Halloween is tomorrow. (Cue the haunting music.) Halloween is tomorrow and you still don’t have a costume. (Dramatic pause.) Nope, I don’t profess to be a psychic; you’re just like every other nurse out there who hasn’t had a minute to even think about putting...
Makayla Marie Gonsalves was three years old when she began complaining of headaches, followed by vomiting. A trip to an Urgent Care clinic, followed by the ER and a CAT scan revealed the devastating news: Makayla had a rare form of cancer called...
He walked in that first day with the telltale ramrod straight back, tightly laced boots, and fully dressed in his camo. Steve was one of our instructors during our EMT course, and he was also an army medic. Our best instructor, Steve was everything a child dreams of...
"We have met the enemy and he is us." -Walt Kelley (American animator and cartoonist) We were given a planet; a fresh and beautiful planet filled with trees, flowers, clear blue skies, and gurgling rivers. And yet we rant and rave. About what, you ask? Oh, about...
If you're a nurse or a nursing student, chances are you're on a budget. Chances are you also looked at the title of this post and loudly proclaimed, 'not possible!' Well, I beg to differ. Valentine's Day is all about expressing your love in the truest form possible,...
There's no denying that fall has made its blustery entrance. After all, cold mornings, knee high boots, and big, cozy sweaters have become the everyday norm. Oh, and pumpkin spice lattes of course! Gotta get into the Halloween spirit, don't we? Hot beverages aside,...
It's that time of year again, when the healthcare community bands together to celebrate the contributions made by medicine's angels in scrubs. In essence, every week ought to be National Nurses Week, and every day, National Nurses Day. Instead, we've chosen to...
Sappy love tracks have officially made their seasonal debut, along with red roses which just about blur your vision, and the heady scent of chocolate which wafts through practically every store. For the hopelessly romantic, these signs point to one day, and one day...
