2. The future of nursing is in new graduate nurses... And we’re losing them. The following module is intended to increase awareness about the impact of horizontal violence toward new graduate nurses.
3. Up to 60% of new nurse graduates leave their first nursing position within the first year 50% of that number leave the profession entirely
4. Nurses are notorious for their poor treatment of newcomers, and it goes deeper than simple hazing or initiation. The quotations throughout this module come from actual new graduate nurses. Names have been changed to protect privacy.
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6. I know that I know lots of things, but I don’t know where we keep tape or how to page the right doctor or .. hundreds of other things and somedays I come home so aware of my shortcomings and completely lacking confidence in my ability to be a competent nurse. - Linz Karina Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery Expires: 07/23/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Department Expires: 03/13/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Department Expires: 03/13/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Department Expires: 03/13/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Department Expires: 03/13/2013 Hannah Registered Nurse Medical-Surgical Expires: 09/20/2013 Linz Registered Nurse
7. The first months of practice can be chaotic, painful, and traumatic—fostering feelings of isolation, vulnerability, and uncertainty. These feelings can result in low self-esteem, lack of self-confidence, and a sense of failure in new graduates
8. e It’s like walking into a very important game where the stakes are really high, and the people you are playing with won’t let you see the rule book . . . I hadn’t realized nursing was so competitive. Lots of poker faces. - Eric Karina Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery Expires: 07/23/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Department Expires: 03/13/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Department Expires: 03/13/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Department Expires: 03/13/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Department Expires: 03/13/2013 Eric Registered Nurse Emergency Room Expires 03/13/2012 Hannah Registered Nurse Medical-Surgical Expires: 09/20/2013
9. e I find myself dying a little more inside every day I wake up and realize I have to go to work. I feel more alone now than ever before. – Penny Penny Registered Nurse Pediatrics Expires 05/17/2012 ERIC Registered Nurse ERIC Registered Nurse
10. e It was the looks the preceptor gave me. . . like I was stupid. . . In my whole three months of orientation, I can’t think of a single time anyone ever complimented me. - John ERIC Registered Nurse ERIC Registered Nurse Mark Emergency Department Pediatrics Expires 05/17/2012 John Registered Nurse Pediatrics Expires 05/17/2012
11. Studies show that bullying activity is a learned behavior, not a trait inherent to the bully or victim. Nurses who are initially mortified by the negative environment begin to adopt bullying behaviors…
12. e Survivors have to look the other way . . . or go along with the crowd to survive. You have to take the party line even if you don’t believe it. – Anna ERIC Registered Nurse ERIC Registered Nurse Anna Registered Nurse Pediatrics Expires 05/17/2012
