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Trauma: Life in the ER Want to be an Emergency Nurse?

Minority Nurse

I worked in the ER at Detroit Receiving Hospital where the show Trauma: Life in the ER was filmed and at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell where NY ER was filmed. Moral of the story: “Follow Your Dreams!” I have worked in various Emergency Departments in Canada and the U.S., including level 1 trauma centers.

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Chatting with Nurse Blake, RN and Most Popular Nurse Advocate on SM: Part 3

Minority Nurse

One of the other reasons I decided to do my show is that I was speaking at many nursing conventions at nursing conferences and hospitals. I don’t advocate for these hospitals. But I also worked as a patient care tech and went through nursing school. And I was like, you know what? I’m a nurse. I’m a nurse.

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Opportunities For Medical Assistants During The Healthcare Staffing Shortage

ACI Medical & Dental School

This situation is due to a combination of an aging population requiring more medical care, and the lingering effects of high staff turnover during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Hospital Association , there will be an estimated shortage of up to 3.2 million healthcare workers in the country by 2026.

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Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders: Dr. Jamil Norman

Minority Nurse

And I got pulled down to the labor and delivery unit when I was a patient care tech, going through nursing school, and fell in love. Women, you come into the hospital for a happy moment, right? When you’re in the hospital, you’re not feeling well, you know, something’s wrong. I couldn’t believe that I loved it.

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Chatting with Nurse Blake, RN and Most Popular Nurse Influencer on SM: Part 2

Minority Nurse

When I was 17, I got my first job in healthcare as a patient transporter, and then I worked my way up. Then I also worked as a patient care tech in the neuro ICU during nursing school. I worked at two of the large systems there in critical care on a liver transplant ICU floor. I’ve gone all over.