If I Am Your Nurse
If I’m your nurse, I will do my best to stand in the gap for you. While my hands are…
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By Amy Keyes To the Healthcare Workers Who Held My Broken Heart
We all have hard days at work. Those days that push our physical, mental, and emotional limits out of bounds…
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By Melinda Dueck Thank You to the Nurses Who Cared for My Baby First
I wish I knew who she (or he) was and what she looked like. Was she young or older, experienced…
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By Jamie Romanowicz Hey Mama, This Is Your Labor & Delivery Nurse Speaking
First of all, mama, I want to congratulate you! Whether this is your first baby or not, I am honored…
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By Maralee Bradley To the Nurses Who Loved My Baby In the NICU
I wish I could remember your face. Your name. Something. But I only had eyes for the tiny baby in…
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By Laura Costea Separating Work From Home is a Must For Me
If I close my eyes and let myself, I can still see the 11-year-old boy with his pale feet sticking…
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By Ann-Marie Ferry Dear New Nurse, From a Seasoned RN: Thank You
I stood in the medication room with hot stress tears streaming down my face. I had finished receiving the report:…
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By Leslie Froelich To the Nurses Working Harder Than Ever, Thank You
A love letter to nurses during the pandemic: Thank you. There will never be adequate words in enough languages to…
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I’m a New Mom and a Frontline Essential Worker—And it’s All Heavy
If pictures are worth a thousand words, this picture would be the one I choose to sum up my experience…
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By Melissa Neeb “We Are Tired. So Tired.” Nurses on the Frontlines Share Their Experiences
With staggering COVID-19 case numbers, hospitals at or near capacity, and death rates climbing, one almost becomes desensitized to the…
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From the Nurse Praying For You On the Day of Your D&C
I walk in through the glass double doors and flash my badge to the lady behind the desk. Head down…
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By Taylor Campbell I Feel My Purpose in Coming Here Was To Save Her Life
Today was a beautiful day. My intubated patient who has been squeezing my hand for the last several days finally…
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