In one of my earlier blogs (click here), I wrote about how certain virtues are critical for me as I perform my daily duties as a float pool nurse. I want to delve a little more into what my job looks like daily, weekly, monthly and talk about some of the pros and cons of…
It’s Never Too Late To Start Renee Hibma’s unique journey in nursing began in the early 1990s at the University of Tennessee. She started nursing school at the age of 37 with the end goal of continuing into Nurse Practitioner (NP) training. Her career started as a Med-Surgical Nurse. “I was just like everyone else….
The past few nights at my apartment have been quiet. Julia, my roommate aka best friend, is also a nurse. She works on an inpatient, medical-surgical floor at a large local hospital. She is scheduled to work the night shift this week, which is why my past few evenings have been quieter. Julia and I…
(Writer’s note: I conducted this interview last winter. To listen to the podcast with my guest, please click here for Episode 2: Transitioning into a non-clinical nursing career.) As I walked into the library big puffy snowflakes coated my jacket. I was thankful that my guest could make the podcast despite the wintry conditions. My…
I began working in a new specialty recently: rheumatology and infusion. Of all the other specialty areas that I have been in, this is truly the most unfamiliar. I feel like a sponge trying to soak up information at every turn but ultimately being too full of moisture to possibly absorb more by 3:00 pm…
I woke up at 5:30 am to start a long, planned-out birthday adventure. My boyfriend and I left the house and drove fifteen minutes to South Mesa trailhead. Just before 7:00 am, we donned our gloves, slung our packs stuffed with chocolate-covered coffee beans and water onto our backs, and hit the trail. The route…
The finitude of the human body can make working in healthcare seem defeating. Bones demineralize; muscles weaken; neuron firing speed slows to a snail’s pace. When I focus on the inevitability of bodily decomposition, I begin to question the meaning of my daily work. Why do I spend my days assisting people in the pursuit…
My frustrations with working in an outpatient setting revolve around two core issues: continuity of care and insurance. I don’t want you to walk away from this post without hope or think that outpatient healthcare is a catastrophic disaster. However, I do think it’s helpful to consider the problems that I see on a daily…
I just passed the six-month mark at work: half a year at my first full-time nursing job! It seems to have flown by, and yet the learning curve I have experienced seems exponential. For my first few months, I felt exhausted every night from being a sponge all day long: constantly soaking up information. It…
Rachael Harding is a recent nursing school graduate, who exudes energy and positivity. You can hear it in her voice in our full conversation on myRNpodcast. Subscribe and listen on your favorite streaming service. During my interview with Rachael, we talked about how she balanced full-time work and nursing school for the past four years….