Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 610.73069 EAN: 9780761533337 ISBN: 0761533338 Label: Three Rivers Press Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 267 Publication Date: July 15, 2001 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Release Date: July 10, 2001 Sales Rank: 37773 Studio: Three Rivers Press
Product DescriptionSurvive and Thrive As a Nurse from Day One! Welcome to the compassionate and caring world of nursing! You are entering a profession that offers great rewards and endless opportunities. But you must prepare for the challenges ahead and do everything you can to ensure that you experience the best that nursing has to offer. This invaluable book will get you started! Written by an experienced R.N., Your First Year As a Nurse provides practical, real-world solutions to the profession's most common and difficult issues. Inside, you'll find out what you really need to know, who you need to know, how to avoid missteps, and where you can go for help when you need it. Gritty, witty, and full of invaluable tips and advice from first year nurses, this book is your personal mentor for your new career. Ensure a healthy first year by knowing how to: ·Acquire the job that's perfect for you ·Create your own patient-centered style of nursing ·Develop positive relationships with doctors, patients, and other nurses ·Stay positive, deal with conflict and adversity, and avoid burnout ·Network, enhance your education and career, and become a leader ''Combines common sense with the wisdom of a seasoned professional. A valuable resource for new graduates as they begin practice.''—Lucille A. Joel, R.N., Ed.D., FAAN, professor, Rutgers College of Nursing, and former president, American Nurses Association ''A must-read for all nurses, not just new graduates!''—Joan Orseck, R.N., president, National Association for Health Care Recruitment
What Others Say
Don't waste your money - this book should be titled "Common Sense"
I'm borrowing from Kath's review because she said exactly what I wanted to:
I picked up Your First Year as a Nurse: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional and hoped that it would give me an idea of what my first year as a nurse would be like, as the title implies. I was seriously disappointed because advice in Your First Year as a Nurse: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional was so general, it could fit almost any "first" job. It didn't have ANY solid advice for nursing.
If you are looking for a book about what your first year will be like and advice on that subject, this is NOT the book for you. Also, it's written on maybe a 9th grade level, so anyone who has been through nursing school might find that the book insults their intelligence.
The book can be summed up in one sentence: use common sense. If there's anything ... Read More
Good referrence but not a must have.
Although this is a helpful guide, there's a likelihood that some may not find it effective enough. It's an 'okay' book. With the price being affordable, I'd like to say that it's worth the money. It could be a good reminder or refresher in the long run.
First months as nurse
I was not sure if my first job as an RN was a bad fit or just me--- after reading Your First Year as a Nurse: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional, I determined it was not me!!! Resigned during orientation and am now going in a new career direction out of Med Surg into Public Health. Your First Year as a Nurse: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional was very reassuring and gave me the courage to start a new path. Helped greatly in my analysis. P.S. Listen to yourself and get this as a guide. The hospital I resigned from is now using Your First Year as a Nurse: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional in orientation.
Good
Good book but I bought it a bit too late in my first year of nursing. I was getting burnt out and looking for ways to deal with stress of work and bought Your First Year as a Nurse: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional. It helped in some ways mainly to show me it wasn't just me. But overall this was a good buy.
Your First Year as a Nurse
Timely, sensible, practical, & reassuring info for new nurses entering hospital nursing.
