April Conner BSN RN

April Conner BSN RN has 5 years experience and specializes in Dialysis Nurse, Freelance Nurse Writer.

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   Having Symptoms You Can't Explain? It Could Be Long COVID

   April Conner BSN RN posted a topic in Education

   What is Long COVID? Long COVID, also referred to as a post-COVID condition, refers to a phenomenon where individuals continue to experience symptoms after recovering from the acute phase of COVID-19, sometimes even months later. These symptoms ca...
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   A Night-shifter's Guide to a Good Day's Sleep

   April Conner BSN RN replied to Laura Smith's topic in General Nursing

   Great article! I especially liked the tip about putting a sign on the door. When I used to work the night shift, I always hated getting woken up in the early afternoon by a random knock at the door! It was so hard to go back to sleep and it would lea...
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   Preventive Initiatives That Help Tackle Nurse Burnout and the Nursing Shortage Conundrum!

   April Conner BSN RN replied to Lola Ravid's topic in General Nursing

   You make a lot of great points here! I remember some mention of self-care tactics in nursing school, but it was just maybe one or two days out of the entire four years! We were taught about helping patients find healthy coping mechanisms, but not muc...
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   Do Introverted Nurses Experience More Burnout? How to Fight Burnout as an Introverted Nurse

   April Conner BSN RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   You're a nurse. It’s your job to spend all day talking to patients, asking them very personal questions that you’d rather not have to ask, and handling their feelings of worry, confusion, and anger. You have your own feelings to manage, plus all the ...