I’m not sure how many of you who follow along here are aware of Lent. I’m sure most of you are, but in case you are lost and don’t know what I’m talking about let me quickly summarize: Lent is a season on the christian calendar, the forty days leading up to Resurrection Sunday, where we remember Christ’s sacrifice and the forty days he spent in the desert being tempted by satan. I observe it pretty much every year by fasting from something. You can basically fast from whatever might distract you from the Kingdom or things that bring you joy that you could give up in a sacrifice to…

The other morning my friend asked if we would like to join her and her kids for tobogganing and treats. We have twin families: two boys and a girl, all within months of each other. And, as God would have it, she is one of my dearest, most fun friends. So I jumped at the chance to spend time together, as I always do. I love doing life with her. To describe where we live as “flat” would be a misrepresentation. “Flat” would suggest that there is something to compare it to, like say, elevation. Literally the only hills in my city are man-made, and were usually designed to get…

Well….I have some news. I started this blog because I didn’t have the greatest experience as a student nurse. I wanted to be a voice of reason and calm, encouraging SN’s on their journey to becoming RNs. But then I read the book “The Nurses Guide to Blogging” by Brittney Wilson and Kati Kleber (this is a fantastic read, I highly recommend it to anyone looking to getting into blogging). This book helped me to understand what my vision truly is for Know It, Nurse and I realized that my bottom line is about happiness. I want nurses to be happy in their work and their lives. So I have decided to…

If you are a nursing student or a recent grad, I bet you have heard a lot about this mythical concept of “self-care”. This is the idea that nurses need to do things to restore and revive themselves, given their stressful jobs. I wonder who was the first to come up with that phrase? The crazy thing about it is the mere fact that we have to tell nurses “Hey! Did you know that you shouldn’t drive yourself insane and maybe you could do something fun every 3-4 weeks?”. Do we have to remind them to be functioning human beings because nursing is such a hard career, or do we have…