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Looking for nursing notes examples to model your own charting on? You're in the right place. Below you'll find 17 worked examples across the three formats nurses use most — narrative, SOAP/SOAPIE, and DAR/Focus — plus a free copyable template and a quick format comparison. Taking nursing notes is a regular part of patient care, but knowing where to start,
A long bone labeled diagram looks straightforward until timing and pressure enter the picture. Once labels disappear or diagrams rotate, structures that felt familiar can blur together. This guide breaks down the parts of a long bone using visual structure, clear positioning, and a mnemonic designed for fast recall. When the layout clicks, labeling questions move from guesswork to recognition.
Cranial nerves can feel like a lot of memorization. Twelve pairs, three letter-pair classifications, and a dozen mnemonic words that all start with "O" or "T." The good news: once you see the structure — names in order, sensory vs motor vs both, and the bedside test for each one — the whole topic fits into a single one-page reference.
Lab values can feel like alphabet soup at first — and BUN is one you'll see constantly, on the floor and on the NCLEX. Let's make it simple: here's what BUN actually tells you, what counts as normal, and how to read a high or low result like a nurse. What is BUN? Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) measures the amount
Throughout nursing school, you're busy and have many, many things to juggle. Gathering and implementing nursing school tips can help make the school year go more smoothly. Jump to FAQs How Do Students Fail Nursing School? How Do Nursing Students Learn Best? How Should A Nursing Student Study? It's no secret that nursing students face many challenges, from the long
Every student who passes the NCLEX has a backstory. Some students walk in fresh from graduation. Others return after years away from textbooks, skills labs, or clinical routines. What connects these NCLEX success stories is an NCLEX prep study system that helped them think clearly under pressure. Meet the Graduates These are real nursing students who used SimpleNursing to prep
Heard the NCLEX is changing in April 2026? If your first thought was “great… now it’s going to be harder,” you’re not alone. But that’s not actually what’s happening. The NCLEX is not getting harder. It’s getting more focused on how nurses think in real clinical situations. And once you understand that shift, the exam starts to feel a lot
