Nursing & Me: A 6-word Story
“With flexibility and persistence, hope prevails.” – H.Rowe During the height of the pandemic, I was working in a pediatric emergency department. As we navigated the rapidly changing direction from our governmental and organizational leaders, we also met countless families who came to us with heightened anxieties and worries with their sick children. I will…
Nursing Ethics: A Word Cloud
This word cloud displays my nursing values. Acknowledging our values and their impact on how we show up in the world – as humans, but especially as nurses – allows us to be intentional with our words and actions. Curiosity is the most prominent value in my word cloud which is fitting as it is…
My Ontology of Nursing
In the midst of doing nursing, we don’t often stop to define what nursing is. This assignment challenged me to consider what I *thought* I knew about nursing. In considering this, I was able to determine what being a nurse is to me and identify how aspects of the nursing metaparadigm and other views of…
