I Am A Nurse, I Am An Advocate

Guest Post by Lynn Visser RN, BSN, CEN

As I think back to nursing school, I clearly remember being told “Be a patient advocate!”  I always held that message close to my heart, though found as a New Graduate Nurse being a patient advocate was something that was easier said than done.  I started working in [...]

Sometimes the Giving is in the Receiving

Many years ago, after conducting a seminar out of state, I went to the hotel dining room for dinner. I noticed one of the seminar attendees sitting alone and I asked if I could join her. She appeared delighted and excited and we went on to have a lovely dinner. At the end of the [...]

What Would Florence do? (WWFD)

Guest post by Kat, Student Nurse

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 are times now where I feel like a nurse.  Where all [...]