Russ

Nurse Advocate Team Lead, ICU

Travel Nurse
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HOMETOWN

Presque Isle, ME
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ALL-OUT KARAOKE SONG

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
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GO-TO CHOICE OF CAFFEINE

Coffee
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CLOGS OR SNEAKERS?

Sneakers - Reebok Pumps
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AVERSION (Puke, poop, sputum, IV starts in babies, hey, we’ve all got one)

Disimpaction...I will pay you handsomely to do this for me (don't Google that!).
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FUN FACTS

travels the country with his family in an Airsteam, went to nursing school with his wife
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What do you wish the world knew about nursing?

That it’s perfectly normal for us to go from laughing with one patient to crying with your neighbor next door. We’re not calloused to your feelings but to give of ourselves every shift is difficult and draining. We have to have a macabre sense of humor to not get burnt out. We are a dozen different roles every shift.