Discussion - Week 1 - CREATING YOUR PERSONAL NURSING LEGACY
XavierDz
1weekreply2.docxInstructions:
Respond to your colleagues. Consider providing a supporting statement about each colleagues’ response based on at least one of this week’s Learning Resources. Or consider asking a clarifying question about each colleagues’ vision.
**minimum of three (3) scholarly references are required for each reply cited within the body of the reply & at the end**
As a new nurse during COVID, preventing nursing burnout is challenging. It is something I have had experience with and witnessed from colleagues and those in the healthcare field. One thing that nurses in the past and present are doing is creating better nurse-to-patient ratios and work conditions. Our delicate situation with COVID has caused the nurse-to-patient ratio to increase, and the number of nurses that have left the bedside has created another pandemic. Some of the solutions that have helped nurses combat nursing burnout are many. Having a journal to reflect on hard days is one of the solutions to help with burnout. We work with patients, and sometimes their outcomes could be better. Having a journal for the days that the unexpected has happened will help us move past those traumas. Those days are complicated, and writing down the challenges that day, what went right, and how one could move past this will help to become a better nurse and live in the moment. Another solution is to ensure one basic needs are being met. These needs could include: exercising at least four times a week, drinking water throughout the day, having a snack when needed, and, most importantly, good sleep hygiene. Life becomes more manageable than when needs are unmet or when one can recognize their needs because they are keeping up with them.
Another problem related to nursing burnout is bullying and gossiping in the workplace. We, as nurses, do not give the same grace to each other that we give to our patients. However, the new generation of nurses are working hard to change the nurses eating their young ideology that is common in this field of work. The solution is to remember that we are humans taking care of other humans. Sure, there are many opportunities to take accountability but being kind is more important than being right. Another helpful solution is using teaching moments not to intimidate those who do not know. Great, late Maya Angelou once said, “people do not always remember what you say, but they will always remember how you made them feel.”
The legacy I desire to carry as a nurse leader is to remember that we have all started from somewhere, and to be a successful nurse, one must remember their needs first.
