Susan Pasley

Dec 3, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Amanda Dean |Eric Beam |Susan Pasley |Keila N. Lopez

I sat on a cylindrical stool, eyes bleary from the early hour. Navy scrubs freshly pressed, my nursing school patch tacked to my left shoulder. Would anyone notice I used hot glue and whipstitches? I remember the sound my clipboard made as I attached a fresh piece of paper. The whoosh was faint and mimicked the flip-flap of wings attached to butterflies whirring around in my belly. I waited eagerly for my nurse preceptor.

Jun 17, 2024 | dailynurse.com | Susan Pasley

Every nurse is familiar with the underlying anxiety of not working a holiday. At the core of that anxiety is a specific fear: the fear of receiving a desperate call from a nurse manager asking them to come into work despite the fact they’re not on holiday rotation. Likewise, every nurse manager maintains a similar level of dread during the holidays and when the summer rolls around. Nobody making or receiving that call wants it to happen, but it does, like clockwork, every year.

Mar 27, 2024 | fiercehealthcare.com | Susan Pasley

Walk the floors of a busy hospital today and you’ll see signs of a healthcare workforce in crisis. It really doesn’t matter which hospital, or where. The signs are the same across the country. The first thing you’re guaranteed to notice is nurses scrambling to care for their patients. In many cases, they’re caring for more patients than they can comfortably handle. You’ll see them navigating the floor with a palpable sense of urgency as they respond to a cacophony of alerts.