New Nurse

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Times…they are a-changin’

I still believe that a nurse’s ‘time in grade’ does not determine their ability or capacity to excel.

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Opportunities

When I was a staff nurse, and an opportunity came to orient to charge, I jumped on it. I was ready to move into a full time charge position or a manager position on the unit I worked in, but they were never coming around…

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Does your nurse manager see you as confident?

Questioning yourself is normal. But if you compare yourself to your preceptor, who has several more years of experience, you’re only going to drive yourself crazy.

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Two qualities every nurse needs

Student nurses all over the country are graduating, these are two qualities every nurse should carry with them as they make their way in the nursing profession.

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Getting one foot through the door

With the job market the way it is, we’re learning that it’s not so much about what you know as who you know, or is it?

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New grad vs. seasoned nurses

New grad vs. seasoned nurses

I had to fill a job opening. Can you guess who I picked? Hint: How that person fits with the team was more important than experience.

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Doctor becomes a nurse

Yoshiya Yamada was a respected physician in Tokyo, but he wasn’t satisfied. Why? The successful doctor wanted to be a nurse.

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How nurses can make an everlasting first impression

How nurses can make an everlasting first impression

It’s said that it takes but thirty seconds for a patient or coworker to decide if they like the nurse they just met. This means that a first impression is key in setting the stage for developing relationships that are healthy from the get-go.

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20 celebrity lessons in self expression – from Ellen to Sarah Palin

20 celebrity lessons in self expression – from Ellen to Sarah Palin

You follow their careers anyway. Why not learn a lesson or two? Whatever actions have helped catapult them to fame or rendered them B-list can provide valuable lessons for the careers of regular nurses like us.

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I can make things better

I can make things better

My first time doing CPR on a real person was the night I learned how to be a nurse. In that long first year of nursing, I had learned the science and the mechanics, but that shift taught me so much more.

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Nursing Etiquette: Embarrassing situations

Nursing Etiquette: Embarrassing situations

“One thing I never learned in school, and haven’t figured out as a nurse, is how to handle embarrassing situations in the clinical area. For example, if my patient “lets go of gas,” he and I both feel uncomfortable.”

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Rebekah Child

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Ani Burr

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