I overheard a conversation in the cafeteria between a manager and a long-time nurse of hers. She was asking that nurse about her thoughts on what would make her nurses want to stick around. I was sitting there thinking ,“Well this will be interesting….” I could have turned around and burst out with a ton […]

Nurse Life

March 7, 2016

Mass Exodus Issues: How To Keep Your Nurses and Staff Around!

Nursing is one of the craziest jobs out there, in the sense that you deal with a ton of really BIG situations in life on a daily basis! You’re there when lives are born. You’re there when lives are transformed. You’re there when lives are taken unexpectedly. And you’re there when a family witnesses every […]

Nurse Life

March 2, 2016

The Hard Reality of Nursing: When your Patient is Dying

(Addition 12/24/18- With it being the Christmas and Holiday season, I wanted to bring this blog back to the frontlines because it is probably the most meaningful blog that I’ve ever written! As a Nurse, I know that there are so many areas and aspects of this profession that people (patients) truly just don’t understand. […]

Cardiac Nursing, Nurse Life

February 19, 2016

To All of The Nurses Who Take Call

In honor of Valentine’s Day, it’s only appropriate that I share love: some of the things that I absolutely LOVE about being a nurse! So hold on to your seats and buckle up, there is a lot of LOVE in this post! 1. I love the schedule of being a nurse! I work 3 days […]

Nurse Life

February 14, 2016

10 Reasons why I LOVE being a Nurse!

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