What the Health

Triage, Trauma and Tattoos

“How can you be afraid of shots?? You have tattoos!” -People who don’t have tattoos As your resident tatted up nurse, it is pretty obvious that I love body ink. Clearly, I’m not alone. According to several sources floating around, anywhere from 20-40% of Americans are rocking tattoos today. With the stigma of tattoos disappearing …

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What the Health

What Your ER Nurse Wishes You Knew

I have been a registered nurse for almost 7 years and in that time I have experienced so many human interactions, I couldn’t count them if I tried. I absolutely love being a nurse and these sometimes crazy, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes infuriating situations I find myself in regularly are exactly why emergency nursing is the …

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Personal

Navigating Through Grief & Loss

“A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.” – Kristin Hannah (my mother’s favorite author) My mom was my best friend. Losing her was truly like losing a piece of my soul and I’m still grappling daily to figure out …

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Adventure

A Guide to Bali

“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” — Mark Twain I have always been afflicted with wanderlust and the need to discover new places. When I was younger, I found this escape in books and expanding my imagination …

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Nursing

What is a Compact State?

Check out the 2020 updates on another post: https://thewanderingnurseblog.com/2020-compact-state-update/ (Updated 7/21/2019) Compact states are an EXTREMELY helpful bit of legislation for travel nurses that makes working in certain states very convenient and easy! Unfortunately for people like me [yay, Illinois], not all states are involved in this advantageous agreement. If you live in a non-compact …

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