My previous posts have been advice and encouragement for you, the student. My hope was to inspire you to stay strong through school and see the reward that becoming a nurse can offer. You have many years of stability, security, and integrity ahead of you. The world is your oyster. You have the option to stay in your home town and see your career to retirement or you can travel the world one patient at a time. While we may meet again in future posts, I find no better way to sum up this series of posts with one final and most critical piece of advice. This time, it is more for the sake of your patients. Here goes. Please wash your hands….
Student Nurse Series: A Mighty Nursing Student Abroad
Those of us that have made it through nursing school can empathize with how tough it is getting through. Each semester is a new challenge with the demands becoming higher and higher. Imagine adding a new language and culture to this challenge….
Student Nurse Series: 4 Reasons to Finish Nursing School
It is only human to question what you are doing with your life. Most of us would like to make some small difference in the world.  Becoming a nurse means making a huge difference in the world one patient at a time. But what happens when the pressure of nursing school feels so heavy that you just want to give up? I was there and would love to share with you what I wish I could say to my student nurse self 15 years ago….