This article was originally published on Kaplan Test Prep’s Calling All Nurses
As the new year approaches, we look back and reflect on what we’d like to improve upon over the next 365 days. In this New Year’s edition, we asked three RNs to share their New Year’s Resolutions. Here are their goals for the new year:
“I really struggled with workplace conflicts over this past year. As a result, I have decided that my New Year’s resolution will be to organize and lead a staff retention and support committee for our unit. With a team of people working on enhancing the workplace environment through an organized committee, I am sure we will easily identify areas of concern, and work together to provide a solution. 2017 will be a better year for sure!” —Intermediate Care RN of 4 years
“After reflecting on this past year of nursing, I have found myself experiencing compassion fatigue more than ever before. I even took a brief leave of absence to get myself in a better place emotionally so that I could give my all to my clients when I returned. I love being a nurse, and I never want to feel like I just don’t care ever again. Therefore, I’ve decided that my New Year’s resolution will be to teach classes on compassion fatigue and provide strategies on how nurses like me can work through it. I truly believe that if nurses are prepared to handle compassion fatigue, they will do a much better job at being available both physically and emotionally for their clients.” —Telemetry RN of 7 years
“2016 has been a really great year for me in nursing. As a new graduate RN since Spring of this year, I have learned so much and have really been able to get comfortable in my abilities to independently care for clients. What I would like to improve upon is my delegation strategies. I find it so hard to delegate tasks to the nursing support staff, especially when they’ve been working in patient care a lot longer than I have. So for my New Year’s Resolution, I will work on improving my delegation skills by resourcing the senior nursing staff, and by reading publications on effective delegation strategies.” —Medical Surgical RN of 6 months
Best Wishes!
-Damion
