Nursing Experiences Journal of Nursing

Sutures

Sutures

Tags: advice connecting with patients connections growth nursing experiences transformation workday

This article is an ode to taking one day at a time and connecting to others.

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The Novice Nurse

The Novice Nurse

Tags: experiences expert humor novice nursing experiences professional socialization

This article is an ode to doing new things in an old profession and a guide to being funny. I work with a nurse who has been working in the same department for twenty years plus. When she is asked to do something, she often remarks, “I don’t know what the hell I am doing”.

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Embracing Change

Embracing Change

Tags: critical care Emergency nurse ICU ICU Nurse nursing experiences surgical unit transition

Exemplar of my nursing experience of my transition from ER nurse to an ICU nurse.

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Receiving another patient helped save my other patient...

Receiving another patient helped save my other patient...

Tags: elderly experiences nursing nursing experiences PACU

I started my day in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). I work the 7a-7p shift. It was just another routine day. I received an 84yr old female patient Mrs. R from the Main Operating Room (OR) who had undergone a Left Shoulder Replacement. Mrs. R received an interscalene block for pain in the OR and had general anesthesia. Since she was elderly and was not having good tidal volumes at the end of the case anesthesia decided to keep her on the ventilator a bit longer until she woke up more...

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