Tag: Pediatric Nursing
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Wait where am I again
Physically I am here in “Coronaville” fighting this nemesis called COVID19, mentally I am lying on a beach drinking my 6th mojito while perfecting this Asian glow, emotionally I’m pretty sure that is Cessna giving me a massage … oh wait it’s Bora Bora 🏝 ❤️
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Nurses’ week 2020
I didn’t get to celebrate Nurses’ Week. I don’t think many of us nurses did, I know us critical care nurses barely knew it was Nurses’ Week. I really don’t know what was going on outside the walls of my world this week. It was brutal. This week was affirmation of how amazing my team…
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Where the Lord calls to serve
I’m doing something I normally don’t do. In fact I’m terrified. This whole coronavirus pandemic is effecting everyone around us differently. Right now, I can say with absolute certainty that it is by the grace of God that children are not that effected. With that being said, the adult population is in fact hurting and…
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To all the heroes
It doesn’t matter where you are serving or in what capacity but what matters is that you showed up and you showed up with a loving attitude, ready to serve ❤️
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Sunlight during lockdown
Friday night was stressful. I think everyone is facing stress as of lately. But it was so good to see the sun come out from the shadows that morning. And that same evening as I headed back to work, I saw the same sun setting. It was a beautiful day despite the social isolation and…
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Join me in praying today: National Day of Prayer
President Trump declared today-March 15th as National day of prayer. As I watch events unfold and chaos around me, I can’t help but pray. As a critical care nurse, I’m not in a state of panic as we care for really sick patients and deal with lots of scary viruses daily. As a Christian, I…
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This is why I became a PICU nurse
If you have been following me for a while now, you know I am a PICU nurse. For those of you just stumbling across my blog for the first time, now you know! Most people aren’t familiar with PICU.. it is the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. I take care of critically ill children. I often…
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Coffee and Donuts
To you this may just be coffee and donuts, but to me it is everything. A family of a girl I took care of a while ago in the PICU, stopped by during Nurses’ Week to wish and let me know “this is the only thing we can do for you, we remember you all…
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Happy Nurses Week
May of 2009 I graduated from Nursing school and 10 years goes by fast. As a student I was filled with much hope and longed to make a difference in this world. Tonight, during Nurses Week, I had the honor of pinning my dear friend Vanessa and I cannot believe how time has flown by.…
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Confessions of a PICU nurse
I am really nervous to write this, but being a writer somehow equates to vulnerability. And it seems that there’s always at least one person who’s life is touched by words of truth. I am afraid. Maybe because it is easier to let things collect under the carpet than speak about them. I for sure…
Her Name Means Wild 