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Express Yourself

Submissions for storytellers are now being accepted for the Student Nurse and New Graduate Blogs.

The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2004

The purpose of the Student and New Grad Blog* is to share your first hand stories with your fellow students and new graduates. The blogs will help others learn, cope and understand the reality of what it is to be a nursing student and experience the transition from new grad to Registered Nurse working for the first time. Each story will give insight into today’s nursing profession.

*A blog is a journal that is maintained on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and the storyteller is a "blogger."

Blog Entries

Each blog should not exceed 250 words. The entries are to be specific with detail and reflect reality. Whether it’s clinical, classroom, a patient care experience, or a bad day, each represents a day in the life of our blogger and therefore is an opportunity for peers to identify and be able to breathe a sigh of relief and think ‘it’s not just me!’

Blog entries will be posted on chooseNursing.com twice a month for a one-year period.

Student Bloggers will be identified by:

  1. First name only
  2. Northern or Southern California
  3. Private or public school

New Grad Bloggers will be identified by:

  1. First name only
  2. Northern or Southern California
  3. Community or private hospital

Example Blog

July
Finished the first week of my orientation and it wasn’t scary, but boy, was it intense. It feels great to finally be able to write ‘RN’ after my name! I worked so hard and so long for this. It still doesn’t seem quite real! I’m pretty nervous about being on my own, but that’s still a few weeks away. My preceptor is great. I really appreciate the patience he has and the time he is taking to mentor me.
The patients I’ve had so far have been awesome. The first one was admitted with signs and symptoms of asthma exacerbation. She was anxious, SOB (short of breath), I could hear her wheezing before I placed my stethoscope to auscultate, and she had an O2 sat of 80%. I immediately checked all her vitals, placed her on O2, rechecked her saturation, implemented my unit standards and protocols for asthma, and notified the physician. Once stabilized I could see the relief on her face and I was so proud. This is just one example of patient care I provided.
At the end of the day I really knew I had made a difference. Can’t wait to tell you about tomorrow. Check back.
Zora
Southern California
Community Hospital

The Student Blogger will receive:

  1. Certificate of Recognition from CNCC
  2. Choice of either:
    1. School books ($300 value)
    2. Membership in a professional nursing organization
    3. A one year subscription to a nursing journal or periodical

The New Grad Blogger will receive:

  1. Certificate of Recognition from CNCC
  2. Choice of either:
    1. Certificate for uniform purchase and a day at a day spa ($300 value)
    2. One year membership dues in a professional nursing organization
    3. A one year subscription to a nursing journal or periodical
Program Overview
Eligibility
How to Apply
 

Program Overview

The Coalition for Nursing Careers in California (CNCC) is committed to achieving an adequate and diverse nursing workforce for the state of California. CNCC is an independent non-profit grassroots coalition of health care organizations, hospital administrators, and nurse educators and faculty working together to address the long term nursing shortage in California. CNCC is committed to attracting candidates for schools of nursing that reflect the diversity and demographics of California.

The bloggers will be selected based on detail of entries that reflect reality, express excitement and what is being learned at school and on the job.

 

Eligibility

  1. Student Blogger: must be enrolled in a nursing program in California.
  2. New Grad Blogger: must be an individual who has practiced as a RN for not less than six months, and no more than one year.
 

How to Apply

  1. Complete the Blogger Entry Online Form

THE DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2004.