4 Reasons to mentor and pay it forward
There are some people that I would thank in my nursing journey. The professors that sat with me to go over exams one-to-one and help me to [...]
Support Systems during nursing school
There are essentials that a student will need in nursing school, whether a specific book, a stethoscope, a phone app or another type of tool [...]
The Ideal Night
The ideal night…boring but appreciated. Somewhere between nursing school and working as a nurse, I developed what a typical night woul [...]
4 Issues with working at night
I grew up in a household with a single-mother working third shift. My grandfather worked third shift, my sister worked third shift, and now [...]
Clinicals ...
5 Items to bring to clinical
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Communication 101: Getting the message across
Communication is a considerable portion of each shift, nurse to nurse, nurse to physician, and of course, nurse to patient. In an earlier [...]
My first year in review
My unit has a staff meeting every quarter. Usually, we are given an option of three dates the time is the same 7:30am to 8:30 am. ItR [...]
3 Reasons why I wish I could have started Nursing Earlier
Nursing was not the first career field I went into nor was it my first major in college. It was in my mid-twenties the decision to go back [...]