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How I Schedule my Nursing Rotating Shifts

I’ve been dying to make this post because it’s taking me months to figure out what works best for my rotating schedule- days/nights. Right when I accepted my position, I immediately went online to find more about how nurses sleep + juggle life. I couldn’t find anything specific, so I thought I’d write some things …

What To Bring To Your First Nursing Clinical

So your first night of clinicals is here! Yay! You’re probably feeling a mix of emotions – anxious, excited, maybe even a little scared. Maybe this is your first time being a part of a healthcare team. It’s OK to be all those things; in fact, it’s totally normal.

Head To Toe Assessment – Free Printable

Hello new nursing students! This one’s for you! I got you! One of the things that completely freaked me out was doing my first head to toe assessment on a real patient. Now, most of my classmates already work in the health field as LPNs or NAs so this was no biggie for them; but …

my first year of nursing school | tips, feelings, and other thoughts

Nursing school is a lot different than anything I have ever done. Having a BS in psychology, I have a solid college education. But nursing school is challenging because it integrates critical thinking + real world problems and situations. It is more than just exams, though those can make or break you. Critical thinking may …

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Baby nurse Jes! 👏🏼👩🏼‍⚕️ I go in and out of phases right now where I am stressed out, because let’s face it, COVID is exhausting! BUT when I reflect and come across an old photo like this, I am amazed at how far I’ve come!! When I was younger, I was never able to let myself feel the feelings. I could never sit with my them. I’d constantly search for distractions like my life depended on it. I fumbled through life without ever allowing my self to grieve, grow, acknowledge, or even change. I feel so blessed that these are my roots & so happy I got to share it with my little man where he will actually remember it! ✈️👏🏼 gosh Chicago. You are amazing! The energy, love, diversity, food, and how everyone, no matter what background you come from, the color of your skin, or who you love, you are so welcomed here ♥️ if you saw my story, we may or may not be looking to move 😬😊 and as much as I’d love to move back home, a new adventure is calling. Can you guess where? I’m so proud of my big boy 👦🏼🤗✈️ he was so amazing today while traveling from Baltimore to Chicago 👏🏼 while we traveled a whole bunch by airplane when we first moved out east, the last few times we took the 12 hour car ride cause we’d come out for weeks at a time and it made sense to have my car for the visit. It’s been so long since he’s been in Chicago, mostly because I was wrapping up nursing school & then COVID basically hit almost immediately after that, when I was just about to be able to visit more frequently 😢 - it’s been since August 2018 since Owen’s been here 😭 I’m so sorry we can’t see all our friends and family while we are in town, but I can’t wait for us to come back a few more times this summer ♥️🙏🏼 today we played at the park where I grew up and went to summer camp. It was so amazing to see him stand in places where I stood when I was his age. Oh my heart. What a blessing it is to be his mother 🥰 I realized I don’t have ☝🏼 single close up of my ring on my feed 😊 & it’s a big moment in my life & I feel like it should be in this space💍 this space has always been like my little journal woven with my life stories through little squares of photographs 📸 Matthew & I first met when we took a seat next to each other during a CPR course we needed before we entered nursing school. I don’t remember saying too much to him but as an outgoing girl from Chicago and new to a small town, I know I said hello! 🙋🏼‍♀️