Nurse Writing Nook BSN, RN

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Nursing Leaders: QUIT BLAMING NURSES!!
General Nursing

Dear Healthcare Leaders: Self-Care is Not the Answer

by Nurse Writing Nook, BSN, RN

Leadership within hospitals and healthcare organizations needs to step up and get to the root of the problem, instead of blaming us for not caring for ourselves...

20 replies 7,463 views
Favorite Christmas Shift Memory
General Nursing

Twas the Night Before Christmas as a New Grad

by Nurse Writing Nook, BSN, RN

My first Christmas Eve working as a new grad in the newborn nursery at the county hospital.

0 replies 1,789 views
How can nurses maintain emotional/mental health during the COVID pandemic?
COVID

Basic Life Support for Nurses' Mental Health

by Nurse Writing Nook, BSN, RN

It’s no surprise that nurses’ mental health is in crisis. We were already short-staffed, overworked, underpaid, and emotionally stressed out even before a...

4 replies 2,962 views
Are you tired? Do you let the tears flow?
COVID

I'm Too Tired to Cry | Life of a Nurse

by Nurse Writing Nook, BSN, RN

I have shed a lot of tears in the last 15 years working as a bedside nurse. Tears of joy, frustration, fear, devastation, sadness, happiness, heartache, love....

16 replies 5,374 views
How is the night shift going for you? Will you move to days as soon as it’s available?
New Nurse

Night Shift - What You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

by Nurse Writing Nook, BSN, RN

Nurses generally start their careers working night shift. Some stay forever and others move to day shift as soon as possible. Let's take a look at what you...

19 replies 11,623 views