Career

Sean on June 22nd, 2010

As nurses this is nothing new. We are always learning something new. I mean we were all delusional when we graduated from nursing school. We all thought (to some degree) that ‘whew’ – finally done learning. I got all the tools I need to function as a nurse. Little did we know how SO-wrong we [...]

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Sean on May 6th, 2010

In just 7 short days I will be walking across the stage to accept my Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from the Pennsylvania State University. Whew… What a ride. I must tell ya. It got a lil’ ‘hairy’ there at the end with the amount of work I had to complete in such a short period [...]

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Sean on February 15th, 2009

Image Source: Deviant Art I just read a couple articles on the nursing shortage and the stress a new graduate nurse has to endure. The reality of the overwhelming responsibility that a nurse has can be, and absolutely is overwhelming. In fact it’s down right BRAIN SCRAMBLING!  (I had to steal that name from a [...]

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Sean on January 22nd, 2009

Image Source: Freewebs As a nurse my career path has been quite choppy at best. I have always been ‘searching’ for my niche. I can remember as a student nurse I thought the medical-surgical arena would be my niche. I have a BS in exercise and sports science. I am a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC). [...]

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Sean on November 30th, 2008

We had a high school student visit our department the other day. She spent a couple hours with us and other areas of interest as part of her ‘job-shadowing’ project. I never did this as a high school senior, but it seemed like a great way to get a better ‘idea’ of what direction you’d [...]

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