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To the girl thinking of becoming a nurse (a note to myself at 17-- reflection) In nursing, there are wonderful days, challenging days, days of frustration and days that make you dig down deep. This is a little piece that I wrote for nurse's day. I realized on social media, all I have been seeing lately are the bad things that nurses have to deal with in general. Read More

Amber Does the Unthinkable Her name is Amber and she’s been a nurse for 3 years. Recently while working as Shift Leader in the ED Holding unit on a crazy day, Amber did the unthinkable. Read More

Dashing a patient's hope or just being honest? Today I had a weird moment and I'm in bed right now and I can't help but think back on it and kind of feel like i didn't handle the situation properly. I have a quadriplegic patient and he is fairly young and due to his tumor on his spinal cord he is in this situation. Read More

Hands off my vent!! Lately we've been having some major problems on my unit with family members touching monitors, silencing alarms, turning off pumps, and even attempting to change vent settings!! Read More

Early Morning Nurses (and Nursing Students) I'm trying to get as many people in nursing as possible to comment on this issue. How do you get up in the morning for your shift or clinical, especially if you are not a morning person? Read More

Holding "Ordered Meds"..... What are the rules? Often, in my short career, I've encountered times when prescribed medications are ordered, but questionable. We've all been there, beta-blockers ordered with vital signs barely above the "OK to give" parameters. Read More