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Surviving Your First Year – Finding Balance & Avoiding Burnout
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📢 Description:
In this follow-up to Episode 8, Christopher and Colby continue the conversation on what it’s really like to be a new nurse. They discuss the pressures of picking up extra shifts, why it’s essential to have a life outside of the hospital, and how to avoid early career burnout.
💡 Key Topics:
✔️ Why you should limit overtime in your first year
✔️ The importance of finding hobbies outside of work
✔️ Financial tips for new nurses – insurance, 401(k), and more
✔️ The impact of having a great preceptor
✔️ Nursing Wins & Woes – real first-year struggles and victories
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Chapters
1. Class is in Session: Welcome to Nursing Lyfe 101 (00:00:00)
2. Moving to a New City & Starting Fresh (00:01:27)
3. The Trap of Extra Shifts & Early Burnout (00:03:50)
4. Money & Career Growth (00:06:04)
5. Finding Community Outside of Work (00:10:31)
6. The Importance of Finding a PCP (00:16:09)
7. Calling Out of Work: What You Need to Know (00:21:23)
8. Nursing Wins & Woes: First-Year Struggles & Triumphs (00:29:22)
9. Being New Never Ends: How to Adapt in Any Role (00:50:17)
10. Final Advice for New Nurses (00:54:22)
11. Wrap-Up: Class Dismissed! (00:56:13)
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