Feeding Our Young®

Continue with tenured nurse and California and Puyallup, Washington native Honored Guest Mikail Simmons as she gives burnout advice to RN peers and discusses the potential trap of staying where you're comfortable, the incredibly powerful influence of Greg, loving nursing school, roommates keeping her sane, making time for yourself, having nursing students herself as an RN, her experience with...

Join nursing student and Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynnwood, Washington, and Spokane Washington native Honored Guest Rachel Williams as she chats about finishing nursing school after graduation, anticipating her pinning ceremony, “pruning” as a non-gardener, her misconceptions about healthcare, what she loves about nursing school, discovering the differences between relating with patients versus relati...

Join nurse and Darrington, Washington native Honored Guest Kaylee Powers, first hearing her eloquent post written after graduating nursing school, then listen as she talks about her "honored guests," her love of music and comedy, her travel aspirations, small town life, growing up in a home of addiction and how that impacts her care of patients, not being able to fix everything, and more...

Continue with nurse and current Arizona resident Honored Guest Kaylee Powers as she talks about travel nursing, life-long challenges, accidental and purposeful parenting, the teeter-totter of taking from area of life to fill your cup in another, night shift life and shift differentials, feeling adjusted, her passion to break stereotypes, her inspirational list of "equity trail blazers,"...

Continue with first-time triple threat Honored Guest Kaylee Powers as she details her nursing school experience, class diversity, running a code as a “B” student, the importance of consent, the challenges of med-surg, being open-minded to clinical experiences, doing the skills you can do, why she felt the need to continue her education, using struggles to be relatable to patients, wanting to live...

Join nurse and Katy, Texas native Honored Guest Angie Parker as she discusses “failure,” her circuitous route to nursing, celebrating success, the privilege of nursing, comfort (and lack thereof), breaking things down, growing in nursing school despite being an “older” adult, nursing as a respected profession, advice to burnt out nurses, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a n...

Join recent graduate and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Greg Vaughan as he discusses changing directions, black clouds, his military experience, discovering nursing, the G.I. Bill, being in nursing school in his late 20s and early 30s, his NCLEX experience and nursing aspirations, the importance of being curious, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of apprecia...

Join current student and San Diego, California native Honored Guest Jade Treese as she talks about her nursing student externship, practicing/living in two states, her amazing family, listening to people's stories, her hero, nursing community, making the transition from "playing" nurse to being a nurse, how comparing ourselves produces unnecessary stress, going where life takes her,...

Join relatively recent graduate and practicing nurse Honored Guest Amy Cathey as she waxes eloquent about her brief stint as a movie star, transitioning from the entertainment industry to nursing, being a non-traditional nursing student, recognizing and walking through open doors, making money going to nursing school, feeling prepared coming from a two-year program, knowing what fills you up, litt...

Join current student and Juneau, Alaska native Honored Guest Bella Hanna as she chats about Alaskan activities, the need to be walked daily, how she chose her university, personal and professional plans, what it was like having a nursing student and nurse as a mom, kitchen dissections, having a heroic family, study advice, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of apprecia...

Join power nursing couple and Honored Guests Melissa and Steven Bundy as they discuss their contrasting stories about why they went into nursing, what they like least and most about nursing school, bartending, horror film recommendations, nursing “dinner talk,” living a chaotic life, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any of our honored guests - let...

Continue with nursing power couple and Honored Guests Melissa and Steven Bundy as they talk about contrasting hobbies, nursing school challenges, together navigating nursing school pregnancy, adjusting to the ICU, being a pregnant night shift nurse, GPAs, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any of our honored guests - let them know how they touched yo...

Join current student and Renton, Washington native Honored Guest Gabe Vergara as he details his "full" full name,  how to have fun in clinicals, his early clinical progression, his interactions with patients, staff, and peers, the importance of recognizing the fact that each of your patients have a story, overcoming being scared of others in nursing school, his advice on study habits and...

Join former nurse manager and Canadian and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Meghan Smith as she tells us about getting an advanced degree without knowing what she wanted to do with it, the differences between Canadian and U.S. healthcare, why nursing was a second career choice, her experiences in nursing school, how she was bamboozled into her first RN position, how she got into leadership...

Join current student and San Diego, CA native Honored Guest Jayden Hawley as she talks about her potential areas of practice after nursing school, the importance of family (and her family's influence on her decision to become a nurse), her definition of the essence of nursing, what she loves about nursing school and nursing in general, her personal account of "failing" a course afte...

Join recent graduates and west-side Washington native Honored Guests Mia Waters and Morgan Creekmore as they discuss balancing a social life with nursing school, becoming a "true adult" in nursing school, discovering what nurses actually do, their intriguing reasons for becoming nurses, their chosen areas of nursing, maintaining perspective, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.o...

Continue with recent graduates and west-side Washington native Honored Guests Mia Waters and Morgan Creekmore as they discuss the pros and cons of living in a population-dense area, their differing experiences with being diagnosed with and having ADHD, their experiences taking the NCLEX, the existence of competition within nursing school, why they're so annoying, having prior work experience,...

Join relatively recent graduate and Congo, Uganda, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Clémence Kitambala as she talks about differences between night and day shift, the culture shock of moving to the US through World Relief at the age of 16, entering her modeling era (and how it is similar to nursing), starting nursing school at the start of the global pandemic, and more! Contact us: tha...

Continue with relatively recent graduate and Congo, Uganda, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Clémence Kitambala as she talks about what inspired her to be a nurse and to work in L&D; surviving financially in nursing school; her funny isolation story; being an ambivert; her advice for coming out of nursing school, taking the NCLEX, and finding a job; what brings her joy; and more! C...

Join nurse educator and Redding, Pennsylvania native Honored Guest Krista Reilly as she discusses her love of reading, her humorous initial exposure to nursing, her redemptive "eating our young" experience, her motivation for returning to nursing school as an educator, her unconventional ways of educating students, meeting students with diverse learning methods where they're at, the...

Join current nursing student and San Diego, California native Honored Guest Gianna Callipari as she shares about completing nursing school after walking graduation, having a large family, her inspirational aunt, how someone who can't stand being behind a desk navigates the classroom, making nursing school fun, challenging herself, what her future nursing career potentially looks like, advice...

Join nursing educator, Querétaro, Mexico and Smackover, Arkansas native Honored Guest Melissa Resendiz as she chats about family, parental sacrifice, how she got into both nursing and nursing education, what she loved about nursing school, her own experience with the "eating our young" phenomenon, the importance of being kind to nursing students, a shocking statistic, English as a Second...

Join relatively recent new grad nurse and Honored Guest Noel Pitner as he chats about Deadpool and Wolverine, nursing as a second career, being an older male in nursing, not doing it alone, fitting nursing school into a well-established life, organization in nursing school, how law school compares to nursing school, the importance of not discounting an Associates (ADN) degree, the importance of ma...

Continue with relatively recent new grad and Honored Guest Noel Pitner as he chats about why he chose nursing school the first time around, how men were treated in nursing school in the late 80s and early 90s, why the change from attorney to nursing school a second time, about never being too old, his future plans (continuing education onward to obtaining his DNP), navigating challenges inherent t...

Join relatively recent new grad nurse and Spokane, WA native Honored Guest Chloe Burley as she talks about coming out of her shell, finding out who she is after nursing school, her inspirational reason why she became a nurse, why she chose to attend a university close to home, the importance of having support, managing anxiety, her transition from nursing student to nurse, her experience with her...