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The Life Of A Nurse

by Joie. De. Vivre.

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August 18, 2014

The Passion of Nursing

There is just no way to convey what a nurse really does. I spent 12.5 hours of my 13 hour shift today at the bedside of my patient, within arms reach and constantly attentive to the relentless an...


February 18, 2014

Nothing More Worth It

I admitted a woman to our ICU a few weeks ago with respiratory failure from a bad autoimmune disease. She was awaiting a lung transplant but had gotten too sick & required too much supplement...


My weekend of work was good, albeit busy. We kept turning over beds and admitting these super sick, unstable, deteriorating patients (so. much. influenza.) and then stabilizing them in 24 hours o...


I remember just over a year ago when I was so desperately trying to leave my job. I was miserable there - I'd outgrown it, it was draining me emotionally and my boss was making every day nails-on...


September 02, 2013

It Isn't Always Fair

When your work weekend starts with a woman in her 20s getting a fatal diagnosis and finding out she won't live to see next week, you have to think on your feet. All of the nurses huddled together...


September 02, 2013

It Isn't Always Fair

When your work weekend starts with a woman in her 20s getting a fatal diagnosis and finding out she won't live to see next week, you have to think on your feet. All of the nurses huddled together...


August 29, 2013

Just A Nurse

(Couldn't have said this better myself. Love every word.) In the first year of my career as a Registered Nurse I continued my education, wrapping up my Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, not yet a re...


Book Description

Lessons, stories, realizations…life of a nurse.