New Nurse

New nurse: ultimate hypochondriac

Somewhere along the transition and transformation from nursing student to experienced nurse, the poor unlucky soul contracts every single disease that she learned about in her NCLEX review book. Do not fear, my friends, it happened to me too.

2 greatest survival tips every nurse should (and will eventually) know

Survival is in our nature. In fact, surviving is not an option, it’s an expectation. The difference between surviving and drowning is how well you ride the ‘wave’

Four skills you can transfer to a nursing career

Your life experience has given you valuable skills that you can exploit in nursing school and that you should showcase during your job search.

Top 10 Ways to Survive NOC

This new nurse is now a night shift pro…thanks to the expectations she set with her friends, her family, and herself. Get her invaluable advice.

10 Questions I’d love to ask SOME MDs…

If only. If only we could ask stuff like, “how much money do you really make?”

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