Advice for Achieving Success as a First-Year Nurse

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The first year in nursing practice can be awe-inspiring and joyful, but it’s also mentally and emotionally taxing. In this episode of Nurse Essentials, Kathryn Stuck Boyd, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, Nursing Education Manager and Nursing Residency Director at Cleveland Clinic, shares strategies for new nurses to help smooth the transition. “The nurses that really thrive are curious and coachable,” she says. “[They] ask questions and embrace those opportunities to learn.”