👶 Always assess and check infant cues. If the baby is putting their hands to the face and rooting, then most likely the baby is hungry....

🤔 For some people, nursing is something you wanted to pursue since you were young. For others, it may take some time to figure out...

😖 People have fears of starting over. The amount of effort it takes to get to the end to just realize that it wasn’t meant for you. It...

🏥 NICU stands for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It is a unit dedicated to taking care of premature infants as young as 23 weeks (viable...

🗓 Nursing work schedules can be so different depending on where you work and your speciality. ⠀ ⠀ ⏰ If you want a more balanced work...

😥 So I’ve been very open with you guys about my journey as a nurse and all the struggles it took me to get to where I am now. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ 😔 4...

📃 College apps for nursing school always usually ask the same thing. “Why Nursing?” and basically why should they choose you above...

😰 It’s honestly scary putting yourself out there sometimes due to fear of criticism. I thought really hard about whether or not to...

🥰 One of my dreams was to be able to travel the world while doing the job I love the most. ⠀ ⠀ 😍 The fact that I could do both is truly...

💕 Be kind and thank your preceptors! They usually don’t get paid or given anything extra to teach. It’s mostly from the goodness of our...

📆 Set a date and stick to it. Don’t reschedule unless it’s an emergency. Your brain can trick you to second guess and doubt yourself and...

🗂 I love having a file folder to separate all my classes/subjects. It keeps everything organized and in one place. Never was a huge fan...

👚 My favorite scrubs are @wearfigs . I have a video where I try them on and give my first impressions on my channel if you haven’t...

😞 I will say that I was definitely not the smartest student and didn’t get straight As in nursing school. ⠀ ⠀ 😰 While trying to balance...

😊 Every hospital has different requirements that they ask of their nurses to maintain working there. The most basic is actively renewing...

👶🏻 NICU is a huge passion of mine and I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to do my senior preceptorship in the NICU in nursing...

👩🏻‍💻 I remember in nursing school, alot of our professors were trying to enforce Med-surg onto us saying that it was the best way to...

😨 It’s so crazy to me know that I’ve been working as a nurse for 4 years now, and that its been that long since I’ve graduated nursing...

😊 As a 4 year NICU nurse, I am considering my options to advance further into my career. Here are a list of advancement options for...

➡️Did I ever have an intention of doing NICU? I will honestly say that I didn’t even know that NICU even existed. I did not know that...