Written by: Tina Toala, RN, MSN You never really know what you’re walking into with a crisis travel nurse assignment. No one knows what the job entails until you show up. This specific assignment was unique in that it was following a major natural disaster. Hurricane Ida had not completed her damage by the … Continue reading “Crisis Assignment: Hurricane Ida”
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Written by: Dalton Sanders, MBA, BSN-RN, CCRN, CES-A What is ECMO? ECMO stands for Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Inserted into the patient are two very large central catheters. One is for blood drainage and one for blood return. The central catheters as also known as cannulas. The placement of these catheters depicts the mode of ECMO … Continue reading “Inside an ECMO Specialist’s Life-Style”
By Sibyl Vinas Meza @sibsrn I’ve been asked a million and one questions about travel nursing, but this is the first time asked to tell the story of how it all started. I was in my fifth year of my nursing, with two years of Med Surg experience and three of Labor & Delivery. I … Continue reading “How I Became a Travel Nurse”
Written by: Hanna Wisner, RN-BSN, LT, NC, USN I always knew I wanted to be a nurse. My initial plan was to go to nursing school right out of high school. Unfortunately, I had to choose between playing a sport, which provided a scholarship, and being a nursing major. I ended up choosing to continue … Continue reading “From Civilian to Service: My Journey as a Navy Nurse”
Written by: Emily Jamieson, RN, BSN, CHPN What does it feel like to come face-to-face with your own mortality? To stare death right in the eye and know that there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop it? As an oncology nurse, I have, unfortunately, cared for many patients in this very situation. Cancer, … Continue reading “My Relationship with Death”
Written by: Claire Lang, BSN-RN Finishing up with nursing school and passing the NCLEX is a huge accomplishment!! The cherry on top is landing your first nursing job. Try to enjoy this time, because you’ve worked so hard the past couple years to reach this point. Life as a new grad can be intimidating, but … Continue reading “New Grad Nursing Tips”
Written by: Jordan Myers, BSN-RN, NNP Starting out as a new grad on an oncology unit is tough place to begin a nursing career. I experienced burn-out quickly because of the emotional strain oncology had on me. When I realized I didn’t want to continue in oncology, and didn’t know what else to do, a … Continue reading “A Nurse’s Journey to Becoming a Nurse Practitioner”
Written by: Beth Panizales Seventeen years ago, a routine ultrasound revealed that my son, Sam, would be born with a wide, unilateral cleft lip and palate. Over the course of the years we have had our share of procedures and hospital stays. Sam recently had oral surgery. He’s had several but this was the only … Continue reading “The Nurse Who Paused for Compassion”
Written by: Frank Stankowicz Edited by: Claire Lang My name is Frank Stankowicz, RN, aka StankNasty. I am a registered nurse and a professional hip-hop recording artist and performer. Since I was 10 years old, I’ve been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. For as long as I can remember, hip-hop … Continue reading “Nurse by Day, Rap Artist by Night”
WRITTEN BY: JEN PANOSKY I received the news in a supply closet at work. “Your biopsy came back as carcinoma.” I was completely in shock. How could I have cancer?! I am 29 years old with no family history, I eat right and I exercise. Yet I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer; an … Continue reading “From Nurse to Patient “
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