Time Management

For the Overwhelmed New Graduate Nurse

For the Overwhelmed New Graduate Nurse

So you’ve just started your new job as a new graduate nurse. You have a great preceptor, you like your unit, and your manager seems pretty cool. But you dread going to work. You get report and you’re already an hour behind. You’re already an overwhelmed nurse. There are so many things to do right this second that you shut down. You can’t do this. It’s too much. You struggle through each day, just trying to get to the end of the shift. You are elated for days off. You dread going back. Is this really what you signed up for? Will this EVER end?

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Organization Tips for New Nurses

Organization Tips for New Nurses

Feeling frazzled? These organization tips for nurses will help you maintain your sanity and stay in control. 

I know how it feels when it seems like everything is spinning out of control. Life is moving on and you are just holding on, trying to keep up. And it happens to all of us, not just the new nurses! 

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Delegation Tips for Nurses

Delegation Tips for Nurses

Delegation is a tough thing to master as a new nurse.  While the NCLEXNCLEX tells you which tasks are appropriate to delegate, it doesn't...

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Nursing Time Management Tips

Learning your own time management style is one of the toughest parts about being a new grad.  Here are tips I developed after working on an acute...

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