Nurse Insights

Written by: Mary Ghazarian, MN, NP-PHC   If your stethoscope could talk, would it say something like, “Warning: Nurse approaching burnout levels-proceed with caution!” Are you ready to transform your nursing career into a source of empowerment and personal fulfillment? I’m about to unveil my secret sauce to nursing success. It’s called Nursing WISELY—a framework … Continue reading “Thriving in Your Career with Nursing WISELY”

Written by: Bri, RN “Niche” is a word that everyone throws around, but what does it really mean? The dictionary says “a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment.” Personally, I think it’s more than that. I don’t like the thought of being “comfortable” in life or my job. Sure, comfort is a good … Continue reading “Finding Your Niche; Inside and Outside of Nursing”

Written by Emma Doherty, RN Sometimes there’s a full circle moment in nursing. For me, it was after a year and a few months after finishing new-grad residency, and I was asked to begin taking courses to become a preceptor. My initial reaction was, “Am I qualified to do this?”. In short, the answer for … Continue reading “Becoming a Preceptor”

Written by: Madison Kear BSN, RN   I DIDN’T KNOW OUTPATIENT WAS AN OPTION   As a nursing student, the idea of working in outpatient seemed far in the future. Then the idea of working outpatient as a new grad seemed like a fairytale.  My professors always stressed that new nurses should start their career in … Continue reading “Falling Back in Love With the Nursing Profession, Thanks to Outpatient”

Written by: Carrie Alani, MA, RN How many times have you picked up a book, magazine or journal, read a few sentences and thought, “Oh, my God, I could do that…”? You probably can. Don’t hold back the urge. My 82-year-old mom confirmed this for me recently. She was sitting shotgun as I flew up … Continue reading “I’m Dying to Tell You a Story”

Written by: Kaleigh Murphy BSN, RN   Like other travel nurses, I enter a new hospital every three months. As  I navigate through the halls of each unit, I attempt to gain my bearings on the whereabouts. Searching for the bathroom, the crash cart, and the break room. I ask all the appropriate questions pertaining … Continue reading “The Traveling Psych Nurse”

Working night shift isn’t for the faint of heart. Aside from completely altering your sleep wake cycle and managing an unnatural circadian rhythm, night shift presents a unique opportunity to “hack your night shift”. There are some ways we can better manage our days (or nights in this instance) without the negative “side effects” of … Continue reading “Hack Your Nightshift”

Written by: Amanda Princz, BSN, RN How The Pandemic Started It All   When the pandemic hit in 2020, I was working in a fast-paced emergency department. It was a crazy time to be a nurse. Patients were incredibly sick and dying, but the community showed up in a way that I’d never seen before. … Continue reading “The New Nurse Navigator”

Written By: Dr. Candy Campbell, DNP, RN, CNL, CVP, LNC, FNAP What can we do to change the culture of nursing and health care? Honest questions deserve thoughtful answers. Consider this: In 19991, when the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now known as National Academies of Medicine  (NAM) published their paper on To Err Is Human, … Continue reading “All the World’s a Stage: Improv to Improve Healthcare”

Written by: Kylee Nelson, RN   I’ve been a NICU nurse for 8+ years, and I’ve loved every second of it.  But only two years into my journey as a nurse, I suddenly felt like I was missing out.  Like there was something “more”. I was just on the cusp of figuring it out what it was. … Continue reading “How Volunteering Helped Me Combat Nurse Burnout”