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Don’t be afraid to leave your comfort zone
Several nurses complete their nursing clinical at one hospital and gain employment in the unit. The nurse becomes comfortable knowing no dif [...]
Time Management and the New Nurse
First, shift off orientation, you feel free and scared. Your first assignment alone with six patients. No kid glove, no taking it easy. Youâ [...]
Get paid what you’re worth
This past year I made a cross-country move from Nevada to my home state of Connecticut. Along with the typical stress of a move, we also add [...]
Time Management and the Slow Shift
Every so often it occurs, a slow shift. Patients aren’t calling, everyone is stable, everyone takes their medication. These shifts are few [...]
PTSD and the Nurse
PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental health condition characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, nightmares, and other [...]
Nursing jobs away from the bedside
After moving, I needed a new job. The last six years I have been on a medical-surgical, surgical oncology, orthopedic, respiratory, and medi [...]
Problematic Hospital Applications
It’s been three different hospitals in three states. Each one began with an application process. I have avoided some based on the process. [...]
9 Questions to ask at an interview
Interviews will happen, unless you plan to work in the first unit you’ve been hired too and never leave. At one point will transfer units, [...]
Why are nurses leaving the bedside
We are three years into a pandemic and there has been a surge of nurses leaving the bedside and the field all together. A survey completed b [...]