I am a champion of nurses that model healthy lifestyles. What do you think is the obligation of nurses to be health role models? How do we address topics like smoking and obesity with our patients when the nurse clearly does not take her own advise...
What is the general consensus about residency programs? Have they made your transition from school to acute care more manageable, and helped you to bypass the "new grad" stigma? Anybody try a residency program and have a poor experience with it?