The best Nursing Administration & Management books: Reddit reviews

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In a way, but that wasn't his endgame. His general goal was instability to the current world order. His personal library shows that he was a believer in many conspiracy theories. But his primary goal was the "liberation" of Saudi Arabia from the Saudi royal family and reestablishing the Arabian peninsula as a Muslim-only theocracy. This moreso than anything was his primary concern and was a point he regularly hit on in many of his speeches. Check out Jihad Inc. for a dated but still good look at how Al-Qaeda came to be what it was.

I remember reading I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out by Lee Gutkind when I was in school, and I found it pretty impactful.

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https://www.amazon.com/Wasnt-Strong-Like-This-Started/dp/1937163121

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Suzanne Gordon.

Read everything shes ever written.

I’m a nurse and I will tell you this book has been absolutely amazing. I give it to all my nurse friends: I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse https://www.amazon.com/dp/1937163121/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_KH8WNX05P0W9XR6BFDPP

I always love fun badge reels- I have different ones for each holiday and season. Compression socks, pens (flexion multicolor .38 are a personal favorite). Hand cream/ working hands.

Hope this helps!

I would start with Nursing Against the Odds. Its old now but it gets into the history they don't teach in school and why these games are so dangerous.

https://www.amazon.com/Nursing-against-Odds-Stereotypes-Undermine/dp/080147292X

I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse https://www.amazon.com/dp/1937163121/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_Jii4Fb2Q08NEE

Becoming Nursey: From Code Blues to Code Browns, How to Care for Your Patients and Yourself https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692430644/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_jji4FbGYCPDM0

My 2 Favorites ^

I would have her read I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out. I read it the summer before I started nursing school and it was definitely an eye opener and a tear jerker (lots of neonatal demises and what not). As to getting her feet wet with anatomy & physiology, there are plenty of online resources to go through before committing to anything.

Like others have mentioned, it's a good idea to look into medical/surgical resources first since that's what the nuts and bolts of nursing school are about. She'll only have one clinical rotation with pediatrics so the rest of it is slogging through other specialties (assuming she really only wants to work peds, it'll be tough).

She has a long time until graduation and I would consider keeping an open mind. Maybe she'd like becoming a Child Life specialist instead? I tend to discourage people who have very limited knowledge of the profession with big idealistic notions about it from entering. I was pretty psyched when I started working but even in the past few years, so many things have changed that I'm fairly miserable and I want out (I work with pediatric patients with cancer and blood diseases). This is speaking to the American healthcare system overall. I also became a nurse out of practicality (and, I did truly love it and I still love my patients but I can't mourn anymore) but shift work is unhealthy and I would recommend anyone considering going into a shift work field to reconsider. There are, of course, many options but my experience seems to be common.

But, who knows, maybe after/if the pandemic has settled, the job will have changed? One can only hope we actually learn from any of this.

I worked as a nurse midwife for 20 years. I had been a regular RN, and then suddenly after two more years of schooling, I was expected to know what to do. And I was struck silent by imposter syndrome.

One of the other midwives, watching me shaking while doing a complicated delivery and repair, took me aside and said, “THIS IS YOUR STAGE. THIS IS YOUR THEATER.” And she impressed it upon me that I was actively doing harm, to the patient, to myself, to the nurses, to the doctors, by not stepping up into the advanced practice role and ACTING AS IF. It was very useful advice. Borrow all the advice you have been given, and recognize that you are playing a role in a complicated and ancient theater. People expect you to perform your role, and if you don’t, they are confused and miss their lines. Somehow, you eventually bring your own wisdom and your own personality onto this stage. But don’t start there. Start with learning your lines and delivering them with confidence.

You might be helped by helped by this book. It was written by the head of the UCSF Nursing Program, using a model developed for other industries. It uses nursing anecdotes, but I’ve recommended it to baby psychotherapists and baby lawyers, as they move through imposter syndrome into a genuine, developed role.

https://www.amazon.com/Novice-Expert-Excellence-Clinical-Commemorative/dp/0130325228

This is a good one about nursing in general and dealing with the hard stuff: https://smile.amazon.com/Wasnt-Strong-Like-This-Started/dp/1937163121

Nurse Anna is also a good resource for burnout related stuff: https://www.instagram.com/the.burnoutbook/ She does reply to DMs if you have any questions about stuff after looking at her posts etc.

I got this one and it really helped me get a good score. I also ended up purchasing the practice test and that helped me see what I need to study more. I believe you can buy them in a pack on ATI and it's a bit cheaper that way. Good luck on your test.

Hi!

I had to take the TEAS V to get into my program. We did the math and reading/language arts sections, but not the science section - for some reason, my school didn't require it.

I used this study guid and can't recommend it enough! :)

Good luck!