Tag Archives: nursing
4 Traits Learned from Working Retail that I brought to Nursing
Nursing, as a career takes a jack-of-all-trades. You can go to school and finish top of your class and be a horrible nurse. There are so [...]
5 Reasons why I am waiting on my Masters
Nursing is my second career. It wasn’t until I was 29 years old that I was accepted into my nursing program. I received my associa [...]
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 [...]
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 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, [...]
Clinicals ...
4 Tips for Clinical
Clinical. Clinical. Clinical. I had several experiences in the different hospital rotations, both good and bad. My first semester of clinica [...]
4 Reasons Why I love working nights as a New Nurse
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