Completing your nursing studies and entering the workforce is an exciting time. After years of study, you can finally call yourself a nurse, and are often beginning in a graduate nurse program. I completed my graduate year in 2022. For my graduate program, I rotated through neonatal intensive care, paediatric oncology, and general medicine. While…
Like all parts of life, there will be times on placement that you experience personality clashes. These can be tricky to navigate as a student because you are trying to make a good impression and be eager to learn. Unfortunately, sometimes there are buddy nurses you will be allocated to who meet your enthusiasm with…
Walking on to the ward to begin your clinical placements is so exciting. You’ve worked so hard to get to that point – hours in the simulation labs, studying, attending tutorials and countless exams. However, placement is a big jump from practicing vital signs on your family and friends and giving sub-cut injections to sponges.…
By Hayley Pollock MACN(Student) Stage One ACN Emerging Nurse Leader Moving through a degree in nursing is really exciting, however, it can also feel bizarre at times. Suddenly, you’re out on placement, with real patients who are relying on nurses to care for them. This is an enormous responsibility that nurses take very seriously but,…