Advice for a new graduate

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What is the one piece of advice you wished somebody gave you in your first year of practice?

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Specializes in Thoracic Cardiovasc ICU Med-Surg.

If you're going through hell keep going.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Ask for daily and weekly feedback from your preceptor so there will be no surprises.

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Specializes in NICU.

Ask as many questions as necessary.

Be eager to learn new things.

Realize that a majority of criticism is constructive criticism to help you be a better nurse.

If you don't understand something, ask. Do not guess, assume, or fake it.

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