The light above the door begins to blink as the speaker in the hall starts its sharp unending march of tones. “I got it, you can turn it off,” I shout down the hallway as I push up out of the chair. First is the mask, I feel the straps dig into my cheeks, myContinue reading “Nursing in chaos and recovery”
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So what’s a traveling nurse?
When I first decided to start travel nursing, I received a lot of questions from my family and friends. Where was I going? Was I moving and for how long? Would I keep my staff job? What do you mean travel nursing? I didn’t realize how mysterious travel nursing was, and even I had someContinue reading “So what’s a traveling nurse?”
Unmasked
I sat in the break room in the early hours of the morning listening to the sound of the television behind me, my coworker came and set her food down on the table across from me. She pulled out the chair and removed her mask so she could eat, and I wondered, “Will I recognizeContinue reading “Unmasked”
