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For five years I have been a night shift nurse in the ICU. I never thought I would make the transition to day shift nursing but this past m...

Night shift nursing can be brutal sometimes. I have not had a normal night sleep in months. Right now, it is 5:00 am, I slept yesterday fro...

Right now I am supposed to be reading “Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber” and every time I switch my browser to my school's p...

For a while now I have been thinking about why I have such a difficult time blogging about nursing these days. I think it is a collection o...

It has been nice to see everyone acknowledging the true meaning behind memorial day. There were only a handful of the blogs I follow who di...

Warning: I'm about to get brutally honest here so hang in there with me... this won't be one of those mushy "nursing is so g...

 To all of the veteran's out there who have fought and sacrificed for our country. The service you have given us all never ceases to ama...

--- 1 --- Studying is not fun. I have been trying to cram for my CCRN exam (to become certified as a critical care nurse) and to put it pl...

1. It has been a long week and it isn't over yet. My sleep schedule has been way off and it has really made this week exhausting. I hav...

It is now day three of my week. I haven't slept much and the last 48 hours have taken a lot out of me. I wake up to a text message from ...

It is day two of my week and I come in to work early to check on my patient. He is back from surgery and is on CVVH... a form of dialysis. ...

It started out as a normal weekend shift. Two stable patients, one of which I'd had before.  Both vascular surgery patients, one that wa...

 It is not a secret that my job has been difficult lately. So much so, that I have not felt a desire to talk about it on here much... ...

I despise the month of July. Truly there is nothing good about it. It is hot and the rainy season is long gone and still far, far away. Ther...

First things first... can someone please explain to me how it is already the end of May? Seriously, where has the time gone? I feel like my ...

1. First things first. TGIF! I think that statement is sufficient in and of itself.  :) 2. This weekend I am running a race in Big Sur! ...

I finally finished editing Lebanon photos! Yay! There will be a Lebanon post (or two... or three) coming up in the next week or so. Stay tu...

For those who know me, I think most would describe me as being a pretty feisty character. I make up for my vertically challenged 5'1...

My hospital on the fourth of July; every holiday they bring out these flags and it never ceases to take my breath away. When I was a studen...

Monday: Stayed in bed all day because I was so sore from the half marathon that I could barely walk. Fell asleep at 7:30pm because I was so...