Nurse Insights

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”

This Nurses Week, L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth is supporting Operation Happy Nurse to highlight nurses doing incredible things in their field. We’re thrilled to kick off Nurses Week by introducing you to our 5 incredible honorees: Brianda Meza, Carrie Fanning, Lilly Stamper, Kristen Perez and Ashley Reil! Brianda Meza:  What are you passionate about … Continue reading “Nurses Week Honorees”

Written by: Brandy Pinkerton   Do you remember what sparked your passion for nursing? To some extent we probably all have similar responses. We have a desire to help people, maybe a fascination with the human body or a love for learning new skills. Some of you may have been inspired by your own personal … Continue reading “How Travel Nursing Has Changed My Life”

Written by: Jerome Stone In 2018, while warming up for a bicycle race, I had a horrific crash.  I sustained a TBI and neck injury. Almost worse than having this accident was that it wasn’t the first time that I had such an injury. In 2008, I was involved in my first bike accident, where … Continue reading “Pain: My Uninvited Guest, My Meditation Teacher”

Written by: Emma, BSN-RN  Where My Journey Began I started my nursing school journey in May of 2019. I graduated nursing school from Chamberlain University’s accelerated program in December of 2021. This fast-paced schedule fit my personality perfectly, because I am someone that has to be busy all the time! During nursing school, I started … Continue reading “New Motherhood and Nursing”

The New Grad Experience of a Neurodivergent Nurse Written by: Mackenzie Judd, RN     The ADHD Iceberg My leg bounced as I quickly explained a memory while I watched the clock. We had 10 minutes left in our session. I had 10 hours-worth of memories I wanted to bring up all at once. She … Continue reading “Was it ADHD Burnout or Healthcare Worker Burnout?”

Written by: Casey Green, BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, CTRN, CFRN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, NRP   WHY CERTIFICATIONS?   When I finished nursing school, I knew I wanted to work as a critical care nurse. I wanted the rush, the adrenaline-high. I wanted to be the chaos queen, a trauma llama, all of it. My first job … Continue reading “Nursing Certification: How it Helped Me Stay in Nursing and Become an Alphabet Soup Queen”