KevinMD February 17, 2025
Dear new nurse graduate,
Welcome to a world unlike any other—a world brimming with happiness, sadness, confusion, self-doubt, defeat, and heroism. You’ve just stepped onto the first rung of a ladder that reaches into the unknown. Nursing is not easy, and there will be countless moments when you ask yourself, “What was I thinking?” or “Why did I choose this path?”
But nursing isn’t just a job; it’s a lifelong journey, a calling. It will demand everything from you—mind, body, and soul. It will test your patience, stretch your limits, and consume you. Along the way, you will discover that the person you were before becoming a nurse will no longer exist.
Let me tell you a little about my...