First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I'd Known My First 100 Days on the Job [Paperback]

Barbara Arnoldussen (Author)

Book Description

Series: First Year | Publication Date: May 1, 2007

Your first 100 days at a new job could be daunting---unless you go in prepared. First Year Nurse places the wisdom and warnings of hundreds of experienced nurses right at your fingertips. You'll learn all about how to start off on the right foot; plan and prioritize; communicate with your colleagues; cope with challenging patients; keep your energy up (and stress down); and set a course for professional growth.

Best of all, you'll be inspired by the compassion, insight, and enthusiasm you'll find on every page of this charming, helpful book.

Features:

• Valuable advice and personal accounts from experienced nurses
• Tips on subjects from time management to avoiding burnout

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Barbara Arnoldussen, an honors graduate of the Marquette University College of Nursing, received an MBA from San Jose State University. She is the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Officer for the Research Compliance Office at Stanford University, ensuring that its human subject research studies meet national standards. She has also been a consultant to a NASA patient safety initiative, a hospital and a clinic quality manager, clinic director, online educator, research coordinator, and newspaper reporter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; 2 edition (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419551167
• ISBN-13: 978-1419551161
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars bite-size snippets for newbies, March 2, 2008

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David Jenks "dsjjfg" (Elk Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I'd Known My First 100 Days on the Job (Paperback)

I found this little book very cute. It was like a small circle of nurse-friends offering pointers, some emotional, some in frustration, some in humor; ALL with the intent of helping the new nurse understand his/her new world.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Elementary, June 3, 2010

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This review is from: First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I'd Known My First 100 Days on the Job (Hardcover)

This book is very short, and elementary. I thought it would have a few actual tips and stories. It is actually just a book of short sentences from random nurses that express common sense thoughts and personal feelings.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great as a gift, December 27, 2009

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Jacob "muchky" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I'd Known My First 100 Days on the Job (Hardcover)

I bought this book as a present for my daughter that is in Nursing School. She just loved it. The book is written in an easy to read manner for short tips. She found really good and usefull tips in this book. It's just the right size to fit in a pocketbook to read on the go. The shipping was great and it came without scrapes and bends that one sometimes recieves books in.