Author: Liz
12 HOUR NIGHT SHIFT | Day In The Life of a Nurse
Nurse Liz shows what it is like on a 12 hour night shift as a registered nurse. She show you what a typical night includes, and what a standard unit looks like. Nurse Liz also explain what my typical sleep schedule looks like when she’s on a night shift schedule. If you’ve ever wondered what nurses do all night, then this one is for you!
PEDIATRIC NURSING | Tips for Success
I love pediatric nursing. Kids have such resilience and bravery in the face of illness, and it was truly an honor to provide nursing care to them for so many years. While pediatric nursing is a ton of fun, think wagon rides, and bubbles, it also can be frightening, due to how different it is from other areas of nursing. This video will cover my tips and tricks for planning your day as a nurse, nursing student, or NP with pediatric patients. I’ll go over how to assess them, my trick for getting blood pressures on squirmy little legs, and how on earth you can get a 5 year old to take their lasix.
TIPS FOR PRECEPTING NURSES
TIPS FOR PRECEPTING NURSES. In this weeks video I’ll talk you through my strategy for precasting nurses, both new grads as well as seasoned nurses new to your unit. We will go over how I like to tackle the first day, what expectations I set from the get go, how I like to slowly build autonomy, as well as what to do when your precasting relationship is not going well. Being a preceptor to new nurses to your unit is a huge responsibility, but it also provides you with the opportunity to learn and you get a built in buddy for awhile.
DO NEW NURSES HAVE TO START IN MED SURG?
In today’s video we tackle the question “Do you new grad nurses have to start on a Med-Surg Unit”. When I was in school this was the popular idea, and it seems to be frequently encouraged to this day, because I get asked this all the time! I DID start in med -surg but not entirely by choice, as you’ll hear. However, it gave me some great insight to bring to you, and I can give you the pro’s and con’s of starting in Med-Surg versus a specialty.
WHAT’S IN MY WORK BAG?
In this video we’ll compare what I brought to work at my bedside RN job vs what I bring to work now as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Warning: I Haven’t cleaned these bags out at all, so things may get a bit messy!
PEDIATRIC NURSING ASSUMPTIONS | True or False
In today’s video we are tackling all your assumptions about being a pediatric nurse! Are they true? False? It’s all in here! I’ve been fortunate enough to work with both adults and kids, so In the video we will do a bit of comparing, as well as setting the record straight on some of these interest assumptions!
HEALTHCARE PODCASTS 2019 | My Current Favorites For Nurses & NP’s
In today’s video we will cover my favorite podcasts for nurses and for nurse practitioners, or really any healthcare provider for that matter. I love listening to podcasts to help me stay up to date with new practice information and updates because I can listen anywhere! I cover my favorite nursing podcasts, podcasts for primary and acute care, as well as my favorite women’s health podcasts. Let me know what your favorites are!
HOW TO WRITE A NURSING RESUME.
In today’s video I’ll give you all my tips for writing nursing resumes. I’ll give you tips on how to organize the information, what information is important and should be included, as well as some tools that will make your nursing resume process a lot smoother.
FNP FOR PEDIATRICS AND WOMENS HEALTH | Is FNP More Marketable?
In today’s video we will answer the question “is FNP a good choice for those wanting to end up as a Nurse Practitioner in Pediatrics or Women’s Health?”. Remember this is just my opinion. You can do whatever you like!
MY BULLET JOURNAL SETUP | NP School vs Now
In this weeks video I’ll walk you through how I use my bullet journal now and how I used it when I was in NP school. I found using a bullet journal was a really good way to keep track of my non traditional life and schedule while I was balancing NP school, work and being a mom. Hopefully you’ll find some ideas you can implement into your bullet journaling as well!
Family Nurse Practitioner Assumptions |True or False
In today’s video I’ll answer your assumptions about Family Nurse Practitioners from instagram! Some topics we will cover are is being a family nurse practitioner boring? You see the same thing over and over again as a Family Nurse Practitioner? Do you have to know a little bit of everything as a Family Nurse Practitioner?
WHAT I WISH I KNEW BEFORE BECOMING A NURSE
In today’s Video we will discuss just that! I’ll go over the reality of nursing, the good, the bad, and everything in between. The reality of a nurses schedule. What its like working nights, holidays, and weekends. The pro’s and cons of the schedule. Mandating as a nurse, mandatory overtime. Is being a nurse gross? And more.
BACK AT WORK (Temporarily) AFTER BABY | Family Nurse Practitioner
BACK AT WORK AFTER BABY | Family Nurse Practitioner Vlog No. 79. This week I returned to work as a Family Nurse Practitioner for the first time since having my daughter 7 weeks ago. I’ll be returning to another month of maternity leave after this week, which I’m very excited for!
NURSING & NP FAQ’s No.1 | IG Live
Thought we would try something new! I did an instagram live the other day addressing lots of FAQ’s
WHAT DO ALL THE LETTERS MEAN? | Nursing Degrees, Licensure, and Certification Explained
In today’s video I’ll be answering the question “ what is the difference between a dnp and np? “. We will also be taking a look at nursing degrees, nursing licensure, and nursing certification. We will look at what you need to qualify for your nursing license, as well as your advanced practice registered nurse license. I’ll go over what you need in order to be a nurse, a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, and CRNA. We will try to make sense of the alphabet soup that is nursing titles!
LABOR, DELIVERY & POSTPARTUM Q&A with a Family Nurse Practitioner
In today’s video I’ll be answering all of your questions about labor, delivery and the postpartum period! We will be going over postpartum depression, what my postpartum must haves are, epidurals, what do contractions feel like, and more!
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
Today was my second day back at work after maternity leave at my job as a Family Nurse Practitioner. I’ll walk you through some Nurse Practitioner tips for writing Review of Systems, how to approach differentials for upper respiratory track infections, and how I get ready for work as a working mom.
WORKING WEEKENDS and NIGHTS AS AN FNP?
In today’s video I head into work as a Family Nurse Practitioner. And its the weekend! So we talk about that. We will also discuss working nights as well as weekends as a Family Nurse Practitioner and how that can look. Then we have some chaos at home. And some snuggles.
KEEPIN IT REAL | Family Nurse Practitioner
Today was a rough one. And in an effort to be transparent on the semi perfect internet, I thought I would share it with you. It’s not the happiest. So if you that’s your thing, you may want to skip this one. Work was rough. Home was a bit rough.
Week In The Life of a Family Nurse Practitioner
Week In The Life of a Family Nurse Practitioner | 2019 No 1. In this weeks vlog I take you along my week as a working mom at my job as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
NCLEX STUDY TIPS | What I Did vs What I’d Do Now
In this video, I’ll go over what my study strategy was for NCLEX, as well as how I would approach studying for the NCLEX today. I’ll go over some free resources such as http://lectur.io/nurseliz, and review some paid programs as well that I’ve used or heard great things about. We will discuss how to gain more information on NCLEX topics that are stumping you, as well as the most important thing of all in regards to studying for the NCLEX!
NURSING SCHOOL STUDENT DEBT | My Repayment Plan, Loan Type, & Monthly Costs
In today’s video we will be going over how much I owe in nursing school student loan debt, the type of nursing school student loans I have, and how we are working to pay my nursing school student loan debt off. We aren’t going hardcore with it, but are still able to pay a bit extra toward it every month so we can hopefully pay my nursing school student loan debt off before we send our kids off to college.
YOUR FIRST CODE BLUE | What to Do & Expect | Nursing Tips
In this video I’ll go over what to do in your first code blue as a nurse, nursing student, CNA, etc. I’ll review tasks you can do if you are comfortable being in involved in the code blue, as well as some things you can do to help that don’t involve being in the middle of the action. Code Blue’s are incredibly intimidating at first and hopefully this helps you feel a but more confident going into your first one!
WHY I BECAME A FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
In today’s video I’ll explain why I chose to become a Family Nurse Practitioner versus a pediatric nurse practitioner, agnp, agacnp, women’s health nurse practitioner, etc. I’d love to hear how you found your career as well!
HOUSEPLANTS, HOSPITALS & a HAIRCUT | Family Nurse Practitioner
In this weeks vlog we work on welcoming some new house plant babies into our life! We also tackle some organization of outgrown baby clothes, and I talk about a new challenge I’m having at work as a Family Nurse Practitioner.