Tag Archives: fears
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
5 Ways to Assist in a Code
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4 Tips for Talking with Physicians
When your patient begins to not do as well, and your patient needs an intervention that requires an order from the physician. As a new nur [...]
Review of Lippincott and Saunders
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Nurses, Don`t Eat Your Young
“Nurses eat their young,” a saying I heard in school.  What exactly does it mean, well, more or less it’s a work culture of bully [...]
How to Research for an Evidence-Based Paper My Way
Nursing is a field that progresses through research with a method using the scientific method. Â The entire process of researching the liter [...]
5 Financial Obligations I Didn’t Budget for in Nursing School
The excitement of that acceptance letter into the Nursing school regardless of your first try of enrollment, or finding your proper fit, is [...]