#newnurse

[newgradnurseblues]

Where Do I Go From Here?

If you would've told me 10 years ago that I would be a Registered Nurse working during one of the worst nursing shortages in years/during a pandemic, I would've looked at you like you had lobsters crawling out of your ears. This was never my original plan, but I'm starting to learn that, as is the case with a lot of people working in healthcare, nursing is something that you're drawn to. Everyone has their own "why" as to what made them decide to go into the healthcare field. That same "why" being the reason why we didn't give up after failing a dosage calc exam or not being able to perform a skill correctly during a simulation lab. If not for our reasons why, we wouldn't have been able to make it through the many crying sessions while studying, the early morning clinicals, or the ATI/HESI exams. I don't want to speak for everyone, but for me taking care of others made me feel like I had a purpose in life at a time when I didn't see the point of life. That's not to say that those feelings have completely gone away, but knowing that there are people that need me in order to feel comforted gives me a sense of happiness. Most of the time I feel numb. When I'm at work listening to patients talk about their families and lives it inspires me. It's amazing to hear where people have come from, in a way we're all walking stories. I've grown used to helping others and while it does bring me joy I need to learn to help myself. You see for such a long time my only goals were to get through nursing school and pass my NCLEX. Once I completed those goals, the only goals I had for the past 5 years, I was left with the question "Now what?". There are so many things that I can do with my life and in my career, but I have no idea where to begin. I'm hoping that I can use this blog as a way to help me process some of the things in my life that I have been blocking out for years. Nursing school is tough and sometimes you have to push the bad things that happened to you to the back of your brain in order to memorize EKG Rhythms or Signs and Symptoms of Sepsis. Maybe somewhere between reflecting on my past and trying to focus on my present experience as a registered nurse I might figure out what it is I want to do in the future. Yes I'm a nurse, but now what?

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[nurse-alexamaya]

ESQUEMA DE VACUNACIÓN DEL PERSONAL DE SALUD

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[shutterclycks]

Congratulations to the new nurses! 🎊🎉 #OathTakingCeremony2023 #OathTakingCeremony #newnurse https://www.instagram.com/p/CnwIwybuDOK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[thernstationcomics]

Accidentally Transfused A Jehovah's Witness

What do you do when you're newly qualified nurse makes this mistake? :D

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[freshrn]

[Encore] The Neuro Nursing Chronicles: A Masterclass from the Archives

In this episode, we are re-sharing our most popular neuro episodes from the archive in one massive episode. Kati Kleber, Elizabeth Mills, and Melissa Stafford (all experienced neuro ICU nurses) discuss:

When to worry about your neuro patient

The most common disease processes for acutely ill neuro patients

Common neuro meds

Frequent diagnostics

How neuro patients are monitored

Common neuro surgeries 

These episodes were originally recorded in 2018, but the information is still incredibly relevant today for neuro nurses. This content is for informational purposes only; best practices may have changed. 

  For ALL of our neuro nursing content: ​​https://www.freshrn.com/neuro-nursing/ 

  For our free mini-course on conscious neuro assessments, click here: https://courses.freshrn.com/p/neuro-assessments-mini-course 

  To learn more about our comprehensive neuro prep course, Neuro Wise: A Crash Course For New Neuro Nurses, click here: https://courses.freshrn.com/p/neuro-wise 

  Learn more about the FreshRN All-Access Pass here - https://courses.freshrn.com/p/membership

  To see our latest course catalog (med-surg, ICU, precepting, charge nurse, ortho, cardiac, neuro courses, and more), click here: https://courses.freshrn.com/

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Music credit: Keep My Cool by Benj Heard

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[ryvnchvn]

In this video I talk about Nurse Bullying, and the important things I want I understood before ending up being a nurse. #rn #lpn #nurse #newgradnurse #nurselife #newnurse #ltc #icu #homehealth #er #nursingstudent

[newnurseacademy]

Empowering the Next Generation: Mentoring and Coaching in Nursing - newnurse-academy.com

Embark on a journey of empowerment and growth with newnurse-academy.com as we delve into the realm of mentoring and coaching in nursing. In this blog post, we explore the pivotal role that mentorship and coaching play in shaping the future of nursing professionals. Join us as we unravel the strategies and benefits that newnurse-academy.com employs to empower the next generation of nurses.

New Nurse Academy: Nurturing Excellence in Nursing

Understanding the Importance of Mentorship: Delve into the significance of mentorship in nursing. This section introduces readers to the crucial role mentors play in guiding and supporting new nurses as they navigate the challenges of their early careers.

Personalized Coaching for Professional Growth: Explore the personalized coaching approach. This section highlights how newnurse-academy.com tailors coaching sessions to the individual needs and aspirations of each nursing professional, fostering personalized and targeted professional growth.

Building Confidence and Competence through Coaching

Boosting Confidence in Novice Nurses: Delve into the strategies for boosting confidence. This section outlines how coaching at newnurse-academy.com focuses on building the confidence of novice nurses, equipping them with the self-assurance needed to excel in their roles.

Enhancing Clinical Competence: Explore the emphasis on clinical competence. This section showcases how newnurse-academy.com's coaching programs place a strong emphasis on enhancing the clinical skills and competencies of nursing professionals, ensuring they deliver top-notch patient care.

Navigating Career Transitions with Mentorship

Guidance in Career Transitions: Delve into the guidance provided during career transitions. This section emphasizes how mentorship at newnurse-academy.com becomes particularly invaluable during career transitions, offering seasoned advice and support to nurses stepping into new roles.

Professional Networking and Support Systems: Explore the role of mentorship in professional networking. This section highlights how newnurse-academy.com facilitates the creation of robust support systems through mentorship, connecting nurses with experienced professionals in their respective fields.

Elevating Nursing Leadership through Coaching

Leadership Development Programs: Delve into leadership development initiatives. This section showcases how newnurse-academy.com's coaching extends beyond the bedside, offering leadership development programs that empower nurses to assume leadership roles within healthcare organizations.

Continuous Learning and Adaptability: Explore the commitment to continuous learning. This section underlines how coaching at newnurse-academy.com installs a culture of continuous learning and adaptability, ensuring nurses stay abreast of advancements in healthcare practices.

New Nurse Academy's Legacy: Empowering Nurses for a Brighter Future

In conclusion, at newnurse-academy.com, we invite nursing professionals to embrace the empowering journey of mentorship and coaching. From building confidence and clinical competence to navigating career transitions and fostering leadership development, New Nurse Academy stands as a beacon of support and guidance for the next generation of nursing professionals. Contact New Nurse Academy to embark on a journey of empowerment and excellence in nursing. Choose empowerment, choose excellence—choose New Nurse Academy.

#mentoring and coaching in nursing #nursing professional department

[allcnaprograms]

19659001 DO IT! RESOURCES TO HELP YOU SUCCEED: New Nurse Tips & Tricks: https://learn.nursemegrn.com/newnurse-survivalguide Next Generation NCLEX Test Prep: 19659005 https://learn.nursemegrn.com/pass-the-nclex 19659006 How to Give Bedside Report, Nurse Report: 19659007 https://learn.nursemegrn.com/how-to-give-the-best-report TEAS/HESI Test Prep: https://learn.nursemegrn.com/nursing-school-test-prep Free Report Sheet: https://learn.nursemegrn.com/nurse-report-sheet-sbar 19659010 Free NCLEX practice Questions: https://learn.nursemegrn.com/free-nclex-questions-list 19659011 Free Pharmacology Lecture + Printout: 19459014 https://learn.nursemegrn.com/pharmacology-webinar Free Shift…

[novicenurse]

Being Connected With Your Unit

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As a new nurse, it is typically overwhelming in the beginning as you adapt to the challenges attached with your new role. This for some turns into excitement, for others anxiety, and for almost everyone a combination of the two. As the weeks go on, the anxiety typically fades into a more mundane nagging as you begin to foster more confidence. New knowledge builds onto previous experiences for enhanced clinical reasoning, making you a safer nurse. It’s time to add some more challenges.

A lot of new graduates across America are now entering accredited residencies that require frequent meetings, classes, and additional training. These are awesome ways to connect with new nursing friends that you didn’t know that you needed. Nurse residencies are a part of the American Association of Colleges of Nurses, which describes program goals such as building “stronger clinical nursing leadership and critical thinking skills,” and providing “individual development plans” for the graduate nurse’s new role. If you have the chance to progress through a residency like this one, get involved. Make new friends. Take notes. Try to learn something new. This is a great starting point for involvement in your hospital.

If your nurse residency is coming to an end or you don’t have one in your facility, participate in your unit’s shared governance. A shared governance committee is typically made up of staff nurses that has regular meetings regarding topics such as quality improvement, facility policy, and patient care. This is important because together with your unit management and nurse executives, this committee has the power to make the changes to the unit that you would like to see. What if you and your unit representatives created a process that eliminated double documentation? Would you be a happier nurse? These are the reasons the hospital needs nurses that are engaged. Hospitals that have shared governance for nursing have been shown to have decreased hospital acquired injuries and infections according to a study published by StatPearls in 2020.  Ask yourself one question. What would make your hospital better?  

Here are some activities that may take place in a unit’s shared governance committee.

· Falls rounding

· Quality improvement plans. (CAUTIS, CLABSIs, Safe Medication Administration.)

· New policy input and votes

· Elections

· Fundraising or community service projects

These are some committee activities that take place in most shared governance models. In my first committee, we participated in quarterly engagement activities where we participated in escape rooms or group paint classes. We also had elected representatives to participate in further committees, such as our hospitals falls committee. This allowed for our unit to be represented hospital wide by a bedside nurse. I later became the chairman of this committee while I was still a CNA and found that upon speaking to other units, units with active committees had the happiest staff during surveys.

Nursing school dramatically decreased my involvement in activities with the hospital, but I always participated from afar. My best suggestion for those who are busy or simply don’t have the time is to participate in town halls. Many chief nursing officers (CNO) will hold town hall meets to allow for staff to actively express frustrations, successes, and hospital shortcomings. When presenting a problem in a forum such as this one, have a solution. The CNO, or other members of the executive team like problems that have solutions rather than a complaint. Help be your unit’s voice. Represent other members of your team that want to see change too. Nursing does have bad days, but you can help make your unit a better place.

#newnurse #nurse #hospital #nursing #novice #novicenurse #rn #lpn #cna

[besaexplorestheworld]

(NCLEX Review) UNIT IV: Growth and Development Across the Life Span

Chapter 17: Theories of Growth and Development 

(development, health promotion)

Study guide focuses on:

Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Lawrence Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory

and of course, Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Theory

As always, a mini quiz is provided at the end! 

Good luck (:

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[nurse-alexamaya]

VACUNA BIVALENTE PFIZER vs VACUNA BIVALENTE MODERNA

#vacuna #vaccine #newpost #flashcard #homeoffice #enfamerica #trending #enfermeria #nursing #enfermagem #infirmiere #infermieristica #ctoenfermeria #amirenfermeria #temarioeir #opozulo #tens #enfermero #medico #goodnotes #newnurse #nursingeducation #nursingtips #nursingnotes #nursingblog

#salud

[maestings]

CALLING ALL: Night Shift Nurses!

Just some background- I work on a 36 bed Med/Surg and Oncology Unit, we have a 6:1 - patient:RN ratio. It is fast paced, even on the night shift which is 1845-0730 or later. I have been an RN for a year now and I was a tech on this same floor. I have learned SO much that Nursing school never taught me, and things clicked in my brain that didn’t click while I was still in school.

It’s been an amazing year and now I am training new grad RN’s on orientation to our floor! I have done orientation with a few that are experienced, but just new to us, and with a few that trained with someone else for most of their orientation before they came to me.

Now, I am training brand spanking new grad RN’s and I am so excited about this! I really like helping ppl connect the dots and helping them to feel welcome and making sure they never feel stupid or bullied. No new grad will leave the floor and cry in the their car if they are on orientation with me. I had an amazing RN for orientation and she and I became close friends outside of work, I had such a wonderful experience as a new grad.

Questions I am always asked by RN’s new to night shift:

1. How do you make it work with life?

A: I PLAN! I plan ahead as much as possible, and I schedule life around work.

2. How do you sleep?

A: When I am not working I sleep on a regular schedule. On the day of the first night shift back I get up in the morning and do whatever until the afternoon, when I try to get in a couple hour nap. Then, when I get off work I try to be in bed by 0930 at the latest (if possible) but absolutely no later than 10. I get up between 1530-1700 and head out by 1800.

3. How do you eat?

A: I am still trying to figure out the best way to schedule this, but recently I have been doing a couple small lower carb snacks earlier in the shift, and then fast until about 0400 and have another healthy snack. I was doing a “lunch” meal at midnight for a long time, but I don’t think it works well with my metabolism.

4. How do you manage with pets and/or children?

A: I have two dogs, one of which has chronic health issues. My younger brother comes to my house after he gets off work, and it is his “part time job.” He walks them and plays with them, and he is a presence at my home that keeps people clueless as to when someone is going to be at my home which is great for security purposes. I can trust him with my pets and my home. I know everyone isn’t fortunate enough to have family nearby for this, but I recommend finding someone you know you can trust to help with your pets and children. My pets are family, they are my babies, and they will never pay for the career I have chosen.

5. How do you workout and try to get or stay healthy?

A: This has taken some trial and error. Originally, I was trying to go to the gym after work in the morning, or before work when I woke up, but I cant maintain that long term. Now I focus on getting there when I am not working, and fitting it in as much as I can, while still allowing recovery time.

I have found that EVERYONE does something a little different! What works for some doesn’t work for all and working night shift takes a lot of planning, at least for me.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER NIGHT SHIFT NURSES DO TO MAKE IT WORK!

#rn #rnprobs #nightshiftrn #nightshiftnurse #nightshiftprobs #nurselife #nursefriends #registered nurse #nurseneedscoffee #newnurse #medsurg

[studentnurseleslie]

DEVESTATED. I AM A NURSE AND I AM UNEMPLOYED.

05/06/2020. I found out that I am now an unemployed nurse. I vlogged my feelings immediately after and how I am planning to deal with this setback. If you have experienced this or experiencing this please give me some ideas. Or, just share to raise awareness that because of the lack of funding for some hospitals nurses, who are needed, during this pandemic are not being able to go to work

#nurse #nursingstudent #newnurse #nursing #nursingschool #unemployed #laidoff #jobless #quarantine #covid19 #pandemic #er #emergencyroom #frontlines #frontlineworkers #healthcareheros #frontlineheroes #frontlinestaff

[freshrn]

Nurse Fatigue Triage: Resources & Tips for When You’re Tired of Nursing with Dr. Kate King

Almost two-thirds of nurses (62%) experience burnout in the U.S. And it’s especially common among younger nurses. In this episode, Kati interviews Dr. Kate King, an associate professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at William James College, and they discuss:

signs of burnout, and whether this is destined to happen to every nurse

the importance of being proactive

balancing the desire to be perfect with the very real seriousness of mistakes

redefining ‘self-care’

tips and encouragement from Dr. King

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Watch the video interview on Kati's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/katikleber 

Check out this episode!

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[ryvnchvn]

In this video I talk about the current awful occasion concerning Nurse Tristin Kate Smith. I share methods you can handle the TOXIC culture of Nursing and workplace. #nurse #nursing #homehealth #lpn #ltc #newgradnurse #newnurse #nurselife #nursingstudent #rn #registerednurse Link w/Me: [email protected] Like. Remark. SUBSCRIBE.

[newnurseacademy]

Advancing Your Nursing Career: The Role of a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner

Welcome to NewNurse-Academy.com, where we are committed to supporting the growth and development of nursing professionals. In this blog post, we will explore the vital role of a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner and the significance of Nursing Continuing Professional Development. As the healthcare landscape evolves, it is crucial for nurses to enhance their knowledge, skills, and competencies. Let's delve into the world of professional growth in nursing.

I. Understanding the Role of a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner

Defining a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner:

A Nursing Professional Development Practitioner is an experienced nurse who facilitates the professional development of their colleagues.

They serve as mentors, educators, and leaders, promoting excellence in nursing practice.

2. Key Responsibilities of a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner:

Designing and implementing educational programs that align with organizational goals and professional standards.

Assessing learning needs and developing strategies to address knowledge gaps.

Collaborating with nurses to create personalized development plans.

Evaluating the effectiveness of educational interventions and making improvements accordingly.

Advocating for lifelong learning and the pursuit of advanced certifications.

Fostering a culture of continuous professional development within the nursing community.

II. The Significance of Nursing Continuing Professional Development

Defining Nursing Continuing Professional Development:

Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) refers to the ongoing process of acquiring new knowledge, skills, and competencies to enhance nursing practice.

It encompasses formal education, conferences, workshops, certifications, and self-directed learning.

Benefits of Nursing Continuing Professional Development:

Enhancing clinical competence and critical thinking skills.

Staying updated with the latest evidence-based practices and healthcare advancements.

Increasing job satisfaction and professional fulfillment.

Expanding career opportunities and advancement prospects.

Strengthening patient outcomes through improved nursing care.

Meeting licensure and regulatory requirements.

III. Strategies for Effective Nursing Continuing Professional Development

Assessing Learning Needs:

Conduct self-assessments and reflect on personal strengths and areas for improvement.

Seek feedback from colleagues, supervisors, and patients.

Identify knowledge gaps and areas requiring further development.

2. Setting Learning Goals:

Establish clear, measurable, and achievable learning objectives.

Prioritize goals based on personal and professional aspirations.

Align goals with organizational needs and future healthcare trends.

3. Selecting Appropriate Learning Opportunities:

Explore a range of learning resources, such as workshops, seminars, conferences, and online courses.

Consider pursuing advanced degrees or certifications relevant to your nursing specialty.

Engage in interdisciplinary learning to broaden perspectives and gain new insights.

4. Implementing a Structured Learning Plan:

Create a timeline and schedule for completing learning activities.

Allocate dedicated time for study, reflection, and practice.

Utilize technology and online platforms for convenient access to educational resources.

5. Evaluating Learning Outcomes:

Regularly assess progress towards learning goals.

Seek feedback from mentors, educators, and colleagues.

Reflect on acquired knowledge and skills and consider their application in practice.

Conclusion: As nursing professionals, we have a responsibility to embrace lifelong learning and continually strive for excellence in our practice. By assuming the role of a Nursing Professional Development Practitioner and actively engaging in Nursing Continuing Professional Development, we contribute to the growth of our profession and the improvement of patient care. Visit NewNurse-Academy.com to explore a wealth of resources and embark on a fulfilling journey of professional development. Together, let's elevate the standards of nursing and make a positive impact in healthcare.