Jennifer Johnson BScN RN

Jenn Johnson is a wife, mother, author, and emergency nurse in Ontario, Canada, for over 13 years. She wrote “Nursing Intuition” which will be published later this year. She has a passion for helping others, especially those who have given their all during the pandemic and lost their love for nursing. She can be found at http://nursejenn.ca and would love to hear from you.
When I started nursing school, there was minimal talk about emotions and what you would be exposed to daily. It was up to...

No one understands the hilarity, miracles heartbreak, and pain of a hospital emergency department quite like me. After thirteen years of working as a Registered Nurse, I have seen it all. The COVID-19 pandemic was just the chaotic experience to show me that I needed to tell this story. I needed to tell the behind-the-scenes, firsthand nurse's perspective on working in the most 'in-the-trenches' part of healthcare and just how important intuition has become to helping me stay the course.

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It was the height of the pandemic; our visits to the emergency room had declined significantly, but the acuity had gone up as people had put off coming into the hospital unless they were really very ill. This was the case as someone rang the call bell in room four, and I was the only one available to answer it.
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