Category Archives: Stress in Nursing School
What is Self-Care
Caregiver fatigue is real. It occurs over time when you’re giving care to someone, whether as a nurse, family member, or friend. All y [...]
Nursing Imposter Syndrome
As a brand new nurse, I did not know what I was doing. No one does. School teaches with the most ideal environments and in the most complian [...]
Comfort Zone and Nursing
It’s all over nursing, social media and forums, nurses encouraging other to leave the toxic work environments. From an outside perspective [...]
The world of NCLEX, nursing school, and real life
There is a significant difference between the world of NCLEX, the Nursing school world, and the what’s practice in real life. Now, don’t [...]
A plan of action when studying for a big test
A plan of action is a set or schedule of events that will be completed to achieve the goal. In this plan of action, the goal is to pass the [...]
Self-Care and Nurse Care
Nursing is necessary but is not a job or career for everyone. The nurse is the backbone of the hospital. Don’t get me wrong, the physi [...]
Answering the NCLEX questions
After two to four years of lectures, tests, exams, and quizzes, you take the NCLEX. The NCLEX, if you haven’t heard about it, is the t [...]
Dealing with Constant Death
In the nursing field, we are the ones to see the birth and the death of people. Most of us only know the latter unless we work in labor and [...]
Last-Minute Prep for a Nursing Exam
Let’s see, let’s paint the picture. It’s been a long week with lectures, challenging clinical days, labs, and a decision t [...]
Finding Balance as a Student
My time in nursing school, as I worked on my Associate’s degree. Each new semester brought on additional stress, and each new stress a [...]