I'm Kyle! I'm 20 and a nursing student at Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing. I work as a STNA in a nursing home, which always leads to lots of interesting stories. I can't wait to graduate and finally move on to hopefully even more fun times!
My nursing friends and I have been known to admire peoples veins from afar.
This is why I’m so thankful I have a set job once I graduate. The school I’m in is through a hospital, and they’ll give me a job upon graduation. I don’t plan on staying there forever, but the experience is going to help me get another job.
- When you’re already sick and encumbered, it is quite an insult to also be treated like a child. Give your patients dignity and respect and the ability to make their own decisions. Don’t less this confuse you with the need to sometimes be assertive. But adults deserve to make their own decisions…
I’ve gotten human feces all over me, scars on my arms, punched, kicked, but I still usually do everything with a smile. Just because I’m having a bad day doesn’t mean I need to make the patients day worse too by being in a bad mood.
WAYS FOR NURSES TO RELIEVE STRESS.
- Remember to always take a minute to just breathe.
- Embrace being a nurse.
- Go on a vacation.
- Indulge in your favorite dessert.
- Say it! Get it off your chest.
- Take some alone time or spend time with friends or family.
- Enjoy a warm latte or mocha.
- Retreat to the nearest day spa.
- Enjoy each day of your life (no matter what)!
- Remember why YOU became a NURSE.
(via nurse-on-duty)
- Dirty Little Secrets
1. “We’re not going to tell you your doctor is incompetent, but if I say, ‘You have the right to a second opinion,’ that can be code for ‘I don’t like your doctor’ or ‘I don’t trust your doctor.’” — Linda Bell, RN, clinical practice specialist at the American Association…
Sorry for the nursing spam
I’m in one of those moods again where I can’t wait to graduate and I have to find every blog that seems remotely relevant to my future.
Thank goodness! I needed to hear that.
I wake up craving Taco Bell because thats what I get every night at work.
My best friend is pregnant and in nursing school right now. And her fiancee (the babies dad) just left her. I don’t know how she’s going to do it.
It scares me when I try to wake someone up and they don’t respond immediately, or I can’t see their chest moving because they have blankets on. I haven’t found anyone yet, but I know I will.
(via nurse-on-duty)
