New Nurse

Sean on October 10th, 2009

Experienced nurses are an example of how to avoid burn out as they have found ways to cope with and love the profession for the long haul. And yes, I believe that time makes a good nurse even better!  There of course is always an exception to the rule, but for the most part I [...]

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Sean on September 30th, 2009

I don’t  care how long you have been a nurse. I don’t care how long you have not been a nurse. I care how well you treat your patients I care how well you treat my patients I care how well you work with others. Equality and fairness is not a standard you get to [...]

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Sean on January 19th, 2009

Image Source: PayPlay Continuing on with my theme of blog posts for all my fellow bloggers who are new nurses. There are two types of new nurses. And they are two very different extremes. The I-Know-It-All These nurses can either be green behind the ears or actually have experience under their belts. They believe they [...]

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Sean on January 6th, 2009

There are a handful of new nurses out there (at least that I’m aware of) from my blogosphere. I thought I’d touch on a subject that will be in the forefront of most of your minds. Your orientation with you preceptor(s). Yep. I went through it. Yep, your preceptor went through it. All nurses have [...]

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Sean on October 7th, 2008

The one and only constant thing in life is CHANGE. Everything else is CHANCE. I’ve been a nurse for over 3 years now. To some this would seem a very short time. But in this day and age of the nursing world, 3 years of experience in a nursing specialty ACTUALLY is classified as a [...]

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