Category: Career
GREAT OUTCOMES DEPEND ON GREAT BEGINNINGS
GREAT OUTCOMES DEPEND ON GREAT BEGINNINGS – AND WILL BE MEASURED. I’m about to tell you a story that ended up with me getting hired into the unit I wanted, doing exactly the job I wanted to do. So, this...
Nurse to Nurse Report
By Steven Bobulsky RN Pssst… Dear soon to be and new nurses, Stick with me a moment here, and you’ll get a leg up on something that will make a big difference in your outlook on nursing, your new professional...
“Not in Kansas Anymore”
National Nurses week is a time for the nurses to celebrate the profession they’ve chosen. The ANA (American Nurses Association) has taken as its theme for the 2018 celebration “Nurses inspire, innovate, influence. ” In my real nursing life, working mostly...
Professional Communication—Email
Email communication can be tricky. I worked with a wonderful nurse who started an email to her professor: “Well, dang….” Don’t do this. It didn’t go well. Think of an email as a formal letter that you might have sent in...
Bad mistakes, I’ve made a few
A few times a week, I spend about an hour happy stamping. I use that term because “stair stepper” sounds boring. Target heart rate gets established and the glistening starts. My earbuds were in, and dialed to the fitness center...
How hard is nursing school?
Nursing school is hard. When I started my nursing classes (the formal part of classes after pre-requirements were filled) about 120 of us were all gathered into one large lecture room for the welcome/orientation to the Nursing school. After some remarks,...
Off to Repair a Broken Heart
On the morning of September 13th, I handed my 3.5 month old daughter over to a nurse. The nurse held her in his arms and promised to take care of her. He walked out of the room with her on...
Professional Communication
Effective, professional communication is the cornerstone to efficient, quality health care. Truly, good communication is essential in any arena, whether personal, educational, or professional! Communicating can also make a nursing student or a new nurse VERY nervous, whether receiving or...
Organ Donation & Transplant for Nurses
Even though many nurses may never navigate organ donation personally or professionally, nurses must learn to care for clients after organ transplantation, and have a solid background in the current approach to organ donation and procurement–the process of harvesting tissue...
Gaining Confidence In Nursing Practice
“If nursing was a book, then nursing school would be the table of contents,” one of my professors said. Confidence is much sought, especially as a nursing student preparing for the end of school and the beginning of a hard-earned...