Welcome to the musings of a new nurse. 2020 was my graduate year of nursing and the year of more formal support to transition from student to nurse. I was lucky to have such a year, even if the COVID-19 pandemic meant it did not go as I had pictured it. I enjoy medical and…
By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) This column, The Scrubs that Fit, is all about the highs and lows of being an early-career nurse, from the perspective of an ACN Emerging Nurse Leader. The aim of these blog posts is to help ease the transition from university to grad years and beyond. Find Lucy on ACN’s neo and…
By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) This column, The Scrubs that Fit, is all about the highs and lows of being an early-career nurse, from the perspective of an ACN Emerging Nurse Leader. The aim of these blog posts is to help ease the transition from university to grad years and beyond. Find Lucy on ACN’s neo and…
By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) This column, The Scrubs that Fit, is all about the highs and lows of being an early-career nurse, from the perspective of an ACN Emerging Nurse Leader. The aim of these blog posts is to help ease the transition from university to grad years and beyond. Find Lucy on ACN’s neo and…
By Erin Mercieca MACN, Graduate Registered Nurse and Australian College of Nursing Stage 2 Emerging Nurse Leader. With special thanks to Sue Hughes FACN. Transitioning to practice can be complex for the new nurse (Missen et al., 2016). It can take graduate nurses time to become acclimatised to their new clinical role. It has been…
By Chris Hinder MACN In February this year, I was fortunate enough to land my dream graduate position in a large tertiary referral centre emergency department (ED) in my home town. After three hard years at university, I could finally call myself a registered nurse! Now, six months into the program, I would like to…
By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) This column, The Scrubs that Fit, is all about the highs and lows of being a junior nurse, from the perspective of an ACN Emerging Nurse Leader. The aim of these blog posts is to help ease the transition from university to grad years and beyond. Find Lucy on ACN’s neo and or Instagram @aussie_nurses. This is…