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This is my 3rd week working in the OR of a large hospital. We will be training to scrub and circulate for every specialty that we offer (which is everything but eyes and peds). Can anyone recommend a good surgical manual that outlines the procedure and tools for a large variety of surgeries, so that I can mentally prepare myself and understand what is needed when I am seeing it? Thank you
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What are the important elements of a cover letter? How long should it be? Beyond basic language and grammar skills, how can I make myself stand out just by reading the cover letter? Does anyone have a well-laid-out template of a nursing cover letter? Thank you, Wendy
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Since beginning nursing school my respect for nurses has increased tenfold. There is just a tremendous amount of knowledge that a person needs to acquire in a relatively short time while in nursing school. The job opportunities are dizzying in their variety, and in nursing school we need to develop a foundation to prepare us for them all. And, not only do nurses require intellectual intelligence to learn pathology and pharmacology, they must also have amazing interpersonal intelligence as well. After a patient receives difficult news they talk to nurses. Who fields the majority of complaints, about hospital food, hospital policy, delays for procedures etc..? In my experience it's the nurses. We have to smooth things over with families, prevent hospital roommates from all out wars, balance assessments, medications, phone calls, and unexpected emergencies. To top it all off we have to look calm and professional under immense amounts of pressure. I want to encourage my fellow nurses, to value yourselves and your fellow nurses for the contribution you make. You are amazing professionals. I think the common perception of nurses as "doctors' servants" could be changed if we change our attitude. I want to challenge you as nurses to tell at least one other nurse in your life that you value the work that they do. Because when we value ourselves, we make it more difficult for others to devalue us.