The Nutcracker and Nursing

    Disclaimer: This blog is not in any way represent opinions of my workplace I have seen the Nutcracker ballet about 10 times over the course of my life. There is something about all the moving parts that work together to perfectly tell a story that gets me. When watching a ballet, of course…

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How Millennials could save the profession of nursing

Let me just start this off by saying this blog will be full of generalities. These generalities are based on years of observing nurses and watching a new generation of nurses enter the profession. This is purely my opinion. Millennials are the generation born between 1980-2000. As a group, they are known as the participation…

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Hi, I am a nurse

Hi, I’m a nurse.  This is me, coffeeing up to work a shift in an urban emergency room in St. Louis.  Today, I will work along side black people, white people, Asians, MUSLIMS, Christians, Buddhists, atheists, etc.  We will work to put together your sons and daughters who will get shot.  They might be shot…

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