, and a 200% guarantee. 👉 https://nursing.com/     SOCK method quiz/cheatsheets/resources at: https://nursing.com/sock   In this raw and revealing episode, Jon Haws, RN, shares his personal journey from pharmacology nightmare to nursing co...

Struggling to stay on track in nursing school or NCLEX prep? This is the plan 300,000+ students have used to pass — with daily structure, Flash Notes™, SIMCLEX®, and a 200% guarantee. 👉 https://nursing.com/     See if you might have imposter syndrome: https://nursing.com/imposter   In this deeply personal episode, Jon Haws, RN and founder of NURSING.com, opens up about the universal yet rarely di...

Is nursing still worth it, or is burnout making it impossible to stay in the profession? In this episode, Jon, gets real about the struggles nurses face, sharing his own story of quitting nursing school just 10 weeks before graduation. He breaks down the shocking statistics behind nursing burnout, why it might actually be PTSD, and the hard lessons he learned from hitting rock bottom. But here's t...

In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of my unexpected path—from stepping up as a charge nurse to creating a community of thousands of nursing students and professionals. I share how I started by posting my own notes and podcast episodes, only to realize how deeply my story resonated with others struggling through nursing school. You'll hear how NRSNG rapidly grew, why I left my job in the...

In today's episode, I'm taking you through a pivotal part of my nursing journey—from my early days in the Neuro ICU to precepting students, becoming a charge nurse, and the moment I realized nursing education was broken. This realization is what fueled me to start NURSING.com (formerly NRSNG). I wanted to fill the gaps I saw in nursing education and give you the tools I never had. I share my strug...

Welcome to The Nursing Podcast , where we dive deep into the real-life experiences of being a nurse. I'm Jon Haws, RN, founder of Nursing.com, and today, we continue my journey—picking up from landing my first ICU job. In this episode, I share the raw realities of my 13-week neuro ICU internship at a Level 1 trauma hospital, from my first nerve-wracking shift to the heartbreaking cases that shaped...

Oh man . . . it's hard to believe that about 14 years ago I was sleeping on a mattress I'd found in the dumpster - not even sure if nursing school would ever end.  It did.  I survived.  I passed the NCLEX.  And I got a job in the Neuro ICU right out of nursing school.  Today I want to share part IV of my journey. Happy Nursing Jon Haws, RN

Caveat:  some people (nurses) might not agree AT ALL with what I say here . . . oh well!  I want to share how it is to give confidence to those struggling. We get hundreds of emails a day from nursing students. Sadly, a good portion of them are from students who feel like they should  quit nursing school altogether. I started nursing school with high hopes, but after my fourth semester,  I dropped...

For some FREE resources to help you through nursing school visit www.nursing.com   My name's Jon Haws, RN, founder of Nursing.com.  Today we're gonna continue the story of my journey in hopes that it will give you some motivation, give you that some of it will resonate with you and give you kind of some background on me, but also some motivation to continue in your journey wherever you are in your...

When I think back 14ish years, it is hard to believe just how far this nursing journey has taken me.  Sometimes it's helpful to think back to the beginning and consider how it began.  Over the next couple of days I want to share with you parts of my journey that you may not know and hopefully some of it will resonate with you.   #nclex #nursingschool 

Nursing school is hard enough without the fear tactics.  And the truth is, there are so many ways that people learn.  Instead of saying "One of you won't be here" - what if we said "I will HELP you be here".   You CAN Do This! -Jon Haws, RN

The past is prologue - there comes a time when we have to stop wishing for a better past.  It took me 5 years to accept the past as a way to move forward. 

I literally wrote the book on surviving your first year as a nurse (The New Nurse Survival Guide) and today I wanted to share 3 tips from that book that you can start applying TODAY whether you are in nursing school or already working as a nurse.

If I could encourage you to start doing ONE thing today while you're in nursing school - it would be this.    To join the NURSING.com Insider Circle - just visit https://NURSING.com/insider

What I Wish I Knew: Potassium-K Lab Value Levels For resources to help you master Potassium and ALL the lab values, we have a  FREE Cheatsheet Download at  NURSING.com/labvalues .   What do bananas, avocados, and kale all have in common? Potassium! For more resources to help you understand Potassium, Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia, click here : What role does it play in the body? What's a normal ran...

For resources to help you master ABGs and ALL the LabVales, we have a  FREE Cheatsheet Download  at    NURSING.com/LabValues .   At NURSING.com you can learn everything you need to know as a nurse about ABGs including gas exchange, acidosis, alkalosis (metabolic and respiratory), normal lab value ranges,  and more.     We also cover key concepts for NCLEX for arterial blood gases.     Our gas exch...

For resources to help you master Cardiac topics, we have a  FREE Cheatsheet Download  at  NURSING.com/heart .   At NURSING.com you can learn everything you need to know as a nurse about distributive shock including distributive shock pathophysiology, distributive shock definition, types of distributive shock,  and more.     We also cover key concepts for NCLEX on distributive shock nursing.     Ou...

For resources to help you master Cardiac topics, we have a FREE Cheatsheet Download  at  NURSING.com/heart .   At NURSING.com you can learn everything you need to know as a nurse about coronary artery disease including coronary artery disease pathophysiology, coronary artery disease symptoms, coronary artery disease treatment,  and more.     We also cover key concepts for NCLEX on coronary artery...

  For resources to help you master Cardiac topics we have a  FREE Cheatsheet Download  at  NURSING.com/heart .   At NURSING.com you can learn everything you need to know as a nurse about heart failure (CHF)  including: heart failure pathophysiology , heart failure pharmacology (heart failure medications), heart failure symptoms heart failure treatment, and more.     We also cover key concepts for...

For resources to help you master Cardiac topics we have a FREE Cheatsheet Download at  NURSING.com/heart .   At NURSING.com you can learn everything you need to know as a nurse about agina including: a ngina symptoms, anginal pharmacology, the difference between stable and unstable angina, and more.     We also cover key concepts for NCLEX for angina nursing.       Excerpt:    ". . . it wasn't my...