small, but fierce

Me, after a rough 12 hr shift...

At times, being a nurse means having to paste a smile on your face - when you really want to say f**k you, instead

Life is not about becoming attached to things, places, or possessions. Instead, life is about finding unity with oneself, and all that you are.

When it’s been a long, rough day

I’M NOT ON CALL!!!

When a patient comes in & you realize they googled their current situation...

The jaded humor when shit hits the fan at work

There was once a very great American surgeon named Halsted. He was married to a nurse. He loved her-immeasurably. One day Halsted noticed that his wife’s hands were chapped and red when she came back from surgery. And so he invented rubber gloves. For her. It is one of the great love stories in medicine. The difference between inspired medicine and uninspired medicine is love. When I met Ana I knew: I loved her to the point of invention.

sometimes being a nurse means clocking out, ripping off your scrubs - and becoming an anonymous person who isn’t responsible for critical decisions surrounding human life.

Dear world,

Some days I wonder why/how I became such an awesome nurse...