Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

This site ROCKS!!:clpty:

I've learn many things in here; from the news, blogs, to articles posted... *wineYeah i can really tell that i've become a better nurse than before

yes in some ways...i have had my eyes opened for me plenty of times on this sight, which can give you a whole new outlook ....but i also have sought after information from nurses in all areas and learned from them continually through the years... i am not sure if i would have had the resources to complete ec and get my rn license if not for all- nurses.....so for me the answer is yes....

I am not sure if this site has made me a better nurse yet,:uhoh21: but I am sure this site has made me a better nursing student. Having this site has been a key to learning the secret hand shake of NURSING :bowingpur

I said "no" it has not made me a better nurse. What this site has done is give me a community of fellow nurses who understand me and can commiserate with me when necessary. I have asked for and received good advice from others, especially my school nurse friends on this site.

I can't speak as a nurse but it has made me a better nursing student. I have been reading on here for the past 2 years while waiting around to get into the program, (was on the wait list for 3.5 years) I am almost done with my first semester and I can say that I went in a lot more knowledgeable from this site, I had a jump start on a lot of things from this site, I knew about things like care plans and breezed through my first one just for one example.

So I can't say if it made me a better nurse, but I can say it has made me a better nursing student. I have recommended this site to everyone that would listen.

Hello All;

AllNurses.com keeps me connected to my peers (when I can obtain internet connection, that is!) This site is the first one I go to.

athena

28th CSH/Iraq

Yes, it makes me a better nurse, because of the people that do the sharing on the MDS area. Every nurse in that specialty will be better at their job because of the nature of what we go through in our specialty. So much of it is personal experience and resource. It is more helpful than AANAC sites, because we can share actual stuff we have had to develop on our own. I refer all my local colleagues to allnurses.com for the MDS specialty area.

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Much of the factual knowledge I glean through allnurses I could get elsewhere, though probably less quickly and easily. The space to vent, debrief and sound out other practitioners is something I do at work and with friends (most of whom are current or former nurses) but being able to do so with a less partial or objective audience is fantastic. Neither of these aspects help make me a better nurse.

However:

- I think responding to other nurses, especially those with less experience, has made me more considerate and (often) more patient with newbies and slower learners, which spills over into my clinical practice.

- having to chose my words carefully here because misunderstandings are so easy when all you have is the content and form of the post has made me more careful about word choice when speaking with families, patients and colleagues.

- being exposed to concerns and attitudes of nurses in other disciplines and countries has made me more aware of how similar we are, and how varied we are. And having discussions here with non-nurses (including AnxiousPatient) have made me more aware of different perspectives and enhaned my practice.

AN may not have made me a better theoretical nurse, but I think participating here has made me a better communicator, clinician, resource and mentor, which are all essential elements of my nursing practice :)

Every time I log in, I learn something. Some times it is that others feel the same or vastly differently than I do about a topic.

i have gotten more information and it has also change my attitude toward other nurse .

Hello All;

AllNurses.com keeps me connected to my peers (when I can obtain internet connection, that is!) This site is the first one I go to.

athena

28th CSH/Iraq

Please take care, there. Even if the computer doesn't connect you virtually, please know that your whole community of nurses, and others pray for your safety and good health, and send well wishes to you constantly. Let us know how you're doing.

60 Minutes tonight had a great program about paliantologists who discovered tyranassorrus (?sp) RexB among the waterways of Iraq, with an ancient society there. The boat in which they rode had Persian carpets under their feet, as well as in the safeguarding official's huge reed house. That guy dug a hole in a dam made by Saddam Hussein, to rid the riverways in which people hid from him; and the river returned to its original state. I hope you can access that show, they also show the troops ridding roadways of IEDs. Evidently former hunters do it best, with their observation skills for anything that moves. Now there's a reason for that sport that makes me feel better about it!

Have to think about it as a nurse, but when I was a nursing student, most definitely! I picked up so many things here that I was far beyond my classmates in many important matters.

I started reading this site when considering entering nursing school, and have read it ever since.

Really, as a nurse...I'm sure it has helped round me out, but the only thing that has made me a better nurse is getting thrown to the wolves and "sink or swim" (mixed metaphor and wrong tense, haw!).