by Elizabeth | Mar 12, 2014 | Blog, Nursing career
I was reading a nurse blog post today for nursing students. It talked about what to do during the downtime between semesters. While it gave really, really good suggestions for nursing students (internships, volunteering, study abroad, part-time clinical work, etc.) I...
by Elizabeth | Mar 8, 2014 | Blog, Nursing career
I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth and using the toilet, doing my ‘jobs’ as my parents used to call them, when my father called me into his bathroom. I guess he too was doing his ‘ jobs’, which was surprising to me since at five-years old...
by Elizabeth | Mar 7, 2014 | Blog, Nursing career
Do you feel stuck? Maybe you’ve given voice to a problem at work and it feels like nobody is listening. Maybe you’re working on a sandwich unit, stuck with getting the throughput flowing. Nursing is a 24/7 operation and sometimes we are the be-all,...
by Elizabeth | Mar 5, 2014 | Blog, Nursing career
I’ve done shift-work before, talk about losing sleep! I could never get my body to know where it was. Up was down, day was night, dark was light. I’d be thoroughly exhausted, my eyes burning red, and I continued to lie awake. Top off rotating days and...
by Elizabeth | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog, Nursing career
I’ve just come in from shoveling snow. Oh, think spring is my new favorite mantra. We have the steepest driveway in the neighborhood, which might be why the house was on the market for over 18 months. As I was out there fighting with the compacted icy mush, I...
by Elizabeth | Feb 27, 2014 | Blog, Nursing career
In Nursing Success TV, Episode 5 We see: Dr.Phyllis Quinlan offers advice on new career paths for nurse entrepreneurs; RN Elizabeth Scala (that’s me) discusses The Art of Nursing, an event designed to help nurses gain a healthy professional and personal balance;...
