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Why Nursing is a Great Career Choice

From flight nursing to hospice care, from prison to parish, from pediatrics to geriatrics, from fitness nursing to labor and delivery, there are options for every personality, skill level and adrenaline junkie or lack thereof.

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Yes—Nurses Eat Their Young

The seasoned nurses—who just an hour earlier had been congratulating me on my admission to nursing school that coming Fall—both rolled their eyes. One heaved a sigh, not even trying to hide her exasperation at my inquiry.

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Diet Matters

How we nourish our bodies directly impacts how well we are able to work. Diet does matter, and those who eat well also work well. But nurses face unique challenges and barriers to good nutrition.

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“I’m a Nurse, and…”

As nurses, we face the same increased cost-of-living expenses and hefty student loan debt as our peers do; but without the benefit of hourly pay raises, taking on a second, (or even third) job is not just a hip lifestyle strategy—it’s a necessity to stay above water.

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The way it feels to become a nurse is that you absolutely cannot become a nurse.

I was the first to arrive for the dayshift nurses (early, of course), and when the nightshift realized I would not be relieving them in any sense, their hopeful faces fell at the sight of me. “Shit. I can’t do this,” I thought.

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“Just a ______”

Nursing was not a Plan B for me. Nursing was always my Plan A.

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In The Field: Spotlight on Steph Kamataris, RN

Nurse burnout is a huge passion of mine. This is something I (and a lot of nurses) have experienced, but is rarely talked about.