New Nurse
Times…they are a-changin’
I still believe that a nurse’s ‘time in grade’ does not determine their ability or capacity to excel.
Read More...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.
Read More...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
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.
Read More...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
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
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
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
“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.”
Read More...Scrubs Magazine
Work rage
Have you ever been in a hostile workplace situation? Or just a really frustrating one? Enough to make you open the emergency chute?
Rebekah Child
Nursing school finals frustration
Student nurses are frazzled and panicking right now. You’ve been there. Got any advice for us?
Ani Burr
Stranger in a strange land
Male nurses are almost not existent in the clinics. Other than the MDs, I am the only guy on the floor.
Rob Cameron
The nursing “trade”
Is nursing considered a career or a trade? I am not just a skilled craftsman, I am an educated professional.
Sean Dent
A doctor in nursing uniform?
I love hearing about how the nurse practitioner is the “next best thing” in the medical profession. Is it?
Nicole Lehr
