Tag: wellness
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Goals… Hopes… Dreams…
Do you set personal goals for yourself? View all responses I love setting goals. I do it at the beginning of the year and check in pretty much monthly. And mid-month. Also weekly. You get the idea. One of my goals was to finish my RN to BSN program this year and I am 5…
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Showing Up: For Myself. For My Patients.
What’s something you’ve done that your past self would be proud of? View all responses There have been times in my life where it has been hard to show up, take the next step, do the next right thing. Times when it would have been far, far easier to throw in the towel and call…
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month and High Risk Screening
Breast Cancer Awareness Month continues through the month of October! Do you know someone who has been affected by breast cancer? Not only do I take care of patients who have breast cancer, but I have many family members who have been impacted by this disease. Personally, I fall into a high risk category, which…
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Hustler
What are your favorite side-hustle ideas? View all responses There are way too many little side-hustles or lil businesses that I’d like to start: YouTube channel A mobile book store (like in a van or even better- a bus!) French fry truck Coffee truck A sticker biz Planners (because I love planning and making lists!)…
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Oncology Hot Topics-What is BiTE Therapy?
BiTE therapy is becoming more widely used, especially with blood cancers (think things like leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma). It can also be used with certain solid tumors (such as lung cancer). BiTE stands for bispecific antibody therapy. These types of treatments are also known simply as “bispecifics.” While there are different forms of these…
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A Single Thing
What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life? View all responses What’s something I wish I had started doing earlier? Trusting myself. Historically, I’ve had a tough time with this one! But it has gotten easier over time. Maybe. I think. Trusting myself got me through some tough times. But even…
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Nursing Burnout and “Quiet Quitting”
I had the opportunity to go to a nursing conference recently where one of the speakers discussed burnout and the importance of re-charging our batteries. He also talked about “quiet quitting” and signs that someone has done so (or is getting close). Have you ever noticed these in a coworker? Becoming quiet at work– not…
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Back-to-School, Working Adult Version
It’s that time of year again. The kids are getting ready for another school year and lots of adults (including yours truly) are getting ready to go back, too! Taking classes while working is a whole different ball-game. There isn’t one way to do it perfectly, but here are some tips that may help if…
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Adulting 101
After being an adult for so long, it’s funny to look back and consider when I really felt like one. But I think it first hit me when I was a couple years into college and decided to stay at school over the summer, renting my own place, paying all my bills, getting my own…
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Pets
Right now I don’t have any pets, but our family has had a few over the years. Did you grow up with dogs? We had one dog, an energetic chocolate lab who liked to run off, and as my mother was pregnant at the time, that didn’t fly and we had to get rid of…
