Nurse Insights

Written Anonymously   I walked into the NICU after a lunch break to the sound of a pump beeping. A red alarm ringing at my patient’s bedside, and the ever-dreaded voice of my preceptor screeching a countdown. “Look at your baby’s blood pressure! Look at your MAPS! 29, 28, 27, 26…”. I rushed to grab … Continue reading “New Grad Sad”

Written by Vania Zuniga Imagine doing nursing shift work… but from home, cuddling your pet! I didn’t think it was possible until I discovered virtual health care. Here’s a little about my nursing journey, and where I am now. My name is Vania Zuniga and I became an RN in 2012. I attended UCLA for … Continue reading “The Places You’ll Go”

Hello my lovely OHN Family. My name is Shannon McPeek. I am the founder of Operation Happy Nurse and today I wanted to take a moment to tell my story.  I started nursing in the summer of 2016. I went in feeling thrilled because I had found my “dream job”. How lucky was I that … Continue reading “How to Be a Part of Positive Change”

Written by Anastasia Prech and Sara Prech Compassion Fatigue- Why it’s highly likely you’re dealing with it as a nurse in 2022 and what to do about it.   It’s a tough time to be a nurse, am I right? As nurses in 2022, it’s safe to say we have collectively been through more than … Continue reading “Compassion Fatigue”

Written by Danielle Chaput RN, BScN, CNCC(C)  & EFT Practitioner cEFT2, AEFTP As an ICU RN working in the realm of a stereotypical western medicine environment, I am often asked how I found EFT (aka. Tapping). If you are like I was a couple years back, tapping may not even be on your radar; or … Continue reading “When East meets West: Battling Anxiety with EFT as an ICU Nurse”

Written by Kaitlyn Coleman BSN, RN I like to say that I “fell” into being a psychiatric nurse, but I think that very few people buy into that. It is a very simplified version of the truth. When patients ask me how I ended up in the mental health field, I like to tell them … Continue reading “In Defense of Psychiatric Nursing: An Insider’s Perspective”

Written by Hadley Vlahos, RN   If your nursing school was anything like mine, hospice was very briefly touched on. Although we spent months in labor and delivery, we only got one day in home-based care. Additionally, we were randomly assigned to either home health or hospice. Not only are these two specialties widely different, … Continue reading “A Typical Week for a Hospice Case Manager”

Written by: Shannon McPeek, Founder of Operation Happy Nurse   Operation Happy Nurse is thrilled to be hosting our first annual fundraising gala with the amazing Lemons Foundation. The Lemons Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is focused on continuously building a community whose goal is to support and encourage those struggling with their … Continue reading “Mental Health Movement”

Written by: Katie M. Kline, BSN RN CCRN PNP-AC Student  Nurse-life balance is often described as the harmony one holds between their professional life as a nurse and their personal life. It’s easy to imagine these two realms as their own sides of the same scale that one can magically balance. However, more often than … Continue reading “Here to PICU Up: Nurse-Life Balance in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit “

Written by: Shannon McPeek, BSN, RN We asked one of our interns what her top three questions are before she enters into the profession. Below are our answers. Do you have questions? Would you respond differently? Comment below!   1.How did Covid change nursing for you? When I first started my career I experienced crippling … Continue reading “Top 3 Questions from Nursing Students”