Nursing

“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 …

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Personal

My List of Unpopular Opinions

It’s been almost 6 months since I started this journey to make The Wandering Nurse Blog a success! If you know me in real life, you know I am a bit of a dichotomy in a lot of areas of my life. You should probably know by now that I am a travel ER/Trauma RN, …

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Personal

Rachel Hollis is a Goddess: My RISE Experience

“You were built for the audacity of the dreams in your heart!” YOU GUYS…last week I had the most incredible, life-changing, powerful experience of my adult life. After working two 12-hour night shifts in a row, I hopped in my car and drove myself to Portland on no sleep. Alaska Air got me through a …

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What the Health

OMG, You SO Don’t Need Botox!

When I talk about the subject of Botox and express my love of it, people often respond with “You’re crazy! You don’t need Botox!” And they’re right. There is one huge reason why I do not, in fact, need Botox: I ALREADY HAVE IT! I started getting treatments when I turned 30 earlier this year …

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Adventure

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 …

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Adventure

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 …

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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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