You worked hard and finally you get to call yourself a Registered Nurse! Congratulations, welcome to the club + to your new life adventure! So, what are your going to do next? Celebrate, obviously and then you need to get to the business of crafting your new practice. No doubt, you have lots of questions on the ins and outs of daily life with your RN badge in place. No worries, this book lets you join a 2nd career ICU nurse while she transitions from school to practice. It is a pretty big leap from school to the real-world of nursing + this book will help! Part step-by-step action plan, part lessons learned document, it is full of honesty, humor, and love. It feels more like a long chat with a best friend offering tips + techniques to navigate the unexpected, often hard bits of nursing than it does instruction manual for your new life as a nurse. It is a heart-to-heart, honest-to-the-core guide for your new work as a nurse. If you want to be empowered, this is the book for you!