Best Tips for Nurses - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

[Brian S.]

You're overflowing with awesome tips. Now you can share them and have a chance to win money! For our fifth National Nurses Week 2018 Contest we want to hear your best tip for nurses. Maybe it's perfectly suited for an experienced nurse or maybe it works best for a nurse who is just entering the workforce. Whatever the case, tell us best tip for nurses in the comments below and you could be the winner of one of two $250 Amazon.com gift cards.

Even if our panel of all-knowing udges doesn't choose you as a grand prize winner, you could still be selected as one of two runner-ups and receive a cool prize package including everything shown below and MORE!

What are you waiting for? Let us know your best tip and get that much closer to winning!

There are more contests, too...

• Fill in the Blank Contest
  
• National Nurses Week Cartoon Caption Contest (sponsored bu rukuku)
  
• Patients Say the Darnedest Things Contest (sponsored by relode)
  
• Create a Meme Contest (sponsored by Performance Health)
  

Have fun, thanks to all of the nurses across the country and Happy National Nurses Week!!

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As promised, the winner are posted below. Thanks for all of the awesome and creative entries!!! Feel free to share!

[Hottrodd1968]

Use a retractable badge reel to tether your scissors to your pants at the hip. Just fasten it to your waist on your dominant side and you'll have it handy at a moments notice without having to fish for it, or lose it. Works perfect!

[pamRNER]

When it comes to whether we can save a life, there are greater powers in charge than us.

[rblount]

Remember: All shifts come to an end eventually.

[OHSURN]

Try to find a middle ground between being the employee who never speaks up and the one who is the first to complain. When leaving a job, don't burn your bridges by criticizing your boss or anyone else on the way out (learned that one the hard way). Volunteer for projects when your supervisor asks, but don't become a doormat who never says no. For every negative comment you put into the world, make a positive one. Instead of becoming a workaholic or the first person to clock out and the last person to clock in, aim to be the reliable co-worker with an easy smile and a willingness to learn. In summary: maintain a sense of balance in your life, at work and at home:-)

[netteh1, BSN]

Follow your Nursing intuition, 99% of the time it will be spot on!!

[naturally]

Listen to your patients and treat them with respect, Mr.. Mrs... Ms... , not "Honey" or "Dear, " etc.

[winniewoman9060ret]

Please and thank you goes a long ways. People appreciate being asked, not told what to do. Using your manners, goes a long ways in forming a team. Remember you can do anything for the time of your shift, even if you don't care for all of your coworkers.

[rachelle73]

No matter how nervous you are, exude confidence. The patient doesn't know you have only done this procedure 3 times before. If you show confidence, you will feel it and the patient will feel more at ease.

[shanahb]

Don't be afraid to speak up go with your gut feeling

[Me93RN]

Love what you do as a nurse.... it's essential for surviving the rough demands of the job.

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

If you feel that something's wrong, it's probably not right...trust your gut and investigate.

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

To pop out those veins: dangle the arm, use heat, and place tourniquet above and below the vein.