Nursing is My Cardio

It has certainly been a minute since my last post, but so much has happened in a short amount of time. I’ve moved over 800 miles away to...

In December 2021, I accepted a new position as an RN at an outpatient acute care facility. I’ve gone back to visit my original inpatient...

I’ll be the first one to admit that I do not know everything. In fact, sometimes I feel like I know nothing, since I’m relatively new to...

I was inspired to be a nurse because I wanted to help. I wanted to do whatever I could to make a positive change in the life of my...

Death is a funny thing; especially from the perspective of a medical professional. The incredibly high patient census and severity of...

I have heard this excuse time and time again by instructors and preceptors over the years, “We had to go through hell, so it’s a rite of...

Without a doubt, the nursing profession is predominantly female. The profession is this way for a few reasons, but one of the greatest...

The inpatient world feels like a revolving door. The term “frequent flyer” is frowned upon in nursing school, but it’s the best...

COVID Fatigue I can only speak for nurses and incorporate what I have experienced, but we do not want to hear that you are tired of...

Ever since I was a patient care technician prior to starting nursing school, I knew night shift was a different beast than day shift....

When you hear the term residency, what comes to mind? I’d bet you immediately thought of the residents you saw on ER or Grey’s Anatomy or...

I guess we can call this “phase three” of my “master plan”: degree number four, BSN. I did whatever I could to complete my prerequisite...

The first step in my nursing career was as a Patient Care Associate, or Nursing Assistant. Patient Care Associates (PCAs) perform tasks...

Before we dive into talking about my life and what I am experiencing, I need to provide some background to how I got to this point in my...