Praise

Praise is so important as a new nurse. Don’t ever be that hardened nurse who’s seen too much to plant seeds of kindness in another person’s mind. One of the absolute most important KEY aspects of my success as a nurse is praise. Everyone around me has been so supportive and kind through their actions and words.

I’ve had someone tell me “we need more nurses like you.” I’ve also heard “I can’t believe you just graduated, you act like you’ve been doing this for years.” This is not a mere ego boost. This is the cultivation of the agent of care that patients will be relying on. How can a patient place their trust in you, when they can smell your insecurity from a mile away? Nope, we need nothing but confident nurses out here!