I had the honor of authoring an article for Nursing CE Central’s blog: “Nursing Resumes: What You Can Do to Land Your Dream Job” published April 23, 2021....
I had the honor of authoring an article for Nursing CE Central’s blog: “Where Nurses Make 6 Figures: 2021 Nursing Salary by State” published April 06, 2021. In it I share what the National median salary is for LPN/LVN, RN, NP, CNS, Nurse Midwife, and Nurse Anesthesiologist. I also include a ch...
I had the wonderful opportunity to co-author an article in the April 2021 issue of the American Nurse Today journal! Managing new nurse fear and anxiety: Simple strategies can help with transitions to practice What the article is about There is a noticeable trend of increased levels of anxiety and f...
The second a nursing student receives their license, they are awarded the heavy responsibility of a nurse. It is a challenging accomplishment, but one that does not prepare them for the full weight of that responsibility. They have a basic knowledge of a complicated world with life and death circu...
Right now, a year into the pandemic, the suppressed tension from the continual trauma of COVID is now showing visible cracks to nurses’ souls; the emotional, physical, and psychological well-being of nurses. The letters of support from the community have faded behind the display case. Free sna...
Nursing is not an easy job. Nurses high-quality care to complex patients. If that does not make our job hard enough, we get yelled at, punched, kicked, and spit on by the confused and the just plain rude. We also take fire from family members that are aggressive, overbearing, and manipulative. Navig...
Throughout life we are constantly growing and adapting to life’s challenges. We set goals and strive for them. Sometimes we reach them and sometimes we fall short. Juggling personal life and work can be a difficult task and nurses, no matter how skilled they are at juggling, are not immune to stru...
Throughout nursing school we learn how they can die from various illnesses, but I only had one lecture on hospice that talked about death and grief. We deal so much in death so it is strange nursing school doesn’t spend more time on how to understand our role with dying patients and how to cope [&...
Being a medical professional means that you are more than likely to experience at least one traumatic experience during your career. As a nurse, your chances of developing PTSD from a traumatic event on the job are higher than other medical professions. With the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses are experie...