Nursing Experiences Journal of Nursing

Sutures

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

Submitted by Dana Oppenheimer RN, BSN

The Novice Nurse

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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”.

Submitted by Dana Oppenheimer RN, BSN

Embracing Change

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

Submitted by Maria C. Hatter, RN, BSN

Receiving another patient helped save my other patient...

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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...

Submitted by Stacey Kast, RN, BSN

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