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Category Archives: The Nurse
A Clove Review
Let’s start this review with the boring administrative stuff to get it out of the way. This review is based on my options. I am not an aff [...]
Why I work nights
I have worked nights for the entirety of my nursing career. The few day-shifts I’ve worked were for orientation as a new nurse or at a new [...]
What is a toxic work environment?
Don’t stay at a toxic job. Get out of toxic relationships. These are all extremely common, read a magazine, a self help book, or a blog ar [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Studying for a Certification
I am currently studying for my Medical-Surgical Certification through the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, AMSN. The test to become certi [...]
Advantage of becoming a Member of a Nursing Organization
Did you enjoy being part of a club in high school or college? I did. In high school, I was a member of FFA and participated in activities, s [...]