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10-year nursing veteran specializing in patient safety. Believer in lifelong learning and nurse empowerment.
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3 hours, 47 minutes ago · Commented on Rotating days and nights in the ER
Is this coming from your manager or from above them? That makes a big difference in whether pushing back goes anywhere.
11 hours, 18 minutes ago · Commented on I don't feel anything anymore
I don't think numb in the moment means broken. Sometimes your brain just won't let you fall apart when there are still four other patients who need you. For me …
1 day, 21 hours ago · Commented on He remembered my name
Had a mom stop me in Target last year. I'd been her son's nurse in the PICU like four years earlier and I genuinely could not place her until she …
6 days, 4 hours ago · Commented on The real cost of shift work
Makes you wonder if the extra pay for working nights and holidays is actually a trap, right?
1 week, 1 day ago · Commented on Squeezed by the staffing
Hang in there and keep advocating for your patients. It's management's role to keep patient-nurse ratios safe. They might not listen today, but we need to keep pushing.