Bridgid Joseph BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

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General Nursing

Our Current Reality: Are You Going to Work Scared?

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

Between actual bombings, mass shootings, and the threats of them, which happen daily, how do nurses on the front line of saving victims from these mass...

5 replies 4,521 views
General Nursing

Job Stagnation: How to recognize and what to do about it!

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

Your first day/week/month/year at a new job, and you can’t imagine ever being bored on the job, or feeling like you aren’t learning anything new. There is...

4 replies 11,545 views
General Nursing

Animal Cuddles at the Hospital? Yes Please!

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

There are service animals, emotional support animals, and animals that are your best friends at home. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could have a little...

14 replies 8,684 views
General Nursing

Peer Support: How much do I really need it?

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

If you are a nurse, or any kind of health care practitioner, you have had a shift where you walk out of the hospital and you dread ever having to walk back...

2 replies 5,677 views
General Nursing

Just Say No to Lateral Violence in the Workplace!

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

While it seems like lateral violence, or professional bullying, shouldn’t be happening amongst healthcare professionals, it is sadly some of our realities. Do...

16 replies 12,189 views
General Nursing

Professionalism in Nursing? Yes, Please!

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

Nursing has long been seen by laypeople as a caring and trusting profession, but how does our community define our profession? It seems that there is a lot of...

11 replies 15,236 views
General Nursing

Baby Boomers, Gen X'ers, & GenY/Millennials: Can We Work Together?

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

Baby Boomers, Generation X’ers, Generation Y/Millennials are all working together on various units/areas of hospitals. Are we all working together as a...

72 replies 30,702 views
General Nursing

Code Blue: What Should I Do?

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

There is nothing that gets your adrenaline going more than a cardiac or respiratory arrest during your shift, especially on a patient you were just going to do...

17 replies 37,675 views
General Nursing

Am I On Camera? No Paparazzi Please!

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

In a time where technology seems to be the common theme throughout the world, and the majority of people have smartphones with video and camera capabilities at...

71 replies 38,102 views
General Nursing

Clinical Ladders, Advancement, and Development...Oh My!

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

Clinical Advancement can be a great way to get ahead with your career and move forward at work, as more of a leader. But it can be hard to hold people to the...

7 replies 15,451 views
Job Hunt

Get the Job Before Your Interview Starts!

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

Changing jobs can be a stressful process for some because of the dreaded interview process. But there are a few pretty simple tips that can help put you, and...

4 replies 21,477 views
General Nursing

Thank you, Florence Nightingale

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

There are daily challenges we face as nurses that we all know very well: tough schedules (nights/holidays/weekends), long hours, packed and busy schedules,...

1 reply 20,248 views
General Nursing

The Influence of the Influenza Vaccine:

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

Getting the Influenza vaccine, as a healthcare provider, is an interesting conundrum: there are recommendations from the CDC that are made to promote...

39 replies 14,401 views
Rock

I'm Just Doing My Job...

by Bridgid Joseph, BSN, MSN, APRN, CNS

There are some times in your career that you are really put under the microscope; why you do what you do every day. Sometimes the reasons that we look more...

8 replies 27,999 views