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Superbugs On The Rise; How Can Nurses Help to Exterminate Them? With the increase use in antibiotics in patients who don’t need them and people not taking them properly has led to the evolution of superbugs that are almost impossible to treat. Read More

Be a Real Nurse: Compassion is the Key The three siblings stood woodenly to the side in the ICU room, trying to stay out of the way while they waited for the doctor to make her early morning rounds, and fighting the tears that kept creeping into their eyes making it so that they couldn’t see clearly, and somehow even affecting their ability to hear and understand. Read More

Word Love; My Writing Journey I have always loved words. Before I was able to read, I copied the words out of the books we had. The letters forming words strung in a sentence captivated my imagination. Read More

“Breast Is Best”: A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms In my last article “Becoming Dad: A Humbling Birth Experience of a New Father and Nurse,” I discussed my journey to becoming a first-time parent and included some of the challenges that being a nurse and a parent present when it comes to the health of your children. Read More

When patients keep calling 911 Acute care hospital. Patient doesn't get what she wants from the kitchen: calls 911. Doesn't get a snack because we have to save them for diabetic urgencies: calls 911. Pain med is late or the doctor DCs it: calls 911. Read More

Night shift schedule? I was just wondering on how do you guys schedule your shift. In the normal person in the morning (lol), you eat breakfast somewhere from 5am-8am, lunch between 11am-1pm, and dinner between 5pm-8pm. Read More