Oct 2022

1h 8m

4 Reasons Why Nurses Are Mean to Nursing...

About this episode

Has your clinical instructor or the primary nurse of your patient in clinical been cold or even rude to you? In this episode, Kati explores a few reasons behind it plus tips on how to deal with it.

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Music credit: Keep My Cool by Benj Heard

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