You know those nurses and those techs. The ones who are clearly “in it for the money.” When someone asks me one of my pet peeves–the first one that comes to mind is when people hate their jobs. I mean come on, life is just to short to live that way. If you hate your … More Why I’m Not in it for the Money, and You Shouldn’t be Either
As I was putting together my locket to wear as my nursing badge at my new job I was reflecting on some of the ways God’s fingerprints have been in every part of my journey to travel nursing. I picked up the baby blue scrub top and medical charm and was reminded of my journey … More Everyone has a story, what’s yours?
About a week ago my co-workers and I had our hands full with a hallway full of taking patients and some nursey shenanigans, when I quickly realized we had a great team of nurses and techs working down on our hall. It seemed like as every call light was going off, everyone was jumping up … More Love in the Workplace
As I received the phone call from the travel company I could hear something off in her voice. “The position you accepted was filled.” My heart sunk. She apologizes, saying HR made a mistake and a current traveling nurse decided to stay at the hospital full time. I can hardly process the words. I think … More A Change in Direction
So this post is a little short because I’m vacationing/roadtripping with my cousin before she heads off to college and I make the switch to LA life. I read a post that people in other 1st world countries have mandated vacation, in France it’s four weeks! Here in the U.S. we can often times cash … More Roadtrippin’
L.A. Baby. Or should I say, Burbank bound? Burbank, CA is 12 miles outside of L.A. But those of you who have been to SoCal know its pretty much a metropolis that goes on for hours and hours with no real definitions of city limits apart from climate and culture. I am both excited and … More L.A. Baby
I’m not sure how you will cope with death, but I know you will need to cope in nursing. Some of my co-workers when I worked at a nursing home would attend the funerals or prayer services. Which I never did, because I felt I crossed boundaries and funerals in general are just a little … More Coping with Death
I have always been an avid reader, but for the first time in my life I was invited to join a book club on the floor where I work. #adulting. We would be reading the book Being Mortal by Atul Gawande for the summer and meet for a few hours at the end of the … More Being Mortal: A Book Review
Your whole life you have been working towards something, and now you have arrived. Like your climbing up stairs and are finally at the top, and you can’t go any higher. Take a minute to think about what that means up to your life so far. In elementary school you were working towards being in … More Work-life balance
