by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | May 2, 2018 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Coping with Stress, Critical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Inspirational, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing Leadership, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Work-Life Balance
It is my strong belief that if we spend more time focusing on supporting and uplifting our colleagues, nurses would find greater satisfaction in the work that they do. Therefore I decided to create a monthly blog series: the Nursing Entrepreneur Spotlight –...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Apr 20, 2017 | Critical Thinking, New Graduate Nurses, Nurses Matter, Nursing Inspiration, Nursing Leadership, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Student Nurse, Uncategorized
Every nursing student wants to make a good impression during clinical. This is especially important so that they can maximize their learning experience and develop a good working relationship with their nursing instructors. Since nursing is a multifaceted and...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Apr 17, 2017 | Critical Thinking, NCLEX-RN, New Graduate Nurses, Nurses Matter, Nursing School, Patient Safety, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Student Nurse
Nurses administer hundreds of medications to their patients on a regular basis and are responsible for patient safety. Thus, medication administration becomes a major challenge, as nurses struggle to keep up with all the latest pharmaceutical advances and medications...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Apr 5, 2017 | Coping with Stress, Critical Thinking, NCLEX-RN, New Graduate Nurses, Nursing School, Patient Safety, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Student Nurse, Studying, Test-Taking Strategies, Uncategorized
NCLEX TIP #2: If You Don’t KNOW THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION, MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS AND MOVE ON! Many nursing students and new grads alike get stuck in situations where they do not know the answer to a test question, and their test anxiety starts to get the best of...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Mar 20, 2017 | Critical Thinking, NCLEX-RN, New Graduate Nurses, Personal Experience, Strategies for Success, Studying, Test-Taking Strategies
NCLEX Tip #1: You do NOT have to memorize everything you learned in nursing school to pass the exam! Many nursing new grads spend copious amounts of time cramming for the NCLEX. They read book after book, and answer question after question, hoping that they will cover...
by Damion Jenkins, RN, MSN, CEO | Mar 2, 2017 | Advanced Nursing Practice, Critical Thinking, Nurses Matter, Nursing Leadership, Personal Experience
Along with the many challenges RNs face, come immeasurably more benefits. In our attempt to celebrate and highlight what drives a registered nurse to compassionately care for their clients—we share monthly inspirational quotes from RNs with our colleagues, and with...