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Keeping Up With Claudia Martinez
Earlier this week I had the privilege of sitting down with Claudia Martinez, a 27-year-old Pre Med Student at McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas. You might have heard about Claudia or seen her in a Facebook viral video recently. […]
3 Stories Of Dedicated Nurses Guaranteed To Warm Your Heart
The compassion and dedication of nurses inspire them to go above and beyond when caring for patients. For many nurses, their patients hold a special place in their heart and drive them to work harder every day. The following heartwarming […]
In Praise Of Nurses: Learning At The Knee (And Heart And Mind) Of Bobbie
For four very long years — from March 2001 when my first child was born to September of 2005 when she was cured — she, and I and her dad and her brother spent large spans of time in the […]
How A Sword Fight Saved My Patient
As I began pediatrics training toward my RN degree, I was well aware that of the three clinical instructors available, a former military nurse who I’ll call Ms. Smith was not the one most students would wish to learn under. […]
We’re All A Little Twisted
There are times as a nurse when you get the distinct impression your patient does not like you. On a labor and delivery floor, this is often the case as I tell my patient that we are going to deviate […]
Are We Helping Others While Ignoring Ourselves?
She was a registered nurse. She was the mother of four children. She was also an alcoholic and a benzo addict, with Valium being her drug of choice. That person was my mother, and her alcoholism and prescription pill addiction […]
How This Four-Time Cancer Survivor Is Making Life Better For Nurses & Patients
I’m Cinde Dolphin, a four-time cancer survivor and a patient who’s experienced 9 medical procedures which included Jackson Pratt (JP) drains. As you probably know, a JP drain uses suction to funnel a body’s natural healing fluid out and away […]
Childhood Cancer Survivor Returns To Hospital As Nurse More Than 20 Years Later
This week, Montana Brown started working as a staff nurse in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a dream finally realized for the 24-year-old, two-time childhood cancer survivor from Atlanta. Brown is not just any new nurse at the AFLAC Cancer Center […]
Chemo To Scrubs: Q&A With A Breast Cancer Fighter
Thanks to Annie for sharing her story with us here at Scrubs Mag. Follow her journey on Instagram. Tell us a little about your story. After graduating college in April 2016 with my BS in Biology/Pre-Medicine, I eagerly applied to […]
Let’s Get Real About Gender Stereotypes In Nursing
Recently, I posted a meme on Instagram about being hit on by patients. The tagline read, “When a creepy patient hits on you”, and the picture showed a giraffe pushing another animal away with its hoof, some kind of wild […]
5 Ways To Make The Most Of Your Nursing Career by Nurse Amanda
I am coming up on my two year working nurse anniversary. I can’t believe I have almost worked as a nurse for two years. I still feel like I know nothing! I definitely didn’t see myself making it this long. […]
Nurse Melissa’s Top 10
My name is Melissa Fischer and I’m currently 23 years old. I’m an Emergency Room nurse at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. SMH is the only level 1 trauma center and nationally recognized burn center in the Rochester […]
I’m A Mom… And A Nurse
Right after my daughter’s first heart surgery, when she was just a month old, I decided the nursing field was right for me. I took a course and became a CNA. Shortly after her third (and surprise!) heart surgery, I […]
Hurricane Irma From The Front Lines: The Florida Nurse’s Story
I am 24-years old, and have lived in the Tampa Bay area my entire life. I have endured multiple hurricanes throughout the years, but none were as catastrophic and fearsome as Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Irma was a category 5 hurricane, […]
Do I Really Want To Be A Nurse?
I think that many of us ask this question to ourselves before making the decision to go to nursing school.I do have some friends that said they knew that they wanted to be a nurse from very early on and […]