It’s been too long, nurse friends ❤ In the last six months I have embarked on a new endeavour in life making the transition from bedside nursing to business owner. My passion project,Om Baby & Wellness , began out of the urging of expat friends here in Sweden. There was a need for infant and maternal wellness and education in English in the community. What started as a few Prenatal Yoga lessons with friends in my living room has evolved into a full time job. Change feels so good. I am still using all of my education and experience as a nurse, just in a different capacity and I LOVE IT!! It is proof that not only is there life outside of bedside nursing, but also that you should always follow your heart.
I will still continue to offer any advice or thoughts to those in need and am still looking for contributors to Neonurse. In the meantime, here is my latest for AWHONN…
Wellness Tips for the Busy Nurse
Happy spring from northern Sweden! For many of us here, spring has shown itself through some of the most beautiful sun filled days. While the cold remains and the forecast predicts snow, with help of lighter days and spring blooms we can begin to feel winter behind us.
Happy New Year, nurse friends!! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season ❤ 2018 has already presented itself with some huge changes. Mighty Nurse, the online nursing community that I have been writing for over the past couple years, has been absorbed by a much bigger company and as such will no longer be offering an online platform for nurses, nursing students, and other healthcare professionals.
Hi everyone ❤ Happy Thursday! I am taking a moment from a crazy busy teaching schedule and sick day to catch up a little and reach out. What do you think of the new site? Any thoughts and constructive criticism are very welcomed!! Enjoy the rest of your week and weekend.
Showing up to work does not mean that you are gifted a neatly wrapped patient assignment. The same goes for your coworkers. What may seem like the smooth sailing assignment can easily shift to the assignment from hell. Working as a team is essential on any unit. No one person can possibly manage an emergency alone, sudden unexpected admission alone, or the sick call that leaves the unit short staffed. It is the strength of many that keeps the unit running.
My boyfriend is an engineer which means he knows about as much about the medical profession as I do convolutional codes. Over dinner the conversation often starts with, “how was your day?” Most of you can probably relate here. The non-medical partner talks about the meeting that never ended or the inundation with emails. When the conversation is then turned to the nurse, an unfiltered play by play is given of the previous shift or memory. It is a raw recollection that is sometimes neither welcomed nor stomached entirely. Sometimes it borders on too much information, but it is all in a day’s work for a nurse…..
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