Non Nursing reading

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency, Education, Informatics.

Do any of you supplement reading with any non clinical/non nursing reading. I've been having my interns read.

1. Mistakes were made (But not by me)

2. The invisible Gorilla

3. Thinking fast and slow

I read them first in graduate program and always think back of how my practice might have developed if I had read books like this when I was in my developmental stages. To hard to break bad habits now.

I"m a Novice to Expert fanboy and use these as an adjust to how they can become experts.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

Good idea. Years ago, as a student, our required readings for nursing classes often included things outside of nursing. They were helpful.

One that I have read (and recommended to others in Nursing Professional Development) is called "Ready of Not, Here Life Comes" by somebody Levine (I think). It discusses the transition from adolescent/student to adult professional and how/why some people seem to struggle with it so much. I have found it helpful to understand nursing students and new grads. I have loaned it out to friends and right now, it's not on my shelf; so I can't confirm the author's name. Sometimes, when I lend books out, they don't come back.

Good topic for a thread. I hope others chime in.

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Specializes in critical care, med/surg.

"Who moved the cheese?" A cute little book about..."mice" and what happened when their "cheese" was moved! Actually it's all about change and how we deal with it which in the health care field is pretty much an everyday thing. And there is an author Jon Kabat Zin who wrote a book, "Full catastrophe living" that details how to be in the moment through meditation which has changed thousands of lives both in and out of health care. I could go on but you get the point...be ready for change because it's coming and yes, how will you deal with it?

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Students and new grads have a tremendous fear of making any mistakes, but we all know that this is inevitable. I have found that the concepts and practices outlined in "Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability" are very relevant to nursing practice. I particularly like how the Just Culture approach differentiates the severity of mistakes according to the individual's mindset. They also have a really great algorithm for determining the most appropriate corrective actions after a mistake is made.

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