When I started working as a RN on the pediatric floor, I was overwhelmed by the pace. I was constantly rushing between rooms, admitting and discharging patients left and right. Sometimes discharging an especially difficult patient was welcomed, but the constant change of patients was hard for me. I enjoy meeting new people, but what … More Wednesday’s are for keeps.
I see you, cancer I see you there, In pale white faces and long hallway paces I see you in hot angry tears, missed school years, and our worst fears I see you in endless trails of tubing; Feeding tubes, monitors, oxygen, IVs and all other groupings I see you in parents’ eyes, scared and … More I see you, cancer
Does anyone else ever feel worn down by the continual frustrations of life? Time and time again we try to make life look just as we’d like it, but there always seems to be a wrench thrown into the plan before too long. A bump in the road that is sometimes easily fixed….sometimes not. This … More Hope of Heaven
Isn’t it really incredible when the Holy Spirit opens your eyes to Him in places you didn’t expect to see Him? Today I was studying the riveting subject of pharmacokinetics. In short, this teaches me how the body reacts to drugs, a worthwhile thing to learn when going to school to someday be able to … More The Holy Spirit, Pharmacokinetics & Dating
I like the way they put their hands on my face when they have to tell me something important. I like the way they show me popscicle-stained tongues like new trophies. I like the way they get mad and tell me, never acting as if they didn’t mind. I like the drawings they give me, … More Sticky Hearts
Just over a year ago, I walked across a stage at an incredibly long ceremony and grabbed my nursing degree. Weeks later I was orienting to be a pediatric med/surg floor. Without a lot of flair, and with few answers, here are the tidbits that have impacted my life the most. I sometimes feel that … More Musings of A Baby Nurse
[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, The Founding of Narnia] The Lion was pacing to and fro about that empty land and singing his new song. It was softer and more lilting than the song by which he had called up the stars and the sun; a gentle, rippling music. And as he walked and sang … More A Neevil Named Cancer
I wanted to care about what I did. Deeply. See, when I graduated nursing school I had all these idealistic dreams of what my life as a nurse would look like. It would be hard, sure. But I would deeply love it and adore most of my patients I was certain. When January came and … More Less like a job.
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