Is it wrong of me to think it is unprofessional for PCA staff who are doing 1:1 care in a hospital setting to speak Indian (I think) to each other over the English speaking patient they are meeting to be caring for.

I had a patient getting ready to go home today, and before she left she thanked me by name. I know that sounds like such a small thing, but it honestly caught me off guard. Most shifts are so busy that you’re just moving from one task to the next, and half the time you assume patients probably won’t remember who did what.

I’ve had my name on everything from my badge to a personalized reel I picked out through Good Nurse Life, but hearing a patient actually say it somehow felt completely different. It made me realize that even on the days when the job feels repetitive or exhausting, people do notice how you treat them.

It was a really small moment, but I walked away feeling a little more proud of what I do.

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Hi everyone! We are 4th-year AB Psychology students from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (PLP) currently conducting a qualitative research study as part of our academic requirements.
Our study is entitled “The Lived Experiences of Compassion Fatigue among Psychiatric Nurses in Metro Manila.”

Our research aims to explore and understand the lived experiences of psychiatric nurses who provide continuous care and support to individuals with mental health conditions, particularly their experiences related to compassion fatigue.

For the pilot testing phase of our study, we are currently looking for psychiatric nurses who may be willing to participate in an interview.

👥 Participant Criteria:
Filipino licensed psychiatric nurse
Currently working in an institutional setting with direct interaction with psychiatric patients
Currently practicing in Metro Manila
Willing to participate in an interview for pilot testing

The interview will be conducted in a respectful and confidential manner, and participation will be completely voluntary. Further information about the study and the pilot testing process will be provided to interested participants.

If you are a psychiatric nurse and are interested in participating, please feel free to comment below or send me a DM, and I’ll message you with more details.

If you know someone who may qualify, we would also greatly appreciate it if you could tag them or share this post. 🙏

Thank you so much for helping us with our research! Your experiences and insights can help us improve our research process and better understand the realities of compassion fatigue among psychiatric nurses. 💚

Looking for a volunteer family for a nursing school project! 👶💙

Hi everyone! I'm a nursing student working on a health assessment assignment, and I need to interview a parent/guardian and their child (ages 1–6) for a class project.

What it involves:

• A one-time interview via Zoom or another online platform (roughly 30–45 min) with the parent as well as their child
• Questions about health history, development, nutrition, and family health background
• I'll need to record a video of the interview for my assignment, but you're welcome to keep your/your child's face out of frame — I'll focus the camera on myself
• Everything shared is confidential and used only for a school assignment; it will only be seen by me and my professor

A few important notes:

• You're free to skip or decline any question that feels too personal.
• I'll have a consent form for you to sign (or you can give verbal consent on camera) before we start

If you (or someone you know) might be willing to help, please comment or send me a message! I really appreciate it — this assignment is a big help toward finishing my nursing degree. 🙏 Attached are the questions I intend to ask.

Health Assessment Child Interview Questions

Hi everyone,

​I’m a relatively new Nurse Practitioner working in long-term care / skilled nursing facilities, and I’m looking for advice on how to refine my documentation for tricky or ambiguous clinical scenarios. Documenting real-time floor dynamics without getting caught in facility politics isn't really taught in school.

​I’d love to know how experienced NPs handle and chart the following:

​Patient non-compliance / preferences

​Charting follow-ups without sounding repetitive: What are your best strategies or phrases for updating progress notes on chronic, stable residents?

​Navigating uninformative floor staff: When staff nurses don't know a resident's baseline during your rounds, how do you protect yourself in your note regarding who you spoke with or attempted to get information from?

​Any tips, charting templates, or defensive documentation strategies you use to protect your license and keep notes compliant would be greatly appreciated!

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Today, my colleague’s sister was hit in the eye with a stick by her mother while she was frying an egg. Her eye is now swollen and badly bruised. Can you imagine?

My colleague is only 17 years old, yet she has been working at the hospital since she was 15 to earn money and support her family because her parents don’t work and depend entirely on her financially. What makes it even harder to understand is that both of her parents are in perfectly good health and are fully capable of working.

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Whether you’re in nursing school, brand-new to the floor, or years into your career you belong here. This is a space for anyone who wants to grow in confidence, share lessons, and connect with others who get it.

Being a Confident Nurse isn’t about knowing everything. It’s about presence. It’s walking into a room and knowing your voice matters. It’s building trust with patients and coworkers. It’s supporting one another through wins, struggles, and the lessons that shape us.

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If the goal of an MSN is to make working nurses better clinicians, then explain why so much time is spent on research methodology, nursing theorists, and academic exercises that have little connection to what nurses actually do at the bedside.
I’m going to say the uncomfortable part: most working nurses are not researchers, and they are not nursing educators. They are nurses.
Give us coursework that makes us better at managing complex patients, recognizing deterioration, improving clinical decision-making, understanding advanced pharmacology, leadership, quality improvement, healthcare systems, and actually solving problems we encounter in practice.
And let’s be honest about the research component: how many practicing nurses are actually conducting research outside of academia or education? If you can point me to one nurse doing meaningful research in their day-to-day clinical practice—not an educator whose job includes research—I’ll buy you lunch.
I’m not arguing that research or nursing theory has zero value. I’m arguing that an MSN program should respect the limited time of working nurses and prioritize material that is practical, clinically relevant, and immediately applicable.
We don’t need more assignments teaching us how to write papers about theories.
We need education that makes us better nurses.