The work is hard. The rush is real.
At some point in our nursing careers, we all wonder what the heck we were thinking! No one tells you that at some point you may wonder what you’re doing in this place called nursing. I was older than all my nursing school friends by ten years. I was twenty-eight instead of eighteen. And, even […]
If you’re like most people, there’s a little voice inside your head that isn’t always on your side. It’s never too late to change. The easiest way to pull your inner critic out of the darkness and into the light is to replace self-defeating lines like “I can’t believe I’m so stupid” “Why am I […]
When I graduated from nursing school, I was 28 years old. It took discipline and determination to get through the program. But when I realized how much I had changed after becoming a nurse, I became obsessed with personal development. I wanted more. Here is where my nursing journey led me and why you should […]
What Nurses Know About the Human Body We’ve been to nursing school. We’ve passed chemistry and biology. We made it through anatomy and physiology. We know the nursing process inside out. Here’s what else we know . . . 1. Why our fingers and toes wrinkle in water. When soaking in a bath or going […]
We know the truth. Nurses are awesome and nursing is an amazing profession. We impact the lives of people inside and outside our clinics and hospitals every day. But we can do more. In 2003, the Institute of Medicine issued a report that found that “racial and ethnic minorities receive lower-quality health care than white […]