Nurse Insights

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”

  Written by: Ashleigh Kaminski, MSN, RN, CCRN   As nurses, we are no strangers to the fact that 24-hour patient care requires someone to work overnight. The idea of night shift is introduced to nursing students in a not-so-glamorous manner. If anything, nursing students graduate and begin their careers as terrified new grads who … Continue reading “Nocturnal: Breaking the Stigma Surrounding Night-Shift Nursing”

Written by: Faryn-Ashley Easterling, RN   Being a nurse is hard. I used to work at an adult day care and assisted living facility. Some of us may see patients at their worst times, and the job doesn’t always feel rewarding. There are days when you feel drained by your work and feel like there’s … Continue reading “The Importance of Self-Care”

Hey Operation Happy Nurse Fam. It’s Shannon McPeek, NICU nurse and founder of this wonderful nonprofit community. As it is Mental Health Awareness Month, I wanted to highlight 5 incredible accounts that support, educate, and help #endthestigma. See below and let us know in the comment section which accounts you’d like to see highlighted.    … Continue reading “5 Mental Health Advocate Accounts to Follow”