Nurse Insights

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”

Written by: Maria Owen   I wasn’t sure how to start this or what part of my journey to share. So, we are going to start with how I broke and hit rock bottom. Then, how I saved my life by choosing myself. How it Started I’m in awe of how much I’ve grown over … Continue reading “How I Broke and Rebuilt”

How it Started Hey everyone! I’m writing this to discuss the struggles I faced at my last job.  After some soul searching to figure out what career was a good fit, my background in nursing started as a second degree BSN major over 6 years ago. I went straight into the Neonatal ICU after nursing … Continue reading “How to Know You’re Ready for Something New”

 Written by: Tiffany Rainford BSN, RN Have you ever had an important event such as a graduation, vacation, wedding, appointment, or event? So you placed your PTO request, just to get it denied! Why? The unit is short staffed, you don’t have enough time saved, someone else has seniority, too many people requested the same … Continue reading “Prepare the Others: The Importance of taking PTO”