Welcome to the nurses' station, the bustling hub of any hospital unit where nurses come together for shift change, to chart, take breaks, and catch up on the latest gossip. It’s also the place where a lot of noise, personalities, and chaos all come together in a very tight space. While the rules of nursing practice are well established, there are also some unwritten rules which govern the behavior of nurses in this space to preserve the delicate professional and social homeostasis. In this post, we'll explore the "unwritten rules" of nurses' station etiquette.

This elder millennial is late to the party when it comes to Tik Tok - It’s only been the last few months that I’ve dug into the platform and fallen head-over-heels with #nursetok, as it’s been aptly named. In this post, I’m going to drop my top 30 nurse-run accounts (no shade to the MDs, PAs, and other providers of the interwebs).

“My goal, when I began my book Nurse Papa, was to capture and describe what I could of the rarified and impactful moments which occur within these hospital rooms – the good and the bad. What it turned into was an emotional exploration of the lives of these children and a journey into the complicated and nuanced experience of parenting to a child with cancer. It occurred to me very quickly that there was so much to be learned and cherished from these children and their families.”

Welcome to this collaboration blog between Nursing Uncensored and Jami from the popular nursing podcast First Do No Harm. Adrianne joins Jami on her new podcast The Neurodivergent Nurse to share her ADD symptoms and how she deals with them on shift. Product and affiliate links are provided.

This is a reflection I wrote after a very challenging shift. I usually keep my chill at work pretty well. I’m known for my patience and calming effect on patients with psych or anxiety issues. So what you are about to read are my own thoughts after a shift where I didn’t handle myself so well. I hope this message helps some of you reading this feel less alone in your own frustrations and a little closer to being able to control them when it matters most.

I want to share my recent experience with getting my COVID-19 vaccination, so I’m going to read my journal to you (with some edits, of course). I have a lot of strong opinions about the COVID vaccine and the way my state and country are handling this ongoing pandemic, but this isn’t that kind of episode. This is just my personal vaccine experience.

Cheers to another “Pandemic Edition” of the blog. As a direct result of the complete upheaval of day to day life in a post-COVID-19 world, Here are the professional and personal goals I have set for the year ahead of me.

Take a sneak peek inside a pulmonary nurse’s process to avoid bringing COVID home from the hospital after a shift. Read along with her step-by-step guide on getting from the unit to her bed without bringing along unwanted passengers.

Well, folks, I’m jumping on the 2020 Goals Bandwagon. I’ve heard a few people say that a person’s goals and dreams should be private. As they say, “Don’t run your mouth, run your bidness.” While I definitely have private goals,  I also think that there are benefits to sharing some of them with the world at large. Click over to the blog for the full list.

National Nurses Week will take place May 6-12, 2019 . It’s a great time to show the nurses in your life how much you appreciate all the things they do to improve the lives and health of others. While the gifts we really want are adequate staffing and a violence-free workplace, we also appreciate the smaller gifts ranging from beautiful gestures to helpful gadgets. Here are 25 ideas.

While I love spontaneity as much as the next person, I am very much a creature of habit. This is especially true during the hours before I show up for a 12-hour shift and the hours after. Here’s a step-by-step rundown of what I do before each shift.

This list contains items I either already use in my self-care regimen, or have on my Amazon wish list. Please check them out and to share your own favorites with me. I’m always on the hunt.

Well, folks, Christmas is just around the corner but it’s not too late to buy your favorite nurse an interesting, useful, or fun gift. Today I’m going to let you in on my Top 20 Favorite Gifts for Nurses from Amazon.

Year round, I get so hot when I'm at work, I can't stand it. I'm always on the move, turning patients, running for bed alarms, lifting, bending....and sweating! Others have told me they have a similar problem and are tired of looking gross and smelling bad after only an hour on shift.

So I have a few tips for all of you sweaty nurses.

I’ve grown by leaps and bounds in the last 12 months, but there’s still an unmeasurable amount left to do and learn as I move forward. That's true of any nurse.

So Cheers to the future! My sights are on growing through my 2nd year with grace and patience.

Anyone who knows me, knows I am a podcast hoarder. I am constantly listening to them, subscribing to new ones and unsubscribing from the ones that just didn't grab me. Or maybe I just fell out of love with them. I have podcasts for different moods and circumstances. And, yes, they're all sorted in my phone by category. Today my focus will be on those related to medicine, healthcare, nursing, and the allied health professions.

If the internet has taught me anything, it's that people like being voyeurs (in this case, I mean that very innocently). So I'm gonna show you what's in my nursing bag that I carry to and from work.

Well, guys, it happened.

I got my first Facebook friend request from a patient.

On days like today, when I've screwed up my sleep schedule heading into three consecutive overnights, the game becomes one of minimizing damage.