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Dear Becoming: When going back feels like going backwards

Dear Becoming, For nearly 30 years, nursing has been woven into my identity. It has given me purpose, relationships, extraordinary experiences, heartbreak, wisdom, and a front-row seat to humanity at its most vulnerable. I know how to be a nurse. I know how to walk into a room when things are falling apart and figure out what needs to happen next. Last November, I left. I believed I was ready for something different. After decades in healthcare, I had experience, perspective

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COVID Didn’t Create the Nursing Crisis. It Gave Permission for Exploitation.

For over 30 years, I have been privileged to serve as a nurse. For 18 of those years, I worked in the NICU, where patient assignments are carefully considered because lives depend on safe staffing, sound judgment, and the ability to provide attentive, compassionate care. Today, as a travel nurse, I have witnessed something deeply troubling. During my most recent eight-week travel assignment, I was assigned four babies on multiple occasions—more times than I had experienced d

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Aug 53 min read

Back to the bedside - A broken promise.

I never imagined I'd find myself back at the bedside in nursing! After COVID, enduring long-term disability, and receiving a PTSD diagnosis, I declared with conviction: I'd never return to a system that felt exploitative—one that pushes nurses to their limits, despite them being the backbone of healthcare. It wasn't just a career choice. It was about survival. What I struggled with was the contradiction at the core of the profession I adored: nurses holding the entire healthc

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May 13 min read