MBar1 RN

MBar1 has 6 years experience as a RN and specializes in Med/Surg.

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   100 miles an hour to nowhere

   MBar1 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   An unrelinquishing hammer foot on the pedal of your day will certainly make things go by quicker- but at what cost? The moments of your day are cumulative, and as they pass you by, so do the...
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   Perspective Piece: The Present Moment

   MBar1 posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

   The Present Moment The present moment is an esoteric concept when considered from a contemplative purview, however is one of the most simplistic and liberating feelings when actualized in our day...
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   Power: A Professional Responsibility

   MBar1 posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

   Power: A Professional Responsibility Power is both a necessary evil and a potential obstruction both fundamentally, and within the field of nursing. It is certainly a game of computational...
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   A Nurses Search For Meaning

   MBar1 posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

   Cur Autem (latin translation for “the why”) Friedrich Nietzsche said it best, "If we have our own why in life, we shall get along with almost any how[1]." Now upon first read, you may be...
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   Team Huddle: The Right Way to Start Your Day

   MBar1 replied to MBar1's topic in General Nursing

   Ideas are all we have. Opinions towards these ideas dictate the outcome of them (good or bad). I hope your opinions towards your day to day efforts haven't skewed away from the potential for...
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   Team Huddle: The Right Way to Start Your Day

   MBar1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Communication: A Vital Utility Communication can be defined simply as the sharing of information. Even more broadly, communication can be distilled down to the act of a sender producing the...
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   A Shift in Perspective

   MBar1 replied to MBar1's topic in General Nursing

   The practice of medicine lies on a continuum. An event that takes place within practice, and that changes an approach previously viewed as "best" means that the axiom by which previous thought and...
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   A Shift in Perspective

   MBar1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Have you ever tried to change the ingredients in your mother’s chicken pot pie recipe and lived to hear the repercussions of such a malevolent crime? The answer is probably yes. But following what...
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   Nurses Eat Their Young

   MBar1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   "Nurses eat their young". I read this phrase in utter disappointment. I feel disappointment towards the destructive nature of this very sentiment. The idea that experienced nurses and their behavior...
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    QOL vs Preservation of Life

    MBar1 replied to MBar1's topic in General Nursing

    I read that. That's great for those with terminal dx's. If there wishes are to remain at home, and that seems to be the best approach/most appropriate to end of life care, than that's great. However,...
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    QOL vs Preservation of Life

    MBar1 replied to MBar1's topic in General Nursing

    @brownbook Of course my post is theoretical. Each concept or idea I mentioned has some sort of theoretical basis based upon the derivation of its knowledge. Whether it be through the scientific method...
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    QOL vs Preservation of Life

    MBar1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am always curious to hear others thoughts and opinions related to a topic that is on everyone's minds, in private conversation with colleges, and sometimes inferred in conversation with patients and...
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    Depression + Anxiety as a Nurse

    MBar1 replied to jesslahti future LVN's topic in General Nursing

    The way that your post is organized is two fold. YOU are depressed and anxious. Also, you are currently in school to become a LPN and its going well. I want to EMPHASIZE this, "IT'S GOING WELL". You...
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    I've had enough.

    MBar1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    The days feel like centuries, and I do not know if I can continue. Being a student is all I have and my journey is coming to an end. What will I do after this? I have nothing. No relationships. No...
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    NCLEX Study Prep Tips.. PLS HELP!!

    MBar1 replied to MBar1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you all for taking the time to respond. It is greatly