If you want to be successful as a new nurse, watch this

[@maddiemoo222]

Spent my first 8 weeks in residency on a surgical unit with a preceptor who had only been a nurse for a year and a half. It was an environment where I would get so overwhelmed I would throw up in the break room at least once a shift. Switched to a gen med unit with an experienced nurse preceptor and it's like night and day. I'm doing so much better and am so much more confident. The spiriling and anxiety attacks stopped. The preceptor makes all the difference.

[@yingmeixiao2146]

Wow we had the same exact experience, Preceptor makes big difference.

[@dtrell1265]

I’m newly licensed, and I just came across your KZbin channel last week. I just passed NCLEX last week, and I got hired for a Med Surg unit. I’ve been looking at your videos non stop, and I have gained so much insight on how to prepare for my nurse residency program. Thank you so much!

[@linneaweilacher6168]

1. Keep a journal 2. Ask for feedback / clarification 3. Documentation form completed each shift, asking, details and specific examples 4. Follow up with an email regarding any and all feedback... Thank you for the feedback. Per our conversation... 5. Stand up for yourself - Don't allow anyone to bully you.

[@mapuche888]

thanks for the summary

[@Queenlife101]

I’m not even a new nurse and I absolutely love your videos already 🤣🤣🤣

[@KendraRN]

Oh wow! Thank you so much.

[@franchescar5252]

Great advice as always! Direct and concise. You are every new nurses need as a preceptor.

[@KendraRN]

Kind of cliche but it’s sort of my calling. I knew this the moment I sat in my first nursing class.

[@lovelyderose]

omg Kendra! Facts facts facts facts its such a blessing I found your channel. I'm late to the nursing journey and jumping hoops to finalize my position as a RN. Life happens and I took a year after graduation to attend family matters; July2022 I finally wrote the NCLEX on 1st attempt & passed - I'm still waiting for registration and now wondering "am I prepared? Is this organization worth my fight to continue? I'm amazed at all the grey areas nurses' go through and still face that appears just. I too believe in hands on experience to build nursing character and overall competence. I appreciate your videos on so many levels which is so motivating. I got here through watching 'Nursing is toxic' and immediately I felt the need to push through and don't give up. Advocacy in nursing is not being taught to its full capacity but only textbook covered understanding. The (fear of) speaking up for self is so not taught which is a practical need to combat workplace bullying (I feel). A change in nursing is warranted; esp. the union between nurses... I just don't understand the catty-ness, I don't want to believe its just too much women (estrogen) levels and everyday stress. Its all about habits learnt and carried forward... idk smh anyhow, sorry for the novel I just wrote but I wanted to say Thank you for sharing honest content that is so useful and necessary...👋👌🙌♥💯#Nurses & #Solidarity 👊🤜🤛✊🤝

[@maryannrogers8675]

You are assertive in your approach. You give such expert advice about keeping a journal while you are being prevented. You have to advocate for yourself. You give so many valid points. Standing up for yourself is so important.

[@ColetteElizabeth]

Even though, I am not a nurse nor have I ever been a nurse (I have family members who are), I can relate to many of the topics that you discuss. I appreciate your willingness to share your experiences because they can help people from various sectors of the workforce. Thank you for your content. I am here for it 👍🏾

[@erica11717]

I work in education and healthcare. I am applying these useful tips. Veteran teachers eat their young too

[@natural4lifemiss]

I'm not a nurse but I enjoy watching your content!

[@OutDehExplorer]

Every time you mention the preceptor, I imagine "Predator" from the movie 🐙 🤣 The nursing world is intense!

[@KendraRN]

That’s why so many have left and continue to leave the profession.

[@mizzchuz.6413]

Your uncle gave good advice!

[@g7j6banda]

Going back to the floor after 8 years of being out. Your video is very informative. Thank you kindly. Will now be following you.

[@sunshine_1111x]

This is great advice not only for nursing, but any job! Thank you 😊

[@mapuche888]

Nurse Kendra. your advice is priceless. Your videos are appropriate not only for nurses but the advice in them is great for just about anyone working in organizations in and out of healthcare. My daughter in law is getting them forwarded from me because she could really use this guidance. Thank you for caring enough to share your experiences and advice. I know making these videos is a lot of work but you are helping so many people with them. I hope your channel continues to grow.

[@nikkia4221]

I’m a student RN and I’m taking notes. Get advise for both ends. Cover yourself.

[@artsyluv4089]

Kendra😃❤️🎉🎉🎉you’re awesome, passionate & sent from GOD to help, educate & encourage nurses & future nurses❤. . Which takes a special anointing to humbly share your knowledge & help others!!! Thank GOD for you 🙏🏾💕👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I’m nearly 60 & a healthy female who dropped out of nursing clinical studies years ago in my early 40’s but would love to go back. . . But also thinking I’m too old 😔but You have given me hope that maybe I can because of how you teach & break things down so simple & precise! May GOD BLESS YOU & guide your journey in helping the nursing community ❤️You’re something special 🥰

[@olguiq1013]

Kendra, you look faaaaabulous in pink. Thanks for the realness and tips on your vids.

[@KendraRN]

I appreciate you kind words 🤗

[@Faithinher2015]

Kendra, I absolutely love your videos. I just wanted you to know that you are appreciated! I am due to graduate nursing school soon and I hope to be a great nurse like you.

[@curlyheadedcreations2527]

Thank you for your vids! Ive been a new grad icu nurse for about 3 months. I have 6 more weeks and I’ll definitely implement this. I would love more new grad vids especially time management and any other topics please!! This new grad will appreciate EVERY advice

[@Deco_2k]

3 month yeah, Kendra says that's rookie still so u gonna alot time in the field..

[@TheArmedNurse]

I got fired from my first nursing job and it was a little bit discouraging at first but now I have an even better job, with better pay and a much better environment! If anyone on here ends up getting fired from their first nursing job, just know it's not the end of the world by any means. Yes it is discouraging because it feels like "Wow, I made it all through nursing school and passed my boards only to be fired from my first job." but looking back, the environment was definitely not the right environment for a new grad like me. Very toxic and draining. I dreaded going to work! But now I feel like I have found my home in the hospital I am in currently.

[@KendraRN]

I am so happy for you and this is an amazing message you just put out here. Thank you ❤️

[@LP-fz5xm]

Yes please do the video on time management, thank you 🙏🏽

[@KendraRN]

It’s coming. I’m gathering my thoughts.

[@bonniecurrie4906]

As a current nursing student, I totally appreciate your videos/channel. Thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@joannecortez9122]

I wish I had found your videos sooner! I'm going into CVICU from home health and it is definitely a big change! Taking all of your advice in this video since switching specialities I feel like a new grad again!

[@hvnxxo]

Ms. Kendra i am listening to every words you are saying and the reason is when i did my CNA clinical i was unaware how to chart properly and my intstructor sat me down once for 5 mins to go over charting & that was it, she never went over it again .. so what I'm saying is sometimes you only grt to learn something ONCE from the prof and they expect you to understand it ofc..i still wasntt able to get a good grade i passed with a C & was devastated! 😢 now in RN school and know how important everything is and yes you need to keep a record of EVERYTHING absolutely! during clinicals it is so imperative... I really regret not charting as much and not asking alott of questions when certain thing was off .. now i know not to let fear get the best of me and im open to learning and doing more skills in the future❤

[@DeeDeeMarie09]

You’re amazing! Thanks for this.

[@KendraRN]

You’re too kind

[@jenniemelville2700]

I’m glad I came across your channel.#newsubscriber❤

[@ayanna4729]

Thank you for this I graduate in December I graduate and am at a clinical site where most of the nurses are rude to the students like me but my mom told me to always defend myself and I let them know how I feel and what we need to do to fix this!

[@knottsmarilyn]

Thanks Kendra, spot on believe me I will be implementing every thing you have said. Lateral violence is like cancer in nursing you always have to try to outwit it. Stay Blessed 💕

[@jamiejames203]

I am loving your videos! So glad I came across your channel 🙌🏽

[@Fallon922]

I’m not a nurse but I am in health care specifically the financial/revenue side soon to work in health informatics. Everything you said is great advice that can be applied to every field and will help others along the way! Thank you so much for your video!

[@rosievarriale33]

I love your videos Nurse Kendra! You help me feel less alone

[@Passingclouds497]

You Rock Sis! Thank you. LPN 7 years and RN program student.

[@viktor_bsn_rn]

Kendra thanks again for all the advice. Just ordered a journal to start writing down everything. Love your content like always.

[@angelanelson3458]

Kendra, this is truly an excellent video, you have relayed information that is great for new nurses, or nurses attempting to work in a new specialty or a new site. Take care and keep up the good work❤️✝️🙏🏾✝️🙏🏾❤️

[@aanuefunnuga7073]

Wow this is really helping me as a NQN thank🙌🏼you very much for all these tips.

[@atpole818]

I like your channel. Your content is different and I find it very helpful since you got some flavor which is more my style. Appreciate all the advice you’re giving 🙏

[@Brandiisbeloved]

Definitely subscribing! I’ve been trying to get as much information from nurses as possible. I’m a nursing school. I want to work in psych nursing preferably a mental hospital

[@astrideakamba7756]

Thanks for this gem Kendra🫶🏾

[@shalettewoods3942]

Love your message…during a time new nurses need support vs all the negativity that is surrounding our profession…take ownership of your orientation…it is the footprint of your career…we are one of the largest professions and the best.

[@javierchavarria8954]

So glad I came across your channel. Newly accepted into nursing school and just about to begin my journey . Thank you for all the helpful insight into the nursing and medial field .

[@dt9244]

Great advice! Thank you so much I’m starting an ICU residency in Dec, these tips will be a tremendous help.

[@Love_Always_Nini]

Thank you so much for the tips! These are great for everything. I’m dealing with my son’s school. I will definitely use these. I needed this boost.

[@leslieasimmons2078]

Ms. Kendra I am a new subscriber and I appreciate you for creating this channel it is needed and over due. I'm a Licensed Practical Nurse been in the medical field for over 30 years. Your tips are gems to me. Again thank you so much.

[@terri5172]

I am so happy to have found your channel. My niece has started nursing school and I think your advice is so valuable!! I am passing your channel to her. Thank you so much for all the help you’re giving people especially when you are so busy ❤

[@Daakie9362]

Kendra , thanks for this advice 🙌🏻👌🏻

[@MuscleNMarriage]

Kendra thank you so much for Reese tips! I start my residency at Advent Health PCU Multi system in a couple weeks and look forward to implementing all the tips you’ve provided here in this video! 😍🥰🙏🏾❤️💯

[@KendraRN]

You’re so welcome! I pray it goes well and I hope my tips work. Keep me posted ❤️

[@Nomadic_pulse]

Thank you so much,... as a new murse i really needed to hear this,....

[@ajmwa1982]

Thank you for your truth. Your so true about what to have a to do .

[@corettalive3360]

Great tips Kendra.

[@KendraRN]

I hope they’re useful. Thank you 🙏🏾

[@pallasa2032]

Great advice thanks 🙏🏽 I’m not a nurse but I work in the lab documentation is very very important it can protect you 👍🏽

[@ebeeygyrl]

Very informative and helpful! Thank you!

[@d.benjamin1108]

Thank you, thank you for just getting to the video and not talking all this unnecessary pre-video crap.

[@Therealissa98]

Thank you for this video. Im not a nurse but i will be using these techniques for my job as well

[@maryvicb]

Hello Kendra, I hope you see my message. I will be moving to SICU in 3 weeks within my hospital (I got 3 years of MS experience). Do you have any advice regarding how I can prepare to make my transition smoother? I am excited, anxious... I feel like I am not ready, but I guess I will never feel "ready" until I try, lol. Also, thank you for the wonderful content you provide to us, I love how real you are ❤

[@greggorystevens2637]

You’re an eloquent orator.

[@vancysuter351]

Thank you, love this really helpful

[@flowerbombkay260]

Awesome !!!

[@amaliweston3963]

THANKS. SO INFORMATIVE. 💗👏🏽👏🏽

[@sonialuthra133]

Kenda thank you. As a new nurse just starting I noticed lot of these preceptor make you feel like a burden and lower your confidence. Thank you for advice... I'm staying 💪. ❤

[@KendraRN]

You’re so welcome!!! Thanks for watching

[@morakinyofatimah3387]

Hello Kendra! I’m trying to watch a video on basic nursing skill on KZbin when your vlog popped up. I’m foreign educated nurse and I just passed the board examination, I wanted to have hands experience so I got a job on med/surg unit. Everything was totally different and I felt like a total novice. I was reported by my preceptor that I knew nothing and I was layoff I cried my eye out and felt so worthless,hopeless and loose all the confidence and enthusiasm I had before.

[@DC-nd3kq]

Thanks for your advise !

[@juliethllamas3712]

Thank you ❤

[@judistocker1811]

Strong advice!

[@missjen4013]

Again Nurse to a Nurse great advice. ( l am a seasoned 20+ yrs Nurse ) Seasoned advice and practice is lacking now very sad

[@kotahj7433]

My fellow nurse! Can I just say that I love you! Everything that you are saying, I have taught my mentees! They thought I was being strict on them but it is out of love and that I don’t want them to go throw what I have been through. Upper management does not like when a nurse, especially of color being a self advocate and holding them accountable for lack of leadership! I document everything! It was not a mistake that you randomly appeared on my algorithm. This was on time and meant to be.

[@allyross3321]

Ma’am please do the video on time management 😩😩😩😩 lord I need it

[@julissarosado8041]

Yes, I live by this, there's no way you can store up all of that info in such a short spanse of time. It saved me as I had 2 total dependant boys with mini vents and G tubes with Oxygen and med admn. The other nurse tried to set me up and told the patients mom that I had not administered the seizure med to one of the boys They observed the patient to see if he was going to have a seizure. My clinical manager called me and asked me directly and I said let me check, if I wrote it I did it. It was written. I was cleared. The other nurse just wanted my shifts because it was a super high pay. I gladly left and stayed with 1:1 patients. No skin off of my apple, I'm not greedy.

[@shauntreceduncan]

Thank you 😊, for this video

[@KendraRN]

Thank you so much. I’ll be putting out more for new nurses and nursing students in the next week or so.

[@dalyte6213]

If you didn’t already do the Time management video , can you make that

[@KendraRN]

Hahahah I will. It’s actually on my list. I’ll record tomm.

[@Saberdud]

I’m about to hit week6 as a new grad at a ed holding unit, if I remember I’ll update this comment in about a year or so

[@annabrown7302]

THE NURSE THAT WAS SUPPOST TO OREINTATE ME WAS SO BUSY EATING THE PATIENTS FOOD IT WAS HORRIBLE I QUIT AND NEVER WENT BACK THERE

[@moonlightandstaryeyesbestr6061]

😂😂😂wow. Really? Smh? Lmao. She was eating patient’s food.

[@mrislandman89]

When you coming to bimini Bamamas? You need a week off and chill on the beach

[@Obekanobee]

I’m starting to think that your “attitude” was just you standing up for yourself.

[@KendraRN]

Absolutely ❤️

[@Paulina1best]

Back it up with your evidence base facts and sadly you have to do this not only at the workplace but also as a patient be an advocate for yourself stand up for what’s right always!

[@lanaejames2114]

I use to do Na back in the day & it was cool & laid back Now you see Cut throat lying Jealousy etc to much toxic

[@Crybaby-cz8et]

I agree with you , standing up for yourself in the workplace is the best thing to do for your sanity!!! Believe me bullying exists even in office jobs. When you have a disagreement with your boss, email him/ her and document how you both agreed to resolve the problem ( this is called evidence). Should you butt heads again you have kept a record of all the events!!!

[@kevinhollis2204]

The email or text provide you with documentation and a paper trail

[@zxcasd3752]

saving this xD

[@Paulina1best]

💟💕👊🏾👊🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👊🏾👊🏾💟💕

[@erica11717]

Great video. You definitely charge for your valuable information

[@KendraRN]

😂😂😂 I could never! This is knowledge I don’t mind sharing for free. My children’s children, children will reap the benefits of these pure deeds.

[@martig4912]

@@KendraRN thank you for being straightforward AND pure-of-heart ❤

[@moneakedwards7342]

Super advise…turn your advice into a business

[@patriciaholloway1]

Wanted to work in nursery but this is to much 😂

[@ruthylopez1575]

💎💎💎💎

[@ezelgrier5971]

Hello beautiful 😍

[@jujutu5084]

Having more than 20 years in healthcare, the generational despise and hate is current and will find you at the unexpected time. No One is Untouchable, even the #buttocklips.

[@lanaejames2114]

They see money & that's it no TLC

[@nalaamour]

Great solid advice!!! I'm glad you brought up those evaluation forms because there were things made up by the "mean girls", (once I spoke up about things I didn't appreciate) that were contradictory with prior evaluations. They must have forgotten all of the "great" things that were said about me. All of a sudden out of nowhere, it was said she doesn't take initiative or take the lead when on all evaluation forms it stated she was great at doing those very same things! Ooop 🫣🤭🤦🏽‍♀️ The thing about preceptors is that there aren't quality vet nurses. I had about 5 different people, and one of them was still in a residency herself. Not sure why they promise these things and make it seem like you will have all of this support and be well supported because you don't. It's all lies and smoke screens. That's why people leave and don't stay. These hospitals don't care about producing quality nurses. The bottom line for them is to hire as many as they can because they know they are going to lose about half of those nurses and hopefully it will even out. It's sad...nursing is overrated, and even if this is truly your passion it's a great possibility that many won't feel the same once they've had their own experiences.

[@Deco_2k]

Time management is a scam 🤣🤣🤣

[@dre5616]

You sound extremely problematic and it’s clear that you’ve come across a lot of preceptor backlash or criticism

[@KendraRN]

Are you ok?!

[@sweetiecakes8228]

Great tips and feedback on what to do if your feeling like your being bullied. If your a nurse there is already pressure but you do not want the negativity to effect your focus with your patients. ❤😊

[@KendraRN]

Thank you!

[@angelanelson3458]

Kendra, this is truly an excellent video, you have relayed information that is great for new nurses, or nurses attempting to work in a new specialty or a new site. Take care and keep up the good work❤️✝️🙏🏾✝️🙏🏾❤️

[@pallasa2032]

Hey there I seen you on another channel I think it’s Rodney da voice lol

[@angelanelson3458]

@@pallasa2032 👍🏾😁