emotional support

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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When Your Patient Starts Crying

When Your Patient Starts Crying

One of the first questions you may ask yourself in your nursing career is "What to do when a patient starts crying." Everyone has their own forte’,...

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An Ode to My Steering Wheel

Many things are synonymous with nursing… stethoscopes, nursing caps and pins, a solid pair of Danskos…but one of nursing’s unsung hero’s is our...

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Why I Can’t Cry With You

Why I Can’t Cry With You

Since my post I Wish I Could Cry With You, But I Can't went up, there has been quite a large response. I felt the need to write a follow-up post to...

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Sitting Down for Your Patient

I went to NTI in Denver, Colorado this last week.  For those of you that don't know, it's an annual national conference for critical care nurses....

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Our Nursing Reality – Part II

Back in November, I posed a question to my nursey Twitter buds: If you were on a reality show.. what moment in your nursing career would you want...

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