Category: Nursing
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My Must-Haves For A Smooth Shift
Good morning my beautiful readers! I hope March has been treating you all well. For those of you who are new here, let me re-introduce myself: my name is Nicki and I’m a pediatric registered nurse. I currently work in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, so I take care of little kids with all kinds…
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How I Landed My Dream Job During A Global Pandemic
The title of this seems way more ~dramatic than it actually was, but I can’t help but feel so grateful and blessed that even during these trying times, I was able to start a new job in a specialty I’ve always dreamed of. So many people have lost their jobs because of this horrible pandemic,…
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Why I Became A Nurse
Happy Thursday, and happy October! As promised, I’m here to share the story of why I became a nurse. I don’t think I’ve ever shared it here or on any other platform, and I think it’s a fairly nice story to share. I want to preface this by saying that I didn’t grow up my…
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The Year of The Nurse, They Said
In case you missed it, The World Health Assembly designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse to honor Florence Nightingale’s (the founder of modern nursing) 200th birth anniversary. And boy, did we get just that (and more). This past March marked my one year anniversary of being an RN. In my 14 months of being a…
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The Two Most Important Things Nursing Has Taught Me Thus Far
And no, it’s not that you’ll get alarm fatigue quicker than you expect (although this is very true). It’s also not that you’ll get called into your supervisor’s office for giving a Xanax 17 minutes after pulling it out- instead of within 15 minutes (really???). While I’ve only been a nurse for 11 months (it’s almost my anniversary!),…
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