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I started my own blog for several reasons, one of which was to tell my stories. I love to hear about other nurses experiences and have been known to spend countless hours on the phone with my best friend swapping our trials and tribulations of our most recent shifts. Blogs have become a great venue for nurses to tell their stories. I've put together some of these stories from blogs and other websites. Some are humorous, ... More »

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 »

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 »