Tag Archives: new nurse
My first year in review
My unit has a staff meeting every quarter. Usually, we are given an option of three dates the time is the same 7:30am to 8:30 am. ItR [...]
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 not to treat your Tech
Patient Care Technicians, PCT, or Certified Nurses’ Assistants, CNA, are a great and under-appreciated member of the healthcare team. Du [...]
4 Tips to staying calm during the craziest shifts
The perspective I had in my head of a typical shift when I was a student and what that actually looks like is two entirely different concept [...]
3 Reasons why the nurse should learn another language
The nurse is a caregiver, not only to the patient but also the family. Nurses educate, demonstrate, and assess, to accomplish all this the [...]
5 Reasons Why the Patient Care Technician is imperative to the nurse
Teamwork is being able to perform your job while depending on other members and also helping out each other when it’s necessary. In any ho [...]
DIY Brain Sheet
Brain sheets are great tools that can be used by the nursing student or the nurse. Most nurses have their own method of keeping notes on pat [...]
4 Ways I am getting more out of my BSN while working
My nursing career began with my Associates Nursing Degree (AND). A popular plan for students to just getting into a four-year pro [...]
4 Tips on nursing notes and documentation for the new nurse
Documentation, not only communicates to other healthcare providers but it also paints a picture of the patient in ways that an assess [...]
How to prepare for an Interview
The day I received the email stating that a hospital wanted to set up an interview, I was excited. I was getting my first nursing position, [...]