CryandNurseOn

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  1. 10 Survival Tips for the Highly Sensitive Nurse

    CryandNurseOn posted a topic in General Nursing

    My first introduction to the concept of being Highly Sensitive or HSP for short was through a blog. Reading that made me realize that I wasn't as weird and crazy as I thought and introduced me to the...

  2. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    CryandNurseOn posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is the worst or best thing a nursing instructor (or preceptor) ever said to you? My first clinical instructor told me to consider a different career because I cried too easily and wasn't...

  3. 10 Survival Tips for the Highly Sensitive Nurse

    CryandNurseOn replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you find it helpful. Although it's been gradual turning it into a positive from a total negative has really changed how I view and enjoy my job. Also, it does get better with time as you get...

  4. 10 Survival Tips for the Highly Sensitive Nurse

    CryandNurseOn replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    I wish someone would have told me about HSP in nursing school! I've worked lots of areas and loved most of them. Emerg wasn't my thing but I loved Labour and Delivery and currently NICU. I think being...

  5. 10 Survival Tips for the Highly Sensitive Nurse

    CryandNurseOn replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! I avoid day shifts at all

  6. Is Anyone A Highly Sensitive Nurse?

    CryandNurseOn replied to PrincessNur's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree. I'm actually more of an extrovert in the right settings (not to overwhelming) I hate being alone but I do need the calmer, quieter social interactions. In the research people who were HSP...

  7. Is Anyone A Highly Sensitive Nurse?

    CryandNurseOn replied to PrincessNur's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes!!! I score 19/20. I actually discovered Elaine Aron's work through struggling with HSP as a parent. I used to work straight nights in the NICU which helped a lot. I'm actually working on an...

  8. Primary Care Nursing?

    CryandNurseOn posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm just curious about Primary Care Nursing. Our unit used to do it a long time ago and then stopped. Recently with more research showing family-centered care equals better outcomes for babies a few...

  9. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    CryandNurseOn replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    I like that. I need to practise it

  10. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    CryandNurseOn replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny how being sensitive is seen a bad thing. It took me years to realize it makes me a great nurse! I pick up on things. I've worked Peds, NICU, L and D and Emerg. Emerg was a bit too much for...

  11. Nurse with ADD :(

    CryandNurseOn replied to WheresMyPen's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    My daughter was diagnosed this year and it's made me think a lot. Given the genetic propensity, there is a good chance I am too. I feel the same as you I really struggle with organization and mundane...

  12. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    CryandNurseOn replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! What a great

  13. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    CryandNurseOn replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Caffeine, Trivisol, Iron, NaCl and L-arginine NICU

  14. Primary Care Nursing?

    CryandNurseOn replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm still a newbie so I can't private message but I think I can receive them? I'd love to see

  15. Primary Care Nursing?

    CryandNurseOn replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would love to see the

  16. Why Should Nurses Care About These Things Called Podcasts?

    CryandNurseOn replied to seanpdent's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Podcasts are awesome! I'm so addicted to podcasts that people at work tease me because I have a podcast for everything. I have a specific podcast that I love and always makes me smile that I save to...

  17. Hospice: What You Don't Know Can Hurt

    CryandNurseOn replied to jeastridge's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I had a friend whose husband passed away in hospice care last summer. The ability it gave her to just spend quality time with him and their kids was such a gift. I know she wanted to do his end of...

  18. Cleaning of soothers? NCPAP masks?

    CryandNurseOn replied to EvidenceBased_Hippy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't sterilize soothers....if they get dropped we chuck them other than that they sit. It would be interesting to see what they grow. I'm surprised we don't have to replace them on a certain...

  19. A Nurse's Hands

    CryandNurseOn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    This is achingly beautiful. I don't often stop to think about all the things my hands have