Inspired by the post "Most common nursing student mistakes," I want to know what current RNs wish they'd learn/known when they were students (like me!)?
Courtney
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January 24th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
time management!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I feel I had an excellent nursing education, but now that I’m practicing every day I find precious little consistency when it comes to terminology.
For instance, no two nurses have the same idea of how to describe wounds. Same goes for drainage/discharge. Again, with petichiae for instance, no two people seem to describe the same thing in the same way. And please don’t even get me started on breath sounds.
I find this very distracting when attempting to chart effectively and it also gets in the way when I’m communicating with other nurses or physicians.
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 am
Having just qualified loads and loads of things. In particular, assertiveness skills.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
The biggest change for me was moving provinces to work in my home town. The culture of a big teaching hospital was very consistent and centered on excellence. My own hospital was semi rural. I spent a lot of energy trying to keep up my standards in the face of bullying and belittling. I wish I had just moved to a better hospital and found my niche. Instead I quit to raise my kids. But I’m back doing my refresher after 10 years, and you’re not going to stop me this time.
April 12th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Although its taken me a while, all that advice about time management and efficiency finally sunk in recently.
Try to think ahead/anticipate. When you can it will allow you to work smarter – not harder!
June 10th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
When I graduated nursing school, my instructor told us: remember that your license simply says that you are minimally qualified. I found that when I went into the hospital arena, my most supportive mentor was the LPN on the unit. Seh was willing to teach me, take the time with me, and encourage me. I continued that for other new nurses. I hope it helped.