Written by: Megan Weaver Culbertson, BSN, RN The Breaking Nursing is a deep passion of mine. At 22 years old, I jumped in eager and ready to care for people. I deeply loved my patients, fellow nurses and healthcare workers, and the profession. I waded through the daily trauma we see as caretakers. As many … Continue reading “Out of the Darkness and Into the Light: A Nurse’s Healing Journey”
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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”
Written by: @practicenurse_eva A Little About Me Hi everyone, my name is Eva, or you might know me as @practicenurse_eva on Instagram. Before I jump right into being my most vulnerable self, and share my struggles (but coming out stronger on the other side), I thought it would be best to share a little bit about … Continue reading “The Raw and Real Struggles of Being a Nurse: Please Hang in There, I Promise You, You’ve Got This”
Written by: Cristine Tancredi, BSN-RN, ECRN I feel somewhat unqualified to write a piece like this. But I want to give an honest account of what it’s like to be an RN living with a disability that is poorly understood, even within the medical community. If you’re struggling with something similar, I hope you get … Continue reading “Mental Illness: The Only Way Out is Through”
Written by: Penny Hawkins, RN My patient, Mr. W, was first seen by a social worker and a float nurse while I was on vacation. The report to me was the family wanted to transfer Mr. W to a nursing home for his death as it was bad luck culturally for him to die … Continue reading “Speaking the Unspoken”
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