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Jessica Nandino

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Venus

I walked out the Emergency Department doors and into a breezy warm summer night that caused my forearms to erupt with goose pimples. The…

Dec 1, 2018

Venus

Dec 1, 2018

Pinned

The Wrong Side of Death

by Jessica Nandino, RN CEN

Aug 26, 2019

The Wrong Side of Death

Aug 26, 2019

Pinned

What will it take? An abrasive question from a nurse.

Where would we be today if months ago, we held the supply chain to the same level of responsibility with which we now condemn the actions…

Oct 31, 2020

Oct 31, 2020

My Tornado of Death

Her outstretched hands, 10 perfect fingers, each 5 attached to their rightful palm. Pillows of toddler pudge held the paper up to me. She…

Nov 18, 2019

My Tornado of Death

Nov 18, 2019

My ER Exit Letter

Dear Hospital,

Jul 9, 2019

My ER Exit Letter

Jul 9, 2019

An Unexpected Prime

Her face fell. Assumed disappointment should have been my purported relief. I knew the look and had made it countless times. A mix of…

May 15, 2019

An Unexpected Prime

May 15, 2019

Turkey Boss

I love my goose. Truth. One of many unexpected truths. Ten years ago, if someone had written out, “Jessica’s Truths”, I would have…

Dec 7, 2018

Turkey Boss

Dec 7, 2018

Don’t I Know You?

I was the new girl at work. Brand new. I had barely graduated nursing school. Somehow, with a mix of smarts, stubbornness, and charm, I…

Nov 16, 2018

Don’t I Know You?

Nov 16, 2018

Don’t Cry Mama… He’s in Heaven.

A bleating cry came from just beyond the unfinished barn. There was an urgency and fierceness to it, one I had not heard before. I turned…

Nov 10, 2018

Don’t Cry Mama… He’s in Heaven.

Nov 10, 2018

Momderwear

On the rough days, motherhood is a battle. A struggle to let go of expectations, to soften ones previous standards of tidiness and order…

Jun 6, 2018

Jun 6, 2018

Jessica Nandino

Jessica Nandino

Living a life of strength, transparency, and humor, as a wife, mother of three, trauma/flight nurse, and hobby farmer.

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