The Nursing Student Diaries
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Tips for Patient Assessments
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSome tips and tricks to make your patient assessment easier!COLA – Care Out Loud Always5 P’s – pain, potty, periphery, position, p...
SBAR
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSituation -- Background -- Assessment -- Recommendation/RequestScenario #1: You are receiving report on Mr. Smith, a 65-year-old patient...
Stay Curious
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is encouraging you to stay curious and ask questions about your patient. Your attention to detail and understanding of the ...
Caring Out Loud
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textQuick episode on the importance of "caring out loud" which is explaining and verbalizing to your patient what you are doing an...
First Day Jitters
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFirst days can be overwhelming! Here are some tips that have helped me in the past (and now!) to overcome those first day jitters. Pers...
Decision Paralysis
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEver feel like you have so much to do but can't decide what to do first? Does the overwhelm leave you feeling paralyzed by inaction...
Carrying Your Own Weather
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode talks about a mindset shift and how to create your own happiness and be proactive in situations!Personal Instagram @tiffany...
Maximizing Your Study Time
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSeason 2 is in full swing and this episode is all about how to MAXIMIZE your study time so you can ACE all your exams this semester!As a...
Welcome to Season 2: Back in Session
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to Season 2 of The Nursing Student Diaries!This episode is meant to get you back into "school mode" with 3 quick tips ...
Communicating with the Healthcare Team
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode has some tips and tricks for communicating with different members of the healthcare team during clinical rotations. From gi...
One Step at a Time
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textStaring down a big test, huge group project, or lenghty paper and don't know where to start? Listen to this episode for some advice...
More About Clinical Rotations: Approaching Patients
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHi!We are BACK! This episode goes over a few things to help you approach your clinical rotations.
Practicing Gratitude
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textQuick chat on how to start your own gratitude practice and the importance of it!Personal Instagram @tiffanygossaiPodcast Instagram @then...
Building Confidence
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textQuick chat about 4 ways to help build your confidence!Personal Instagram @tiffanygossaiPodcast Instagram @thenursingstudentdiaries
Overcoming Student Rivalry
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeeling insecure among your fellow students? Maybe have some student rivalry going on? This episode is about how to combat that rivalry ...
Imposter Syndrome...AGAIN!
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday we are chatting about imposter syndrome...again! This is something that continues to pop up in my professional and academic nursin...
What's Your Learning Style?
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI find personality tests so interesting! This episode is about the VARK Learning Styles. My hope is you find your own personal learnin...
Self Talk
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHow we talk to ourselves matters! Tips on how to battle that inner critic and change that voice to become your inner cheerleader!Persona...
Goal Setting
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is a quick overview on goal setting and why having goals are important. Personal Instagram @tiffanygossaiPodcast Instagram...
Changing Directions
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textConsider this episode your permission slip to change your mind! There are so many specialties in nursing, and you are allowed to explore...
Take a Break! (And Don't Feel Guilty)
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnyone else feel guilty when you rest or take a break? SAME! This episode highlights the importance of taking breaks & why we don&a...
Learning to Prioritize
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe have soooo many tasks to do as students AND as new nurses. So how do we decide what to do FIRST? How to we choose which task is the m...
Proactive vs. Reactive
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAre you being a proactive or reactive student? This episode quickly explains why being proactive may help you with your program!Personal...
Critical Thinking
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOur professors and instructors are always talking about "critical thinking" but... what is it? And how do we get better at it?...
Pep Talk: Give Yourself Some Credit!
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textQuick pep talk for Monday!HOW to give yourself credit for all your hard work and WHY it's so important!Slide into my DM's and ...
Interview with Angela and Jillian from FutureRN
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome back! This week is the first ever INTERVIEW for this podcast! I'm so excited to introduce you to Angela and Jillian, the fo...
Overwhelm
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA quick chat about OVERWHELM and a few tips on how to manage it!As always, let me know what you think of the episode!Personal Instagram ...
Finding Your Niche
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"You graduate soon! Do you know what specialty you want?""Uh....."OR MAYBE.... you know EXACTLY what specialty you w...
We Can't Skip from Chapter 1 to Chapter 100
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHey there!This week we're chatting about how important the "in-between" is. Whether you are in a class you don't li...
Just DO IT!
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOh hey! Long time, no chat!I apologize for the hiatus - but we are BACK! This episode is a quick chat about letting the fear of failure ...
Exam Prep: Tips & Tricks
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTips and Tricks for EXAM PREP! Whether you're preparing for a classroom exam, the NCLEX, or certificate exam, these are 5 tips I re...
Pep Talk: WE GOT THIS!
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textQuick little pep talk to start off your week!As always, feedback is welcomed and encouraged!Personal Instagram @tiffanygossaiPodcast Ins...
Making Connections
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a quick episode about how to make connections while in nursing school. It can be isolating to go through the program (especially...
Focusing on the Process
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHey! Thanks for listening! This episode is about why we should focus on the PROCESS over the OUTCOME during nursing school. Feel free t...
Tips for Dealing with FEAR & ANXIETY
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome back!First off - THANK YOU so much for continuing to tune in each week. Your support means so much to me! Please let me know wha...
Tips for Success at Clinicals
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textNursing school consists of classroom work AND clinical work! This episode focuses on a few quick tips that will help you be successful d...
Making Mistakes
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textQuick chat this week about MAKING MISTAKES!We all make mistakes, it's going to happen. Especially when you are in a learning enviro...
Responding to Criticism
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThanks for tuning in! This week's episode is brought to you by feedback and criticism I received this week at work. I figured since...
Advocating for Yourself
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHappy Monday!!This week's episode's content was suggested by a follower on Instagram. We chat about advocating for yourself an...
Self-Doubt
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHeyyy!!! It's been a while!I'm so excited to be back at it and brining you NEW content!I recenty hit over 1,000 downloads last...
Burnout
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHAPPY NURSES WEEK!! Hope y'all felt celebrated and appreciated this week! May is Mental Health Awareness Month so I wanted to do a...
Online Learning Success!
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAre you about to start with an online nursing program?Are you thinking about starting an online nursing program?Are you currently in an ...
Critics, Haters & Naysayers
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEpisode 6 is about CRITICS, HATERS & NAYSAYERS. How to deal with them, how to not let them steer you away from your goals, and how t...
Writing Tips
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLet's talk.... WRITING!Writing papers is a HUGE deal in nursing school and it can be a daunting and scary task to tackle. This epis...
Time Management
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEpisode 4 is all about managing your time! I'm sharing some tips and tricks that have worked for me in the past on managing my tim...
Finding your WHY
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome back!Episode 3 is about finding your WHY and using it to help you through the nursing program!I would LOVE to hear about your pe...
Imposter Syndrome
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHey! I'm so glad you're here! This episode is about defining IMPOSTER SYNDROME and ways to help you overcome it! I hope you en...
Welcome!
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHello and welcome to The Nursing Student Diaries Podcast!This is the introduction episode to let you all know what this podcast is gonna...