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MY FIRST CODE BLUE AS A NURSE

Posted on February 25, 2020June 15, 2020 by Liz

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Tonight I get to speak on a panel with @scarymommy Tonight I get to speak on a panel with @scarymommy talking all about Illness seen in kids OTHER than covid as we enter cold and flu season. Sign up for free at the link in my stories! We’ll be answering the most common primary care questions I get with it comes to URI’s and Dr Anna Zimmermann a Neonatologist will be bringing all the info on the tiniest humans. #primarycare #pediatrics #nursing
Someone told me I couldn’t make a cute cake. So Someone told me I couldn’t make a cute cake. So you better believe I dedicated hours of my life to YouTube learning all the ways to do just that instead of just letting it go 😂😂. Heads up if you ever want to make a sprinkles cake. You will walk on sprinkles forever. That’s your life now. But your kids will also love it. Good luck. #stubborn #watchme
It’s fine. I’m fine. Everything’s fine. 😭 It’s fine. I’m fine. Everything’s fine. 😭😭😭😭😭. But can we also discuss how quickly they whisked these kids inside before they even knew what was happening? Skills. Preschool. Skills. #firstdayofschool
Happy Second Birthday to this goof ball. You are t Happy Second Birthday to this goof ball. You are the silliest human I know. And I just realized you are eventually going to have a birthday on the first day of school. And I apologize. If this has happened to anyone else.. help lol. #twoyearsold
Four year olds are something else when it comes to Four year olds are something else when it comes to attitude. But they’re also phenomenal at letting people know they are loved. And it’s quite honestly, the best 😍. #fournager #toddlerlife #flowersforgrandpa
New NP Binder update is up! Flowcharts for syncope New NP Binder update is up! Flowcharts for syncope and vertigo, 2 patient handouts, and updated resource linkes! So if you subscribe to the binder, check those emails!! The NP binder is my primary care resource that I used to supplement my NP apps in clinic and includes a variety of resources to make your day to day life in family medicine a little easier. If you’d like to acquire lifetime access, and all future updates, check the link in my bio to purchase! Thank you to everyone who has supported this binder, it’s turning 2 this month and it’s so cool to see where it is now vs in the beginning ❤️ #npschool #npstudent
Introducing frequently asked questions posts! As a Introducing frequently asked questions posts! As a way to quickly answer your common questions. Feel free to leave any of yours below! Link in the bio has all the details of the post as well 🙂 #nursepractitioner #nursepractitionerstudent #nplife
Wearing a mask reduces transmission of covid 19. I Wearing a mask reduces transmission of covid 19. It’s not perfect. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t wear it. #maskup #maskoff #nurselife #covid. Also I’m aware deodorant is spelled wrong. This is why I don’t teach English.
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When you are having all the feels. But you also on When you are having all the feels. But you also only know the lyrics to toddler songs. It’s fine, Daniel Tiger has some good tunes and I’m not ashamed to admit it 😂. #stressdoodles #toddlermomlife #procreatelettering
Got to experience the at home covid tests this wee Got to experience the at home covid tests this week. How exciting. Here’s how they work if you ever need them! This one was $25 and came with two tests. Have you used these yet? I foresee using them a lot as the fall rolls around and we have a little in school #covidtest #nursepractitioner #athomecovidtest
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My first real steps into motherhood were not easy My first real steps into motherhood were not easy ones.⁣ ⁣ #ad I was sitting in an appointment room on the chair because I didn’t want to be in the “spotlight” on the exam table. The MA was asking me all the standard questions you get asked at your six-week postpartum appointment, and I knew what was coming next. She was going to ask me questions about how I was doing emotionally. I had already scored myself using the tool I knew she would use and knew that I was going to get an alarmingly high number on both the anxiety and depression scale. And I had rehearsed my lie of how I would answer instead. I did well. I added a few points to make things more realistic, and the woman smiled, nodded, and went off to get my midwife. I was immensely pleased with myself for having “passed” this test with flying colors. ⁣ ⁣ When the midwife came in a few minutes later, she sat down across from me, reached over to rest her hand reassuringly on my leg, and asked me how I was really doing. And I proceeded to cry for 30 minutes. She just sat there and rubbed by back and told me over and over that it would be okay, even if it didn’t feel like that right now. ⁣ ⁣ By the time I left that office I had a prescription for Zoloft and an appointment with the postpartum therapy group at the hospital. Those would help long-term, but her sitting with me, letting me cry, and identifying that based on our interactions before I was definitely NOT okay, that is what I think about four years later when people talk about their most memorable healthcare experience.⁣ ⁣ One of the coolest parts of working in healthcare is the impact you can have on humans at their most vulnerable moments. ⁣ ⁣ The kinda crappy part of that though?⁣ ⁣ Continued in the comments ⁣
How has she already been here for FOUR years?⁣ ⁣ It’s flown by, but it also seems like forever.⁣ ⁣ Happy Birthday Avery girl! ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #fouryearsold #four #happybirthday #happyfourthbirthday
Question for my nurse practitioner friends: Would Question for my nurse practitioner friends: Would ever return to the bedside? Since I announced that I'm leaving my more "traditional" nurse practitioner role because of burnout and just pure dissolution of my faith in our country's healthcare system in general (when I rule the world, things will be much different, but alas, we aren't there yet)tons of people have messaged me or left comments leaving suggestions of different potential career choices for me. Which has been quite fun! Despite my constant shooting down of ideas. I'm basically a toddler saying no to every perfectly reasonable suggestion 🤪 One that I've gotten quite a few times is returning to bedside nursing, since I really did love my time in pediatrics. I recently discussed if I'd ever go back in a Chat & Chill video on my YouTube channel (link in bio!). The short answer for me is no. I explain more about why in the video, but I want to hear from you! So, let's chat! Let me know if the comments if you'd ever return to bedside nursing with your NP license, and why or why not. Have you already made the switch? What made decide to do so? And if you want to hear more about my feelings on the topic, you can check out the link in my bio! #nursepractitioner #np #fnp #familynursepractitioner #familymedicine #nurse #nursing #nursingschool #npschool #nursingjobs #lifeasannp #bedsidenursing
I heard that you are supposed to post super flatte I heard that you are supposed to post super flattering photos of yourself in cute outfits on this app⁣ ⁣ So obviously my gardening getup needed to be shown off⁣ ⁣ Please enjoy and look in your pajama drawer for a similar look this holiday weekend!!⁣ ⁣ #fashionblogger #socute #summerfashion #nurse #nursing #familynursepractitioner #gardening
First family adventure walk with two children walk First family adventure walk with two children walking solo. ⁣ ⁣ If you ask Avery what we did this weekend she will tell you we went on a family adventure through a jungle by a pond where she found the best sword ever and was attacked in the eye by a huge bug. ⁣ She found it to be one of the best and also most frightening experiences of her life. ⁣ ⁣ Piper would probably describe the experience as an incredibly long walk with not enough snacks. ⁣ ⁣ And I would report it to be an overall pleasant experience along a shady trail next to a river, with a nice path that I’ll definitely bring a stroller to next time because holy cow carrying a child for over a mile is exhausting. ⁣ ⁣ Now for the final activity review. ⁣ ⁣ 7/10 recommend adventure trails with your children. ⁣ 3 points deducted for A Lack of bathrooms and presence of poison ivy which made a newly potty trained trail adventurer quite nervous. And the number of forbidden foods that are VERY tempting to small children and the whole no guard rail next to the river thing was mildly stressful.⁣ But it was super pretty. And otherwise a grand experience. ⁣ I’d encourage you to bring a stroller. And your patience. Because you will be stopping every 5 feet. ⁣ And also a camera. Because you’ll want to look at pictures over and over again for days. ⁣ ⁣ If you take littles on adventure walks, I’d love to know all of your tips for success as we are just getting bold enough to try these!⁣ ⁣ #statecollege #centrecountypa #adventuringwithlittles #toddlerlife #nurse #fnplife #nplife #nursinglife #rn #bsn #workingmom #dayoff #weekendadventure #hiking #trailbabies ⁣
I’m sure you've seen the jokes about the month o I’m sure you've seen the jokes about the month of July and the interns. The whole “don't get sick in July,” the memes in general, the many, many jokes about intern physicians who all start their jobs as doctors on July first. Have you heard and laughed at those jokes? Have you made them? Because I have absolutely made and laughed at those jokes more times than I can count. But after starting my training to become an NP I got a huge reality check of what it's like to be in the shoes of being a provider in training. And I couldn't laugh along with them or make them anymore. In today's video, I just want to talk about why this "interns ruin July" attitude, like so many attitudes in Healthcare, needs to change. I’ll also talk about what caused me to re-evaluate how I discuss the whole topic and why it is so important to make this one, surprisingly impactful change in the way we think about interns. The nurses vs physicians rivalry is rampant and I really really believe a lot of it starts during a residents first real experience working with nurses, as an intern. If you want to make this same change and bring new positivity to the healthcare space, click the link in my bio to watch the video. See you there! #newresidents #july2021 #herecometheinterns #julyinterns #nurse #nurses #familynursepractitioner #pgy1 #pgy2 #welcometohealthcare #nursingschool #npschool #bullyinginhealthcare #bethechange
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