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...1 min
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I Used to Read the Dictionary
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It Could Have Been You (In Response to...
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Safe Spaces and Mermaid Blankets
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A Letter to the Baby Nurses
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When You Don’t See Me: A Letter to...
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The Hustle
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Unapologetically a Nurse
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The Business of Being a Bitch
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Just Breathe
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A Sea of Me Time
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Modern Day Nurse
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Drowned: Nurses Under Water
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Critical Care: Life, Death, and Lingering
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Out of Body
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Paginated Post: 9 Best Places to Go Camping...
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Deep in the gallows: A nurse’s take on... -
The Beauty of Resilience
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Life Doesn’t Give a Shit
The Nurses Nexus
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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,...3 min
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A Sea of Me Time
What I aspire to do and what I hope to say becomes far more lucid when staring at a wide cobalt ocean on the...3 min
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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...6 min
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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...2 min
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The Holiday Warriors
This Thursday morning, I’ll wake up at 5:30 a.m. to the sound of my alarm and take a bleary-eyed trip into the bathroom. I’ll brush...3 min
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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...10 min
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A Letter to the Baby Nurses
Right now, there is a baby nurse who is searching online and deep inside for an answer. There is a brand new member of the...4 min
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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...2 min
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The Beauty of Resilience
I recently read the psychological definition of the term “resilience.” Somehow it struck me — not only as a nurse, but as a wife, daughter,...2 min
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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...3 min
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The Hustle
Some call it perseverance. Others call it tenacity. However you slice it, a wise man once claimed that you couldn’t knock it: the hustle, it...3 min
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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...2 min
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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...5 min
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I Used to Read the Dictionary
All I’ve ever wanted in this life is to live, laugh, love like those horrible fucking bathroom decorations say. I honestly believed for the better...8 min
