She is so engaging and really helps you start out just right! I would definitely read it again too. Thanks Ms. Sonya, for a great baby nurse book. I wished there were more clinical cases though. Hands down one of the most entertaining and enlightening books I've read in quite some time!!! I found the story to be hilarious while also showing the darker side of nursing.
This book makes me feel more prepared for my own career in nursing. I love the brutal honesty of this book, as a current care assistant and student nurse at the half way point in my training I was looking for something to uplift my spirits and keep me going.
This book did that. I will be telling all of my nurse and student nurse friends to read or listen to this because it had me crying at parts with empathy and also side splitting laughter.
Loved this book from beginning to end! An essential read for any new nurse, who feels like they will never get it, never feel the love, or never be good at what they do. Sonja will show you that you are enough and you will only get better. Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed. Remove from wishlist failed. Adding to library failed.
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Average Customer Ratings. Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews. Amazon Reviews. Sort by:. Most Helpful Most Recent. Filter by:. All stars 5 star only 4 star only 3 star only 2 star only 1 star only. JB Great book Laughs and insightful feedback about the world of the RN This is a great book!
Samantha Miller Spot On Loved it. Amazon Customer Definitely the book to give any new nurse! Anonymous User Amanda Morse Where was this when I graduated I loved this book! Celina Jones Lucas L. Lots of grammatical errors throughout. Overall it was an alright book; I think it needs some work.
Jun 16, Daria Marshall rated it liked it Shelves: nonfiction-reads-2k17 , nurse-reads. I was feeling defeated and like no matter what I did, I was nowhere near ready for what was to come. There were parts of this book that really resonated with me and made me feel confident that I would be successful. There were other parts that I didn't particularly care for. It felt a little repetitive at times and there wasn't really that much new information from other books that I have rea I read this since I had just graduated from nursing school and wanted a break from studying for my NCLEX.
It felt a little repetitive at times and there wasn't really that much new information from other books that I have read.
It's always nice to read that others are scared about what they are about to go into and that others make mistakes. Nobody's perfect and we all start off as newbie "baby" nurses. As long as we put in the work and have a fantastic team surrounding us, we'll all be okay. May 06, Nicole Rae rated it really liked it Shelves: Many of my instructors still work on units while they teach, and they tell us how it is. Apr 25, christina prater rated it it was ok. I thought it could have been a lot better, a bit disappointed.
Feb 15, Jessica Jackson rated it it was ok Shelves: dnf. Listened to the audiobook read by the author. It's definitely an interesting concept for a book. It's written by someone who pursued a corporate career and then made the switch to nursing, but the title is misleading.
This book isn't instructional, and sounds more like a motivational speech you'd hear in a high school gymnasium. Schwartzbach has some interesting stories to tell, and her chapters were mostly short and concise, but about a third of the way into the book, she really lost me. She repeated phrases and advice tidbits throughout the It's definitely an interesting concept for a book. She repeated phrases and advice tidbits throughout the book, and made a lot of grammatical mistakes..
I really read a sentence that said, " Also the print job on this book is horrible. I'm all for saving the planet, but the margins make many pages illegible unless you bend the spine of the book backwards. Almost every chapter ends with a blank page; I think they could've just given us some legible margins and kept the blank pages. And some pages are printed in a super dark ink, while others are a faint gray color. I really wanted to enjoy this book, since every nurse I follow on Instagram has raved about it, but the book really plays like a motivational speech and spends a lot of time giving props to the nurses reading it and even includes a list of reasons why people should date nurses.
If you work as a nurse this book might translate better, but I can't really recommend this piece to anyone. Sep 30, Regina Robbins rated it really liked it. I was proficient if not an expert in my previous roles when I found myself in a desk job telling myself this would be great for retirement at the age of It's the best move Ive ever made but the absolute scariest thing I've ever done!
Sonja's book took me though all the emotions i felt as a 26 year veteran stepping into a novice role. I felt my head nodding up and down on agreement with her stories and anecdotes and thinking "this is why I do what I do" and her 'soap box's about nurses learning to not 'eat their right's as some archaic right of passage but as a form of bullying is so on point and mimics how I have! Because being a nurse is not what I do, it not a job or just a paycheck or even a profession for me it IS who I AM - at my core.
Definitely a quick heartfelt book all newbies or old timers should consider reading Aug 10, Elizabeth Stark rated it liked it. Jul 14, Stephanie Huss rated it it was amazing. Great book I'm a new nurse and this book helped me feel confident in my new role. I'm not the only one who is terrified and excited to be a nurse.
I'm not the only one who will make mistakes! This book helped spark the fire again and remind me why I chose nursing! I loved this book! Jun 20, Rachel rated it liked it. I honestly don't think many non-nurses can relate. Also, the trip down the med-surg memory lane was somewhat terrifying. View 2 comments. Feb 09, Lenny Husen rated it liked it Shelves: audio-books. She has a nice voice and comes across as sincere, capable, smart and likable.
Dear Sonja, you have stuff to say that is spot-on and worthwhile. You definitely have solid advice here for nurses as well as doctors too! You clearly love the nursing profession as you should. It is wonderful 2. It is wonderful to hear your pride for what you and your fellow RNs do everyday. The work you and your colleagues do, the care you give patients, is an endless source of inspiration and gratitude as a physician working with you amazing people.
What was difficult for me, listening to you, is that you repeat yourself A LOT. You come across as a person who has had an easy time getting everything she wants, any job she wants--which is admirable but also boring and annoying. You are, what? You have been a nurse for HOW long? Couldn't you have co-authored this book with someone with more experience than you? Sonja, if I edited this book it would literally be half as long.
Just to get through it, I had to speed you up. There was so much about YOU and not nearly enough about your patients. You said the word "nurse" or "nursing" 7, times during this short book--actually, I made that number up, but whatever amount it was, it was too many.
How I wish you had been negative and snarky, instead of perky and ingratiating. You could have told stories that would have REALLY given an idea of the tribulations RNs go through--the crappy patients and arrogant doctors or examples of RN supervisors or colleagues who treated you or a friend badly--but you were afraid someone might be upset. Well, if you had, you would have had a book worth listening to, in my opinion.
All I can say is, you are a super nice kid. And I bet, you will be a great RN someday, if you stick with it full-time and don't get bored. Just wish someone had edited your book and given you feedback because--SO much of your advice is genuine and valid, and in a shorter version as a handbook, or longer version with more and edgier anecdotes, it would have been much better.
If the title can capture how I feel at almost every shift, what other amazing things might be in this book? The book started strong as I was hanging onto the author's every word. She managed to capture ALL the feelings I feel as a new nurse while also encouraging me in a natural, non-Lifetime mo "Our role as nurses is not a glamorous one; it's not an easy one; it's not a pristine and perfect package and it never will be.
She keeps it real about the dynamics of nursing and working with others in a hospital setting. The book seemed to lose its steams after the first couple of chapters. I felt that the author ran out of things to talk about it and the book took a turn that I didn't see coming. While the author was being vulnerable to sharing her story, the place in the book this chapter was didn't flow with the overall book.
I read this book at a time when I needed to have validation about my current feelings and thoughts about nursing that only someone in the same field as me could offer. Every book in this application is provided in full according to basic needs for those of you who like to read.
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