Nursing Student ...
5 Tips for Nutrition On-the-Go
If you are a nurse or nursing student, no matter what shift you work, day or night, or position, you will find the busy days when its hard t [...]
What not to do when giving a report
At least twice a shift, if not more, giving a report to another nurse about your patients. The first thing you do Missing large chunks of in [...]
4 Reasons Why I love working nights as a New Nurse
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3 Ways I Studied for Nursing School
Every student learns differently, and each program has a different way of teaching their material. These study methods were the ones that wo [...]
3 Tips to Financially Prepare for Nursing School
Nursing is the most expensive college program I have completed. My degree was completed at a community college where the tuition was not the [...]
Nursing Student ...
3 Reasons why the Nurse…Why everyone should try Yoga
In my nursing career, I have noticed early on that the medical field can take a lot out of a person. The day to day of being there for [...]
Nursing Student ...
3 Misconceptions when becoming a new graduate nurse
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6 reasons you should join NSNA
The mission of the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) “is to mentor students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses, [...]
How To Find The Right Nursing Program For You
Nursing is no other program in college. It’s a degree for a particular career, in which it can branch into infinite choices for the indi [...]
5 ways Nursing school is like no other college experience
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How to work through imposture syndrome
Are you a new nurse? Are you a season nurse? Or are you starting on a new unit? No matter if you have been in the field for years or you are [...]
What is a toxic work environment?
Don’t stay at a toxic job. Get out of toxic relationships. These are all extremely common, read a magazine, a self help book, or a blog ar [...]
Orientation and the New Nurse
No matter whether you are a seasoned nurse or a new graduate, the one thing everyone will encounter is orientation. At a new hospital no mat [...]
Clinicals ...
A Comparison of Multicolored Pens
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Nursing Imposter Syndrome
As a brand new nurse, I did not know what I was doing. No one does. School teaches with the most ideal environments and in the most complian [...]
Comfort Zone and Nursing
It’s all over nursing, social media and forums, nurses encouraging other to leave the toxic work environments. From an outside perspective [...]
Don’t be afraid to leave your comfort zone
Several nurses complete their nursing clinical at one hospital and gain employment in the unit. The nurse becomes comfortable knowing no dif [...]
Time Management and the New Nurse
First, shift off orientation, you feel free and scared. Your first assignment alone with six patients. No kid glove, no taking it easy. Youâ [...]
Get paid what you’re worth
This past year I made a cross-country move from Nevada to my home state of Connecticut. Along with the typical stress of a move, we also add [...]
Time Management and the Slow Shift
Every so often it occurs, a slow shift. Patients aren’t calling, everyone is stable, everyone takes their medication. These shifts are few [...]