If you are anything like me, and let’s face it (like every nurse who has ever been in this health care field) you are starting your nursing career wondering how long it will take before you feel as confident as the nurse who is precepting you. Don’t worry. This is a totally normal and expected feeling when you become a new nurse and frankly, when you…
Self-care in nursing seems to be a practice many nurses and nursing students do not have time to partake in yet it is one of the most important things we need to incorporate in our lives. These past few years have not been easy, to say the least, especially in our nursing world. Many of us have felt burnout, unsupported, overworked, emotionally drained and mentally and physically affected by…
Hello, hello my nursing friends. As a new nurse one of the things I dreaded the most was the moment I had to give bedside report. I remember always being worried about who was going to be the oncoming nurse and was she/he going to chew me out if I didn’t have the right information readily available? Granted- it is part of the learning process and with…
Hello my nursing friends. Welcome back to The RN Educator and for those of you who are new… welcome to our family! Today we are talking Nursing Interview Questions & Answers. We have all been in the scenario where we are so nervous to go into that interview… palms are sweating, hearts are racing, and we are hoping this interview goes well. Sooooo… in an attempt to…
Hello, hello my nursing friends. Looks like it’s about that time again when holiday cheer is crowding the streets (not literally crowding since we are in the middle of a pandemic), people are decorating their houses with twinkly lights and pictures holding a mug of hot cocoa with marshmallows in front of your Christmas tree is trending. I truly love the holiday season. It makes me so happy…
Hi friends and Happy “Medication Monday”! Welcome back to our learning space. Today we are talking a medication that can seem magical for some…(at least that’s what it feels like when you are feeling nauseous and can’t stop vomiting, ha ha). Meet Ondansetron (Zofran)! Zofran is an anti-emetic that is used to treat nausea and vomiting. Pretty much the go-to…