Designing your pathway as a Registered Nurse
Nursing organizations help propel you personally and professionally. There are countless professional nursing organizations available to join. I believe it’s important to not only be affiliated with a nursing organization, but of most significance to be an active member. Through membership you can receive information on best practices, journal/magazine subscription options, CE’s, networking, opportunities to …
Nursing education for Black nurses was extremely limited. Quotas existed to limit one Black student and one Jewish student admission. Segregation by law in the South and custom in the North resulted in schools of nursing particularly for Blacks. Nursing education at historically Black institutions began as a diploma program, postgraduate certificate, baccalaureate degree, associates …
Does having tattoo(s) as a healthcare professional decrease the perception of professionalism? An interesting topic that hadn’t crossed my mind until recently. Sometime ago, I accidentally stumbled across the Instagram hashtag #nurseswithtattoos! There is over 10K post with this hashtag (granted not all of the photos with this hashtag contain nurses with tattoos), regardless there …
It’s a new year – new you – new mindset! The beginning of the year often signifies a reset for change in habits and mindsets. However, one doesn’t have to wait for a new year to resolve and reset! After all according to Birch (2018) 23% of resolutions fail within the first week, 60% of …
I’m finally back with a blog post! I’ve been away from posting (even though it’s been on my To-Do list) as I’m transitioning into a new role and honestly I let being lazy and tired become acceptable excuses from engaging on here. This goes to show ‘action expresses priorities’ -Gandi Flashback to elementary school and …
Over the past couple of years I’ve completed several interviews. Something I use to dread. However it wasn’t until I attended a shared governance retreat where Liz Jazwiec was the opening keynote speaker. She has three published books, but the book I received was Eat That Cookie. The book focuses on workplace positivity (a future …
I remember my excitement after graduating nursing school 12 years ago, but the true joy and freedom I knew wouldn’t be felt until after taking the NCLEX. Than the true work began first day of orientation as a new graduate nurse. Oh…the anxiety, nerves, and doubt!! Despite my fears I was (and still am today) …
Thank you for your presence reading this blog post! The past two weeks I’ve had every intent to develop a blog post, however my goal is to deliver quality content based on a variety of factors for discussion on RNblueprint. And while…my focus and attention was definitely elsewhere…I’m happy to have a post ready for …
Nursing resilience comes in many forms of activities and practices. Reflect back to last week… how did you incorporate resiliency to prevent burnout? After developing last weeks post. I had a need to contribute and dedicate a poem regarding our profession. One of the podcast I listen to, Happier always offers Happiness Hacks for listeners to try …