In the know: Keep motivation up
Stressed Out Nurses Weekly, March 15, 2010
In nursing school, it's easy to overdo it. You get burned out and lose our motivation. You are under tremendous pressure. The payoff is not immediate, so the reward for your struggles can appear to be perpetually out of reach. There may come a time when you feel so stressed out, you are ready to give up.
At a crossroads like this, take a time out. Focus on why you are doing this—remember your reasons for applying to nursing school in the first place. Think about what nursing means to you. Remember what it was all about at the beginning—making a difference in people's lives. Being a healer. Proving to yourself that you could do it.
Look forward—keep your focus on graduation day, the pinning ceremony, getting your license, finding your dream job, saving lives. Your heart is in nursing—don't lose sight of that. It's hard work now, but is so worth it.
For more tips, check out HCPro's book, Stressed Out About Nursing School.
Related Products
-
Strengthening Nurse-Physician Relationships:
Using engaging case scenarios, critical thinking activities, and tangible advice, this video will guide and empower nurses...
-
Quick-E Pro: Time Management: A Guide For Nurses
Designed to help you make the most of your time this resource includes proven strategies and techniques as well as charts...
-
Nurse Retention and Workforce Planning:
This 90-minute presentation will discuss why nurse retention is a workforce planning imperative and provide strategies for...
-
Nurse Residency Program Builder
This guide saves you time and money by providing the tools you need to establish a well-structured nursing residency program...
-
Nurse Residency Programs
The IOM report on the Future of Nursing made just eight recommendations, one of which is all new nurses be enrolled a nurse...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- HIPAA Q&A: Answering service messages
- News and briefs: Oklahoma Osteopathic Association against residency bill change
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- E-mailed
-
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Are your workforce members texting PHI?
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Avoid the trap of probable diagnoses
- Arkansas woman convicted for HIPAA violation
- Q&A: Coding for protein malnutrition
- Q&A tackles coding questions about injections and infusions
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Joint Commission Center announces handoff communication solutions
- Inside best practice: Reduce patient falls with a stoplight
- Searched