#InTheField Special Edition: The Case for Trauma-Informed Training, from a Pediatric Trauma/Psychiatric RN
Politics, racial tensions, rapid effects of climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic are just a few causes of direct and indirect trauma to multiple groups of people, most if not all of which we will care for at some point in time.
An Introduction to Combatting Implicit Racial Bias in Nursing
Racial bias in the healthcare industry has unnecessarily cost many people their lives, which is why we must actively work to correct this bias in our practice. Bias in nursing practice is a multi-layered issue, but here’s a primer on what the issue is, and how to start fighting it.
6 Steps to Providing Culturally Competent Nursing Care for LGBTQIA+ Patients
As healthcare professionals, it’s important that we ensure all patients are being treated for their entire wellness. When a patient identifies as LGBTQIA+, ensuring their entire wellness may mean learning some new terms, taking a continuing education course, and more. Below are six ways to make sure you’re taking the best care of your LGBTQIA+ patients.
How to Recognize Compassion Fatigue
Burnout has many negative implications on both a personal and professional level. Professionally, burnout can hinder job performance, change how nurses view their role and even put patients in danger. Personally, burnout affects emotional health, relationships, and overall quality of life.
5 Essential Leadership Attributes for Nurses
When a professional holds someone’s life in their hands; when they have to make decisions in a complex environment; they are undoubtedly leaders that influence the entire world.
Combatting Stress for Nurses
If we don't spend time to stop and clear our mind, we will experience more stress in our lives. When we meditate, we can restart our minds and thought life. We can evaluate the day and reaffirm our priorities and vision for our lives.
Wheels Up! The Ascents and Descents of Travel Nursing
As you read these words, travel nurses are flying in the friendly skies above you. And, for those that are young (or not), single (or attached), and adventurous (or homebodies), travel nursing makes a great career fit.
Various Fields of Nursing
The multitude of opportunities is one of the amazing things about choosing a career as a nurse. To a student just starting out, that same multitude of opportunities can be overwhelming. In this article, we break down the various opportunities in nursing, and help you understand what it may be like to work in those fields.
Why Nursing is a Great Career Choice
From flight nursing to hospice care, from prison to parish, from pediatrics to geriatrics, from fitness nursing to labor and delivery, there are options for every personality, skill level and adrenaline junkie or lack thereof.
Yes—Nurses Eat Their Young
The seasoned nurses—who just an hour earlier had been congratulating me on my admission to nursing school that coming Fall—both rolled their eyes. One heaved a sigh, not even trying to hide her exasperation at my inquiry.
Diet Matters
How we nourish our bodies directly impacts how well we are able to work. Diet does matter, and those who eat well also work well. But nurses face unique challenges and barriers to good nutrition.
“I’m a Nurse, and…”
As nurses, we face the same increased cost-of-living expenses and hefty student loan debt as our peers do; but without the benefit of hourly pay raises, taking on a second, (or even third) job is not just a hip lifestyle strategy—it’s a necessity to stay above water.
The way it feels to become a nurse is that you absolutely cannot become a nurse.
I was the first to arrive for the dayshift nurses (early, of course), and when the nightshift realized I would not be relieving them in any sense, their hopeful faces fell at the sight of me. “Shit. I can’t do this,” I thought.
In The Field: Spotlight on Steph Kamataris, RN
Nurse burnout is a huge passion of mine. This is something I (and a lot of nurses) have experienced, but is rarely talked about.
In The Field: Spotlight on Allie Kinney, RN
When safe patient ratios were shot down a few years ago, I was so upset. Corporate interests won out on a platform that exploited nurses' fears that if they voted in favor of safe patient ratios, there would ultimately be less beds for patients.
In The Field: Spotlight on Emily Webster, BSN, RN
“On day 1 of nursing school there are so many things I would like to say to myself but I’ll try to be brief and pick the most important things, I want others to learn from me.”
In The Field: Spotlight on Caitlyn Wood, BSN, RN
The amount of good that can be done in one nursing shift on my current unit is endless. I also love getting to care for such a broad range of patients, as my knowledge base in constantly growing.
In The Field: Spotlight on Jasmine Durant, BSN, RN
Leaving work at work is one of the best ways to deal with the stress of a nursing job I think. Creating some sort of ritual to signify that you are over that part of your day has helped me.
In The Field: Spotlight on Nicole Douphinette, RN
Take the time to find your routine and what works best for you. Your preceptors routine may not work for you and that's okay. Get into your own groove, it does get easier.
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