As the oldest of nine, I have experienced the joy of welcoming a new sibling into the world eight times. New birth never ceases to amaze...

Critical Care: the very name of this course made me cringe when I started this semester! The complexity and intensity of care required...

Mental health. Depression. Mania. Hallucinations. What mental images do these words evoke for you? Going into this semester, I remember...

Clinicals: they provide some of the most challenging and rewarding learning opportunities in nursing school! I have been so thankful for...

I feel like it was just yesterday that I was writing a post about starting second semester. Where does the time go? This semester is...

I'm going to be honest: finals have brought me an extra measure of anxiety this semester. Yes, I am always nervous about tests, but there...

Coronavirus has forced college students everywhere to transition to distance learning. Adapting to online classes is not easy, but it is...

Two more weeks have passed by! We are on our second cycle of exams for all our classes, and my piles of study guides and notecards are...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I love my nursing friends! The friendships that I have made with the people in my classes...

I was looking at my calendar the other day and was shocked to realize that four weeks of clinicals have already gone by! I feel like this...

I've seen lots of posts about how to "survive" or "get through" nursing school. These always make me sad, because I believe nursing...

It's hard to believe that I am already in my second semester of nursing school! It seems like the first semester was such a blur of new...