Uncharted: The New Nurse’s Survival Guide
If you've ever driven home after your first shift wondering if you made the right career choice, this was built for you.I'm Gladys Pomaa Addai, RN, BSN, MSc — 12+ years in healthcare management, including running clinical units in a tertiary hospital, and 8+ years as a frontline acute care nurse across busy medical-surgical, neurosciences, and neurosurgery units. Uncharted is the practical companion I wish someone had handed me on day one — not theory, not a textbook chapter, but the real sequence of a shift and the tools that actually get you through it.What's inside: Getting Started: unit orientation, workstation setup, emergency codes and access — with a fillable reference table for your own facility Time Management & Organization: brain sheets, prioritization, clustering care, avoiding documentation backlog Communication & Teamwork: SBAR scripts, handoff reports, family communication, handling conflict First Interactions & Foundational Safety Habits: the NOD framework, the Four Moments of hand hygiene, patient whiteboard use Clinical Skills & Patient Care Essentials: head-to-toe assessments, medication safety, a full Canadian/US/UK lab values table, vital signs reference Handling Emergencies Safely: recognizing early warning signs, staying calm under pressure, a full emergency quick-checklist Professional Growth & Self-Care: including a section most guides skip entirely — the workplace benefits you're likely already paying for (massage therapy, physiotherapy, compression socks, mental health coverage) and how to actually use them This isn't generic new-grad advice. It's built from real shifts, real mistakes, and real lessons — organized so you're not learning them the hard way, alone.
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