No matter your age, gender, Twilight team [Go Team Jacob] or overall health status, we will ALL require a medication prescription at some point in our lives. These medications can be CRAZY expensive! As a travel nurse, I sometimes temporarily lose my health insurance throughout the year when I take more than 24 days off …
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“Tell Me Baby”: Advice for Brand-New Nurses
As the temperatures start to cool off and the kiddos all go back to school, the season for freshly graduated nurses starting out their careers has also commenced. You guys have worked WICKED HARD for YEARS at this point and you deserve a huge congrats!! You should be so proud of yourselves and know that …
Exploring the Emerald City: A Weekend Guide to Seattle
Every time I take a new travel assignment or relocate myself more “permanently”, I have a goal and a purpose in mind. As previously featured on my social media sites, I have a map of the United States on my wall at home and every time I visit a new state, I get to scratch …
Welcome to Portland (OR): A Weekend Guide
At 30 years old, true surprises in life come few and far between. This April I was lucky enough to get an incredible gift from my best friend Sam that included an amazing surprise. For my birthday gift, she got me a freaking VACATION ya’ll. And here’s the best part–I didn’t find out where we …
Hey, Chicago! What do you say: A Weekend Guide
In June of 2018, after discovering my friend Amber had never been to Chicago, I put together the most touristy itinerary possible to introduce her to my FAVORITE major city! What turned out to be an extremely HOT (temps in the 90s…help me, this Northerner is melting) weekend also proved to be very fun. Whether …
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 …
My First Thirty Years: Life Lessons from the Birthday Girl
Tomorrow I turn 30 years old and instead of descending into a full fledged panic attack, I have decided to sit down and think about the life lessons that have been bestowed upon me throughout my life. Some life lessons have been happily gained and some I would have rather stayed naive to, but all …