Your First Years
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.
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How to be confident with doctors
“As a new graduate, one of my biggest challenges has been calling a physician on the phone. I often feel flustered and unsure of myself. Then they get frustrated. Can you help? Does this get easier with experience?” —Flustered on the Phone
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A letter to frog boy from your nurse
In heaven you can run as fast as you can without your IV pole and “pink” line to worry about, catch lots of frogs, and learn to spell the longest word.
Read More...Chronicles of a three-day work week
My friends, I am here to agree in some aspects that yes, my schedule is pretty darn good. But easy? Not so much…
Read More...The beauty of the first bath
People frequently ask me if I have kids, and I have decided that I would receive confused looks if I were to answer with what first comes to mind, “I actually have three new kids each week.”
Read More...How do I deal with a needy patient?
Some patients, especially the lonely and the elderly, may become overly attached to their caregiver. But you also have a job to do outside the room. So how do you take care of that job without being rude or hurting someone’s feelings?
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More Scrubs Blogs
Here’s a list of my top ten guilty pleasures. Sometimes I feel guilty (like if I have a paper due that I should be working on or if I should be thinking about a work project) BUT most of the time, I just enjoy myself because I deserve it. And so do you!!!
More...When a new IV pump comes along, we have to have in-services and emails and hand outs and super users in our faces making sure we know how to use them…
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