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The New Nurse Handbook
What is it like to be a nurse?
This comprehensive and plain-spoken guide is filled with tips and helpful hints about what nurses do, how and why to become one, and the challenges and rewards that can arise throughout the first year on the job at a hospital. It's written in an easy-to-understand style and is clearly organized so that information can be accessed quickly.
Recently updated with a new introduction and additional information on the Affordable Care Act, The New Nurse Handbook covers:
*Choosing a nursing program that meets your goals
*Deciding where to work
*What to expect as a new employee
*Avoiding burnout
*Coping with a patient's family members
*Losing your first patient
*What to keep in mind when communicating with doctors
*Protecting patients' privacy
*Opportunities to keep learning
And more
Whether you're a new nurse or still deciding whether or not nursing is for you, The New Nurse Handbook will answer your questions.
This comprehensive and plain-spoken guide is filled with tips and helpful hints about what nurses do, how and why to become one, and the challenges and rewards that can arise throughout the first year on the job at a hospital. It's written in an easy-to-understand style and is clearly organized so that information can be accessed quickly.
Recently updated with a new introduction and additional information on the Affordable Care Act, The New Nurse Handbook covers:
*Choosing a nursing program that meets your goals
*Deciding where to work
*What to expect as a new employee
*Avoiding burnout
*Coping with a patient's family members
*Losing your first patient
*What to keep in mind when communicating with doctors
*Protecting patients' privacy
*Opportunities to keep learning
And more
Whether you're a new nurse or still deciding whether or not nursing is for you, The New Nurse Handbook will answer your questions.
290 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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August 6, 2015
This had some great info for new nurses, or anyone thinking about nursing!
July 23, 2016
Really useful insight into time management, including:
Organizing your day to get the tasks you don't want to do over first (i.e. the wound dressing, a new IV start, etc)
Organizing notes to include: information for hand-off, things to research on your own time, meds to look up before administration, resources for pt teaching, positive things that happened during the day
Schedule teaching and interventions later in the am/day to allow for family/support mechanisms to witness and be able to take information home
Certification/organization resources
Organizing your day to get the tasks you don't want to do over first (i.e. the wound dressing, a new IV start, etc)
Organizing notes to include: information for hand-off, things to research on your own time, meds to look up before administration, resources for pt teaching, positive things that happened during the day
Schedule teaching and interventions later in the am/day to allow for family/support mechanisms to witness and be able to take information home
Certification/organization resources
April 30, 2015
Excellent book giving an overview of the stages of becoming a nurse- from deciding to become one, to selecting a school & what to expect, finding a job, and your first year as a nurse. This book helped me decide how to pursue my degree & got me more excited to complete this journey if possible. I recommend this most highly!
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