This ICU Nurse Is Turning Her CRNA Dream Into Reality After starting her nursing career during the height of COVID-19, Lea Smith is now balancing pediatric critical care with full-time school to become a CRNA. Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, pediatric CVICU nurse Lea Smith shares how beginning her career during COVID-19 strengthened a longtime goal of becoming a CRNA. We also cover billions in estimated emergency care savings since...
about 8 hours ago • 2 min read
This Nurse Has Spent Decades Caring For Moms And Teaching The Next Generation After beginning her nursing career in Jamaica, Donna Mundy built a career spanning labor and delivery, management, and now clinical instruction. Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, longtime labor and delivery nurse Donna Mundy shares how her career took her from nursing school in Jamaica to leadership, patient care, and teaching future nurses in Florida. We...
7 days ago • 2 min read
This Nurse Traded Biotech For Labor & Delivery After earning two science degrees and starting a career in biotech, Di Pham changed course and found her place caring for high-risk mothers and babies. Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, labor and delivery nurse Di Pham shares how she went from studying biochemistry and working in biotech to caring for high-risk mothers and babies. We also look at projections of a national nursing shortfall...
9 days ago • 2 min read
This Nurse Is Helping Shape Healthcare AI After a career spanning hospice care, education and healthcare technology, Dawn Jelley is helping clinicians shape the AI tools changing how they work. Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, former hospice nurse Dawn Jelley shares how her career took her from bedside care into healthcare technology and why she believes nurses need a voice in shaping AI. We also cover Stanford Health Care's approach...
15 days ago • 4 min read
Why This NP Puts Prevention First Working across two New Jersey clinics, Jerry Szych focuses on nutrition, weight management, hormone optimization, and helping patients take an active role in their long-term health. Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, nurse practitioner Jerry Szych shares his path from RN to NP and why disease prevention is at the center of his practice. We also cover the ANA's position that nurse fatigue is a systemic...
17 days ago • 2 min read
Advocate for Quality Postpartum Care This nurse studied business & used her knowledge to start two businesses supporting postpartum parents Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, one nurse tells her story of using her business background and interest in maternal health to build a business to revolutionize postpartum care in the US. We also discuss a recall of IV saline due to fiberglass contamination, growing West Nile virus cases, and a...
21 days ago • 5 min read
The Rejections That Redirected Her Career After multiple PA school rejections, a friend's suggestion led Chloe Carter to nursing and eventually a PACU career she hadn't originally planned for. Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, PACU nurse Chloe Carter shares how PA school rejections unexpectedly redirected her toward nursing. We also cover a $150 increase to the NCLEX registration fee, the challenges hospitals are encountering as they...
22 days ago • 2 min read
What Pushed This PACU Nurse To Become An NP How this nurse's travel assignment inspired her to get her NP to serve her community Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, one nurse shares her journey from a new RN, to travel nurse, and now new NP with a clear goal of serving her local underserved community. We also discuss the first two deaths from measles this year, a new mpox case, and a large recall of Clear Eye drops. But first, that...
28 days ago • 5 min read
The Chance Encounter That Led Her To Nurse Anesthesia After years in the ICU, Nuzhet Meridew found a CRNA career offering greater autonomy, flexibility, and quality of life. Welcome to Nurse Ascent, a twice-weekly newsletter created by nurses for nurses. This week, we look at planned strikes involving more than 2,200 healthcare workers, new research suggesting job hoppers may adapt faster in understaffed workplaces, and a Microsoft Teams phishing scam targeting hospital employees. Plus, CRNA...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read