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Why do pediatric nurses need to like kids?

This was actually a search term that someone typed in to land on my blog.  I think if you have to ask the question, this field is probably not the right one for you. The one thing pediatric nursing has … Continue reading

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Just call me… PEDIATRIC Nurse

If you read my blog from start to finish, you will notice one consistent theme. Pediatrics.  When I started on this journey, pediatrics was so far off my radar it’s not even funny.  If you talk to my classmates, many … Continue reading

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Just Call Me RN!

What a great feeling today, to be able to drop the … Eventually from my blog name. I am a NURSE! I took my NCLEX exam last week, on January 12. What a nerve wracking experience, and I’ll be honest … Continue reading

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The Wall.

All nursing students get to this point eventually.  If you are a student nurse, and you aren’t there yet – don’t worry, it’s coming.  What is the inevitable plight of which I speak? The wall.  That proverbial wall that you … Continue reading

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WWFD?

That is: “What would Florence Nightingale do?” I’m a fourth semester nursing student now. It’s hard to believe it…. the time is flying by now, and I can see the end of the tunnel.  I can practically taste graduation!  There … Continue reading

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Being a Nurse is EASY!

Have you heard this?  This is a vicious rumor going around.  That nursing is easy.  Not only is NURSING easy, but nursing school is easy.  After all – what is nursing? It’s just tucking people into bed and wiping their … Continue reading

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I want to be a nurse when I grow up.

Today was my very first day in a hospital unit.  You know, going in to the hospital on that first clinical day is super daunting!  You feel like you are in everybody’s way and everything moves so fast that you … Continue reading

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