The everything new nurse book Gain confidence, manage your schedule, and be ready for anything
Book - 2011
As a new nurse, you're entering one of the most challenging and rewarding fields. This guide is packed with tips and strategies from nurses who have seen and done it all, giving you the tools you need to get through those first critical months on the job-- and beyond.
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- Published
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Avon, Mass. :
Adams Media
[2011]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Second edition
- Physical Description
- xii, 291 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 276) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781440526879
- What is a nurse?
- Why become a nurse?
- How to become a nurse
- Deciding where to work
- Surviving your first day
- The new kid on the block
- Your scope of practice
- Time management
- Utilizing teamwork
- Learn from your mistakes
- What you learned in school
- The patients
- The doctors
- The nursing shortage in action
- Expect to get sick
- Working with technology
- Discharge planning
- Documentation and communication
- Confidentiality
- Nursing is a lifelong learning experience
- Setting future career goals
- Taking care of yourself.