don’t just do it……. be it!
Want to know how to survive burnout?
How about…how to survive one shift in the emergency department?
Is your workday getting a little bland and cynical?
Do you feel you need to add a little depth to your nursing practice?
Need to improve your listening skills?
No problem. Join me as we get a little vertical, engage in some reflective introspection, reach out and…… hit the big red button.
No idea what I’m talking about? Well then don’t be left in the dark.
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i think it is important to be a good nurse and to be a good nurse you have to go to the best schools there is. Im not saying I went to the best school im just saying it is nice to allow yourself to focus as much as i did. You need to get the real training and make it last. If you cant stand to walk aroung or loose people I dont think this is the thing for you. You might not like some of the requirements but in the long run you have to think of all the people you are helping and realize you did the right thing by doing so I hope you do choose this trade because of all the smiling happy faces you get and all the people you can prove that you are sent here from god for a reason. People may not belief but if you like to see and here people being happy then you picked the right trade. It may be hard to get the good happy folks all tyhe time but you wont regret it at the end of the day. I hope you don’t at least my hard work is going to those who like to be happy and make me happy!!!
Dear Ian,
just to let you know I have examined the back passage in great detail (de tail..haha..get it)anyway, u, as always are a great inspiration, keep up the great work despite feeling like you are being kicked in the back passage.
A convert follower..
Crikey
Ian,
As a RN who has worked with you as a colleague/team member along the continuum of care (ICU) at the clinical interface in the recent past, I commend you for the quality of the website and contents as an outlet for your creativity and wisdom obtained throughout an illustrious nursing career.
I enjoy reading the site and the comments. You are an advocate for the Nursing Profession and embody many of the qualities which the Professional Nurse requires for sustained longevity within the Australian Healthcare System.
Regards
Dean
Hi all, just to let you know that the principal of FCT School of Nursing, Abuja, Nigeria has received the boxes of books sent by Ian Miller. The student-nurses and the principal are very happy and grateful for your contributions. The tracking was successful! The books were not actually delivered until the principal visited the post office. Thank you all. They sent their kind regards.
The text book on how to become nures and stepsto take.
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Thank, thank you for the little book. I love it to bits. I am writing the valedictory speech for my graduation ceremnoy tomorrow night, and this is just the sort of reading I need right now. I am a recycled nurse. Did it all thirty two years ago and have just finished the Division 2 course all over again (at the age of 54). Cheers, M
I believe the reason we choose nursing is because it is the ULTIMATE sticky beak job.
We are the people who like to know “what really happened?” when the police are 3 doors down.
Couple that with a sense of responsibility for other’s misfortune – and you have a nurse.
This is also, I believe, the reason why nurses are mean to each other. No other group of people lumber through life under the mistaken belief that they are intrinsically privy to the most personal information with no obligation given or implied.
Digging for personal information can be like assessing a laceration in a foot: “now go stand on your own, even if it is on that painful paw”.
good night
Fabulous Ian
insightful, entertaining, a wonderful read
we are posting the link and pdf on our website
what a marvelous resource for any nurse
Thank you
Hi there nurses,
After 3 years of thinking about it while I finished my science degree, I am trying to decide wether, at 25, to go back to uni and become an RN.
Something draws me to a career change to nursing… but I’m having trouble with the decision. How do I know if nursing is for me, and if I’ll be good at it? Any advice is appreciated!
Thank you Ian, I am so grateful that you take the time to email me your e-book…
You are a GREAT MENTOR!!!!!!!!
that was exactly what was going on in my mind but out in a clear format.i enjoyed reading it.ur the best.continue the good work.
Thank you for putting all of that together. I look forward to reading it after I write my RN exam next week. I am sure it will have info much more useful than what I am stuck studying now!
Hello Ian,
I support and “underline” all the comments above: thank you very much for this wunderful article, your focus on reflecting (e.g. blogging) and spirituality in nursing.
Thanks for all your engagement in professional nursing.
rosmarie
(switzerland)
You are right on target Ian. You have written an inspirational piece for any nurse in any practice area. I will be post the link and pdf download on the professionals page of my website.
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Find a publisher, Ian. Your work needs to get the widest possible audience. Thank you for this wonderful gift.
Great stuff, Ian.
THANKYOU, THANKYOU, THANKYOU! Sometimes its so hard to remember why I love nursing in ED(or if I ever did), but reading this has given me that warm fuzzy feeling again! (I will print it off as I think I may need to read it again ….and again)
You’re the best. I’m always saying so.