Posts Tagged ‘Success’
Managing Your Career
Preparing new nurses for the long-haul.
Related: Magnet Hospitals, New Grad, New Nurse, Nurse Resident Programs, Nurse Residents, Nurse Support, Orientation, Orientee, Preceptor, Quitting, Stress, Success, Support
Your first day on the job, did you quiver when you did an IV start? Most new nurses feel ill-equipped and insecure their first year. And according to Jean Roberson, a nurse educator who implemented a residency program at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, IL, their stress will peak at the six-month mark--once orientation is over.
Fortunately, some hospitals have begun to recognize the benefit [...]
Precepting
4 bits of advice before you ditch your preceptor.
By Kim Rapper, RN, BSN
Related: Communication, Complaints, Expectations, Failure, Learning, Mindset, New Grad, New Nurse, New Nurse Tips, Preceptor, Professionalism, Quitting, Seasoned Nurses, Success
Fight or flight. It’s the choice we’re given when faced with a difficult situation. When it comes to a failing precepting relationship, most new nurses choose the latter—and want to scrap their preceptor for a new-and-improved model. Kim Rapper, RN, BSN and a veteran preceptor, says to listen up: Your preceptor won’t be perfect, and you probably will have some conflicts. But that doesn’t mean [...]
Rookie Wit & Wisdom
Sue RN, 1/10/08
We’re all eager to land our first jobs once we finish nursing school. Maybe too eager.
Last year, when I was a student, we were given the option of working at a variety of hospitals during our clinical rotation. Many students stayed in the same hospital to get familiar with the people and the program. Ultimately, they had their hearts set on working there and there [...]
Reality Unscripted
Jana RN, 1/8/08
I had a birthday a few days ago. My children tell me I'm old. So does my drivers license.
They say that with age comes wisdom. I think they're right, but not because you naturally get smarter. You just have more opportunities to hang out with smart people.
I encountered one of those smart people at a conference 5 years ago. [...]
Handling Stress
How nurses can get beyond the goof-up.
By Donna Cardillo, RN, MA
Nurses are human—we all make mistakes. But knowing how to deal with mistakes is what will make you a better nurse. Despite what your fears tell you, it is possible to live through, and benefit from, a mistake. Here’s how:
Avoid mistakes in the first place.
This is a statement of the obvious, but it’s better to avoid mistakes than to learn how to deal with them. [...]
Managing Your Career
What nurses can do when the system undervalues you.
Part 2 of a two-part interview with Sally Lemke, winner of the VNA Foundation’s Super Star in Community Nursing award.
It had the potential to be one of the most rewarding times of her life—being honored with the VNA Foundation’s Super Star in Community Nursing award. Thirty-plus news agencies swarmed to the story about Sally Lemke, a Chicago Cook County nurse practitioner making a difference in [...]
Handling Stress
How new nurses can banish their negative self-talk.
By Donna Cardillo, RN, MA
Related: Attitude, Compliments, Failure, Feedback, Feelings, Goals, Learning, Mindset, Motivation, New Nurse Tips, Nurse Relationships, Nurse Support, Stress, Success, Teamwork, Truth
Everyone has to work to stay positive. It’s human nature to focus on what went wrong. As a new nurse faced with situations that are terrifying and challenging, you have to work doubly hard at it.
All new nurses have been there: at a point of giving up because they’ve repeatedly told themselves they know nothing and will never get it all right. But you will. [...]
Provocative Topics
The path to recovery for nurse addicts.
Related: Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Caregivers, Compassion Fatigue, Drug Addiction, DUI, Education, Emotions, Failure, Felony, Management, Mistake, Nurse Support, Perfect Nurse, Stereotypes, Stress, Success, Support, Weaknesses
Addiction: it’s a moral issue, right? Whoever starts abusing a drug is a bad person, making a bad choice, and should be punished. At the very least, they should be able to quit on the spot.
But it’s not that simple. According to Dr. Linda Barile, APRN, and advocate for nurses who are addicts, we need to stop blaming them and instead support them through recovery.
Here [...]
Nurse Relationships
Build your network of support before you need it.
By RealityRN Senior Advisor Amy R. Morton-Miller, MS, APRN, BC
Related: Balance, Confidence, Conflict, Fear, Feelings, Healthy Living, Mindset, New Nurse, Nurse Resident Programs, Nursing Program, Quitting, Seasoned Nurses, Student Nurse, Success, Support, Truth
My first year of nursing, I considered becoming a forest ranger. Nursing was bleeding my emotions.
When I first got out of school, hospitals faced a big nursing shortage—not unlike today. The unit was understaffed, and the level of responsibility quickly overwhelmed me.
Worse, I became trapped in a destructive internal dialogue. I’d constantly tell myself: I’m not doing a good enough job. I stink at this. [...]
Precepting
7 principles for starting off right.
by Kim Rapper, RN, BSN
Related: Confidence, Fear, Feedback, Learning, Mistake, New Grad, New Nurse, New Nurse Tips, Precepting, Preceptor, Quitting, Success, Teamwork
It is the profession’s worst nightmare: a nurse draws 3 cc’s of insulin instead of 3 units. Thankfully, a preceptor is there to double-check the dosage. It could have been lethal.
The first few months of most nursing jobs begin with working with a preceptor—a mentor who is by your side to make sure nothing goes amiss. Whether you are fresh out of nursing school about [...]
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