First Year Nurse Advice on working with doctors, prioritizing care and time management Beth Hawkes

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First Year Nurse Advice on working with doctors, prioritizing care and time management Beth Hawkes Letter from the Author Chapter 1: You’ve Arrived Inspiring What They Expect From You Transiti... on to Practice Reality Shock Novice to Expert Poser Anxiety Accept Ambivalence Give Yourself One Year Scrubs and Shoes It’s a Small World Chapter 2: Orientation Expectations Prepare for Your First Day Nurse Residency Programs Preceptor Feedback Your Part Time Management Find your Hidden Resources Delegating Reflective Journaling Caring Practices Deviancy and Moral Distress Coming Off Orientation Chapter 3: Shift Work and Work-Life Balance Working Night Shift: Love It or Hate It Working Holidays Meal Prepping Working Overtime Work-Life Balance Prevent Sickness Chapter 4: Practice Environments Unhealthy Practice Environments Toxic Environment Healthy Practice Environment Manage Yourself Just Culture Success Stories Chapter 5: Doctors Nurses and Doctors Respect is Earned How Doctors Think The Doctor-Nurse Game Clinical Knowledge and Scientific Knowledge Importance of Subtle Changes in Condition Calling Doctors Anticipating Orders When a Doctor Snaps at You Gender Disillusionment Chapter 6: Pro Tips from A–Z Assessment Assumptions Back Care Blood Cultures Blood Transfusions Bowel Obstruction Chain of Command Chest Tubes Charting C. difficile Codes Conflict Death, What to do When Your Patient Dies Emotions, Managing Femoral Sheaths Foleys Insulins IVs Manipulative Patients Medications Nasogastric Tubes (NGTs) Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression Oxygen Delivery Devices PCTs and CNAs Phone Numbers, Key Potassium Replacement Sepsis Service Recovery Supply Room Tap Water Enemas Visitors Chapter 7: Safe Practitioner Causes of Mistakes Patient Falls Know your Politics Just Culture Floating to Other Units Getting Your Own Insurance Defensive Charting and Red Flags Chapter 8: Critical Thinking Critical Thinking Controlling Anxiety Prioritizing Recognizing Abnormal A Note on Intuition Anticipate Preventing Codes Respiratory Assessment Context: Treat the Patient, not the Machine Problem Solving Pattern Recognition Journaling Chapter 9: Myths of Nursing Practice Evidence-Based Practice Practice-Based Evidence Inflating Foley Balloon to Test Prior to Insertion NPO Before Surgery Protective Isolation Sandbags Applied to Femoral Artery Site After Sheath Pull to Control Bleeding Stat Glucose to Verify Hypoglycemia Trendelenburg for Shock and Hypotension Tube Feedings and Checking Gastric Residual Volumes Patient Abandonment Overtime Two Doctors Signing Emergency Consent Vaseline or Occlusive Dressing for Dislodged Chest Tube Wet to Dry Dressing Changes Chapter 10: Disciplinary Process Signs of Trouble When You Are Blindsided SMART Goals Close the Loop Preceptor Feedback Transfer to Another Unit Chapter 11: Professional Development Proper Title Academic Degrees Certificates and Certifications Resume Pro-Nursing Language Continuing Education Difference Between CEUs, Contact Hours, and CEs Licensing Renewal and Continuing Education Requirements by State Compact Licensure Conclusion List of Nurse Certifications Chapter 12: Just for Fun Bibliography [Show More]

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