It Could Have Been You (In Response to Nurse Alex Wubbels)
It could have been you. It could have been your shift. It could have been your department. It could have been your license on the line. And if it were…
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thenursesonja
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Critical Care: Life, Death, and Lingering
I can’t really help how much I think about death. I try to focus on the good in every day – even on the worst of days – and remind…
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The Nursing Addict
There comes a moment in your nursing career when you start to question everything. You start to wonder if it’s even worth the physical labor, emotional strain, and constant heartache…
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From Brainchild to Best Seller: Secrets of the Publishing Process
Writing a book was the easy part. No, seriously. I understand that I might have existed in some nurse zombie state during the creative process – most of which, to…
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Hey, You…Nurse
Hey you…nurse…the one with the tuft of hair fallen into her eyes while trying to secure a new line. Hey you…the one with the dirty Danskos on, clap-clap-clapping throughout the…
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Bedside Nursing: Why I Stay
Once upon a time, I wondered if I stayed the same way battered lovers stay in their own war-torn ways. I questioned why I put up with the nonsense. I…
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Now, What?
So…I’ve done it. I set a goal, and I achieved it. I wanted to write a book before my thirtieth birthday – for some reason, that deadline felt extremely important…
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Life Doesn’t Give a Shit
Life doesn’t give a shit. Time doesn’t care about your well-constructed plan: it’s going to pass anyway. Circumstances don’t take notice of personal agendas, and the universe won’t always care…
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Just Breathe
Just breathe. Take a deep breath and remember that you’re allowed to not have it all together, all the time. Remember that something that you’re complaining about could be someone…
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Drowned: Nurses Under Water
To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to you in light of a series of events that have led me to the understanding that inaction is, indeed, a conscious…
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A Numbers Game
Nursing, it seems, is a numbers game. We take our patient’s blood pressure and convert a handful of numerals into a clinical condition. We decipher a body temperature to establish…
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The Business of Being a Bitch
It goes without saying that being a female has its challenges. Sure men struggle at times, but the ladies win all sorts of, “What the hell did I sign up…
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