Author Archive, Labor Nurse

With graduation season at hand, I've been finding myself thinking about being a new graduate nurse. I graduated from nursing school ten years ago but still remember those feelings of excitement, accomplishment, and fear. Several weeks after graduation, I attended a week long NCLEX review course. I can't tell you for the life of me what topics were actually covered, but I heard the take home message loud and clear: Answer the questions as a nurse. ... More »

Perhaps this is a bit anti-climactic but I had hinted to Kim that I would like to know the history behind Nurse's Day and/or Nurse's Week in a post on my blog. But I just couldn't wait to find out. So here are some interesting little tid-bits I came across: Nurse's Day was originally going to be in October. However, in 1953 President Eisenhower did not follow through with this proposal. But in the following ... More »

In the spirit of Nurse's Week, I thought I would kick off this column with 5 ways to treat yourself. I know you deserve it, you know you deserve it, so cut loose and pretend it's your birthday! Or, at least, a gift giving holiday for those who don't want another birthday. The best nursing gift I have ever given myself was the gift of happy feet. Our feet need to be happy when we stand on them ... More »