The Whole Life Of A Nurse

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The Whole Life Of A Nurse

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If you ask your favorite nurse what a typical workday is like, you might get a laugh. No day is “typical” in the healthcare world, with all the different kinds of situations (both emergency and not) that you may be facing on any given shift. But if you’re thinking about becoming a nurse, it’s important to think about what to expect on the job. So based on stories of real-life nurses, here’s what you might expect to see and do on a typical shift. Nurses can work any time of day, but let’s look at a day shift’s responsibilities and tasks for a hospital nurse.
Many daytime nursing shifts start early (often by 7 a.m.), so that means the snooze button is not your friend. Exercise, breakfast, coffee, shower—whatever the morning routine is, it may be happening well before the rest of the world is ready to motivate for the day. If you’re more of a “saunter in ten minutes late, check your email” kind of person, then nursing might not be the ideal career choice.
A hospital isn’t like a factory, where one shift ends before another starts and no communication needs to happen. The night nurses and the day nurses are a team, and making sure that patients get seamless care means that there’s a daily handoff of information at the start of every shift. The day nurse gets intel on what happened overnight, if patients have specific needs, or if there’s anything important that the nurse needs to know for his or her shift. This is also a chance for the nurse to read up on any physician notes, examine patient charts, prepare for their roster of patients, and review assignments and instructions. This may include checking email, coordinating schedules for the day with doctors, arranging for particular tests, or setting up equipment. Basically, everything that will keep the shift better organized happens up front.
This is also a chance for the nurse to check supplies and inventory too, to make sure they have enough for a shift. This is especially crucial in the emergency room or intensive care wards, where a high-stress situation could arise at any time and when you least want to run low on basic supplies. Everything the nurse does for a patient is usually noted, updated, and charted right away—you don’t want to risk not making an important note on a patient, then getting sidetracked by something else.
A lot can happen between shifts, so much of the morning is spent checking in with each patient (new or existing) and tracking their status. It’s common to do bloodwork in the morning, do glucose tests for diabetic patients, take vital signs, etc. Nurses also administer any scheduled medications for their patients during this time. If patients need to be prepped for procedures, it’ll often happen in the morning.
Patients that are ready to be discharged from the hospital are ready for their exit procedures, like getting doctor sign-off, removing IVs or other equipment, processing any last tests (like vital signs or bloodwork to confirm that they can safely be discharged), and educating patients (or their family members) on any follow-up care needs.
On these morning rounds, nurses also typically help their patients with daily living tasks, like eating breakfast (for patients who can’t do it themselves), bathing, going to the bathroom, getting dressed, or walking around.
Lunchtime for nurses is rarely a set time period. Obviously eating lunch is necessary if you want to keep up your energy, but having the time to do it can be a luxury when you’re dealing with an endless list of patients who have immediate needs all day. Many nurses grab a quick bite somewhere nearby (either in the hospital or close by) when they can. Lunchtime could be cut short by an emergency or just a bustling schedule. Meal times and personal time during the day are definitely at a premium for nurses, depending on the workload and the type of facility where you work. A clinic with set appointments is likely very different from a hospital or urgent care situation, when you could be needed at any time. Strategic food (like something you bring from home and can eat fast if necessary, or food you can grab from the cafeteria) is key.
Much like the morning rounds, afternoon rounds are kicked off by a check-in process to see if there are new patients, if patients have been discharged, or if any patent’s status has changed since the morning. Nurses do a new round of checking in with each patient, reviewing their charts for updates, making notes as necessary, and again—keeping close track of everything happening with his or her patients. Afternoon is also time for a new round of meds being distributed to patients, as well as any follow-up tests or previously scheduled procedures. Nurses help prep the patients as needed.
The afternoon might also include visiting hours, so nurses are often tasked with updating family members on a patient’s condition, educating them about what the patient’s medical needs will be once he or she leaves, and answering patient questions.
For a post-surgical ward, nurses may also start seeing an influx of patients coming out of surgery and recovery. The nurse follows up with surgeons and physicians as necessary, setting up each patient for his or her next tests, procedures, or milestones. The nurse is also likely to help with things like changing bandages or dressing and ensuring that these post-surgical patients are comfortable.
And if there’s time in between all of these many tasks, the afternoon may have some chances to catch up on administrative tasks like patient charts, making notes, or email. But like with lunch or personal breaks, there’s never really a guarantee that the nurse will have a full chunk of time to sit down and attend to these things.
Just like at the beginning of the day, the end of the day sees the shift handover process between day nurses and night nurses. There’s the nurse-to-nurse download of information, either in person or via detailed notes and patient charts. The day isn’t over just yet—the nurse needs to make sure that the transition to the next shift goes just as seamlessly as his or her own shift started in the morning so that patients are getting consistent care. That means checking and double-checking the patient information to make sure everything’s as accurate and clear as it can be.
Before leaving, the nurse may also start prepping for the next day’s shift: reviewing appointments, checking email, reviewing assignments. At that point, the nurse gets to leave, only to start the process again in about 12 hours.
What a nurse’s day is like can vary in a few different ways. For example, a home nurse will have a different set of tasks than a hospital nurse, who will have a different day than a nurse in a private practice. And no matter what a nurse does and where he or she does it, there’s always the unpredictability of working in the medical world. You always need to be sharp, and ready for emergencies or urgent needs—patients don’t care if you were out late last night or if you really just need a mental break for a few minutes to clear your head. It’s an incredibly demanding field, but can be a highly rewarding one.
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Kate Lopaze is a writer, editor, and digital publishing professional based in New York City. A graduate of the University of Connecticut and Emerson College with degrees in English and publishing, she is passionate about books, baseball, and pop culture (though not necessarily in that order), and lives in Brooklyn with her dog.
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Whole Life Nurse: My Journey to 100K!


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So as I was approaching the big “100K”, I had friends and family reach out to me to share their excitement about this big milestone. It’s kind of crazy the world we’re living in that social media is even a “thing.” It went from being this new weird way people connect and share their life to now being a “normal” part of life and even a full time business for many. If you would have asked me when I graduated nursing school where I thought I’d be in 10 years, it definitely would not have included “Whole Life Nurse” or anything to do with an online presence or blog! 
My platform has evolved over the past 6 years. My brand actually started out under a different name “yourheartisminern.” I would just post and share about anything and everything nursing. I started a blog and over time, people started catching on to the social media thing and this word “influencer” was invented. Business and brands got smart and started capitalizing off of platforms and “influencers” in their industries to share their products. They would basically offer to send you free product to post and tag their stuff. It was basically like what commercials do with celebrities, except on social media: they get people that others like who have “influence” to share their product (except they pay celebrities hundreds of thousands of dollars and influencers get well….a free scrub set or stethoscope)!
While receiving free swag and product was super cool and fun at the time, I hit a point where I realized how much money companies were making off of these “influencers”, including me. They were making thousands and thousands of dollars from “insta-famous” people who were sharing their products in exchange for free swag! Do you think big celebs would work for a free shirt? No. So as the product offers and pitches rolled in over time, I realized the value that my nursing platform had. 
I started experimenting with paid advertising and I learned a little about affiliate marketing (this is when you share a personalized link to a product page and you get a % of commissions for any sales made through your link). I no longer would post for “free product”, instead I started charging nursing brands for advertisement on my growing platform and singing up as an affiliate to share their product with each post. So I got paid for the post and a % of any sales made through my link. 
These scrub, stethoscope, and nursing companies were getting DIRECT exposure to their ideal customers and they were able to have me be the vessel for sales. People buy from those they know, like, and trust, so if I wore or shared something, chances were some of my audience would too! It was a lot of fun and great experience in starting to negotiate and make some extra income with this social media thing, but I always knew I wanted to do something deeper and more meaningful with my platform. This small step towards “business” and the potential my platform had opened my eyes. It also really made me realize how others really enjoyed following my nursing journey. While the “business side” was cool, the growth and influence made me realize I could truly make a difference here if I wanted to. 
As I got a little older and time went by, I started making more income with my blog, affiliates, and some coaching I did on the side. I started creating more specific digital products as well. I hit a point where I was making enough income to step away from my full time job. At this time, I had been talking about some semi-controversial nursing topics (as in ones that if my manager saw or found out about, I prob would get in trouble), but I kept a low profile with it (as much as I could). I had always identified some HUGE pain points in the nursing community that so many nurses struggled with, but I was never able to go as deep as I wanted to on the subject because I needed my job and had bills to pay. 
When I finally left my full time nursing job, I rebranded to “ Whole Life Nurse ” in March of 2019. At that time, I had about 11K followers. I established an LLC and started talking and writing about all of the things nurses struggled with and that I felt was holding our profession back. 
-Negotiating (and how hospitals make you think it can’t be done….hint hint it CAN)
-Setting healthy boundaries and putting yourself before the needs of a hospital
-Realizing that nursing is way beyond the hospital setting and you are a REAL nurse no matter where you work 
I basically normalized that doing what was healthy and right for your life was OKAY and a good thing!
Nurses deal with so much guilt and shame on a daily basis when it comes to choosing their health over the needs of others. We’re natural givers who feel called to serve. In the past, this profession has normalized that exhaustion is a badge of honor. Whole Life Nurse makes it CLEAR that it is not. My goal was to simply be the voice of nurses when they couldn’t speak.
It was to allow nurses to be able to say “AMEN” and start taking control of their careers and lives. It was so that nurses could see and realize that you can be a GREAT nurse and still put yourself first. 
We’ve been led on to believe for SO long that if you’re not breaking your back for your hospital or your unit then you’re not doing it right. That you’re not a team player. This mindset and behavior has been PASSED on and learned for years and it’s contributed to the problem of Toxic Environments in hospitals all over the world. NO ONE has called out this nasty cycle in fear of losing their jobs…..but I finally did because I no longer had a job to lose! 
I called it out for what it is: toxic. My experience as a bedside nurse and working in almost every position known to man (I had a LOT of nursing jobs and worked at many different hospitals) revealed so much to me. It showed me what healthy environments looked like and unhealthy ones. It showed me what great management looked like and terrible ones. It showed me what a good hospital looked like and not so good ones. It taught me that YOU CAN negotiate (I learned by trying). It taught me that when you connect with the right people, you can get the interview you need. It taught me SO SO much.
What I realized in my career as a nurse was that the clinical side of nursing wasn’t the hard part. It was navigating the real world. It was dealing with the politics. It was equipping your mind with knowledge and truth that YOU define your value, not someone else’s opinion of it! It was LEARNING TO PUT YOURSELF FIRST AND NOT FEELING BAD ABOUT IT! Over the next 2 years, Whole Life Nurse blew up. A chord was struck. Nurses were reaching out and blowing up my DM’s and email.
Messages start to be sent on the daily of success stories:
– Nurses having the guts to leave toxic jobs.
– Nurses negotiating and asking for more….and GETTING it!
– Nurses setting boundaries and saying no.
– Nurses nailing interviews with the tips I gave.
– Nurses pursuing jobs that they really wanted, but were scared to take the leap. 
I spent the last 2 years creating courses and content to serve nurses with these life changing skills. I’m definitely not the Nurse hospitals want speaking at their conferences and I’m 100% okay with and proud of that! I’m here for my nurses. I’m here for this profession. I’m here to help all nurses (and anyone else) relinquish the fear of the “what if’s”, the fear of being judged, the fear of what others think about them, the fear of asking, and the fear of doing what’s healthiest and best for them at the risk of letting others down. 
“The answer is ALWAYS no if you don’t ask”
“You will never regret leaving a job that is sucking the life out of you.” 
If you’ve followed me a while, you’ve heard those two a lot. It’s what’s gotten nurses THOUSANDS of dollars more a year and a freedom and peace of mind they never knew they could have. 
This passion and this mission has become a full time business for me. I had my first 6 figure year last year with my business and it’s something I truly am proud of. I grew up in a “play it safe” environment. Starting your own business was risky and scary. But I knew with every bit of my being I WAS CREATED TO DO THIS! I took calculated risks as I grew this business over time. I reinvested what I earned in the beginning. I networked and connected with people who were already doing what I wanted to do. I took courses and invested in a coach to help me scale and grow (best decision everrrrrr)!
For the longest time, people didn’t take me seriously. They just thought I had a blog and was messing around on social media I’m convinced. I had a vision from day 1 of turning Whole Life Nurse into an LLC. Stuff got real when I hired a lawyer, got business insurance, then a coach, and then some paid help on my platforms! WHO AM I?! I was just a nurse with an associates degree. No business background. Not fancy degree. No entrepreneurial influences growing up. I just held on to my vision even when others would always be suggesting other things I should do along that way (that was so hard for me because it would make me doubt myself knowing they couldn’t see what I saw and I wondered if I was making a mistake).
The funniest thing to me today is that when I was in nursing school, my professors doubted me. I failed 2 classes and after meeting to discuss remediation, I was told by one that she didn’t think nursing was for me. I kept moving forward. I graduated with my Associates degree. At every interview I sat through as a Nurse, I was asked when I was going back to school to advance my degree. I made up some story about my goal to go back soon just so I could get the job. I knew that degree wouldn’t make me a better nurse or any more “skilled” than I was. It also wasn’t going to be helpful for my vision. Instead, I spent that money on building my business knowledge, brand, and skills. 
Today, I still have an associates degree. I was told when I started Whole Life Nurse that if I wanted to make this a platform for Nurses and be taken seriously, I probably should go back to school and get a BSN at least. Funny enough, my inbox is blown up from National Nursing Associations wanting me to speak, Nursing Directors, Nursing Managers, DNP’s, MSN’s, and nurses from all areas of leadership asking for my advice and help. It’s quite funny how that works. Moral of the story: your title and degree don’t define your value, nor do they make you better than someone else. You prove your value by what you do and how you help & serve others by helping improve their lives. 
Hitting 100k isn’t about “followers.”
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