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When is it Time to Tap Out of a Hospital?
Is It Time to Tap Out as a Nurse at Your Hospital? There is a unique kind of exhaustion that nursing creates.Not just tired feet or skipped lunches or another 12-hour shift that quietly mutates into 14. This exhaustion settles deeper. It begins to color your thinking. It changes the way you drive home. It follows you into the shower, into your sleep, into the silence of your days off. And eventually, many nurses begin asking themselves the same question: Is it me? Or is this
Power Up Staff
6 days ago4 min read
Today is our National Dance It Out for Our Nurses Day!
IT’S HERE. IT’S HERE. Today is our National Dance It Out for Our Nurses Day! Power Up Nursing is incredibly proud of the hospitals, nursing colleges, healthcare teams, and individual nurses across the country who are making today a celebration of the passion, heart, joy, and dedication of nursing through dance. Today is about more than music and movement. It’s about releasing stress. Celebrating each other. Honoring the profession. And reminding the world that nurses are th
Power Up Staff
May 81 min read
Meal Prep for Nurses in 30 Seconds!
EPISODE 4 IS LIVE TODAY. AI POWER UP FOR NURSES. A free educational series on how nurses can enrich and improve their lives, clinically and personally, with AI. Power Up Nursing is building momentum as a multi-media platform that offers free courses, exciting in-person and online events, and opportunities to learn and grow as a professional nurse. JOIN US for this 20-episode series on AI Power Up for Nurses and change your life easily and swiftly with these hacks! Don't miss
Power Up Staff
May 41 min read
NURSES MONTH GIVEAWAY
Because every nurse deserves a little surprise… and a chance to win something that celebrates the incredible work you do personally and professionally.
This May, register ONE time and you’ll be entered to win every weekly prize all month long. One quick sign-up. Four chances to win. A whole month of gratitude.
Power Up Staff
May 11 min read
It's Friday, May 1st, 2026.
Hello All, Its Friday May 1st, 2026, "Happy KY Derby" Go Baby! Go Baby!
I heard a question the other day and it had me thinking!
LaQuita Burden, BSN, RN
May 11 min read
Blast Off in Miami Nov 19-21
Have you registered for the Chrysalis Conference yet? Join us November 19 through 21 for Power Up Nursing’s Chrysalis Conference, where bold leaders, breakthrough ideas, and courageous innovation come together to reimagine healthcare. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a major highlight of Day 3: November 21 | 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM An unprecedented morning exploring the future of boundaryless healthcare... a new era where care defies gravity, transcends walls, reaches rural comm
Tanya Abreu
Apr 241 min read
Prayer Accelerates Weight Loss: The Science Behind Faith, Food, and Finally Feeling Free
What if one of the most overlooked tools for weight loss wasn’t a pill, a punishing workout, or another diet app... but prayer, purpose, and a deeper sense of reverence for your own body? At Power Up Nursing, we believe health transformation is strongest when it includes mind, body, and spirit. The scale is not only mechanical. It is emotional, neurological, social, and often spiritual. For many people, faith can become the missing bridge between wanting to change... and actu
Tanya Abreu
Apr 203 min read
It's Friday, April 17th, 2026.
I pray that each of you have a wonderful weekend. I hope you find joy...
LaQuita Burden, BSN, RN
Apr 172 min read
It's Friday, April 10th, 2026.
Relax and recharge this weekend. Sometimes you don't get what you want because you deserve better.
LaQuita Burden, BSN, RN
Apr 101 min read
The April 2026 Power Update Newsletter is LIVE...
For the first time, Power Up Nursing is stepping into a bold new rhythm: every-other-month insights, momentum, and real-world impact from a movement that’s reshaping healthcare from the inside out.
Power Up Staff
Apr 81 min read
At the Breaking Point: The Three Fault Lines Reshaping Nursing in 2026
If you listen closely, you can almost hear it—the quiet strain beneath the surface of healthcare. Not a sudden collapse, but a system stretching past its safe limits. And at the center of that tension stands the nursing profession. In April 2026, three major forces are not just influencing nursing—they are actively redefining its future. 1. The Staffing Crisis Has Become a Patient Safety Crisis What was once framed as a workforce inconvenience has evolved into something far m
Power Up Staff
Apr 13 min read
Why Power Up is Now a Skool Community and Why You Should Join
Power Up Nursing Is Now on Skool — And This Is Just the Beginning Something powerful is happening in nursing… and it’s no longer scattered across platforms, posts, and passing conversations. We’ve brought it all together into one intentional, energized space. https://www.skool.com/power-up-nursing/about Power Up Nursing is now officially a community on Skool. Not just another group. Not just another feed.A living, breathing ecosystem for nurses who are ready to grow, connect
Power Up Staff
Mar 272 min read
The People Around You May Be Aging You (or Saving You)
Let’s keep this simple and real: Not all stress comes from the job.Some of it has a name, a face, a shift partner, a family member. Researchers call them “hasslers” … people who make life harder. And here’s the headline: Every negative person in your life may actually be speeding up your biological aging. The Top Findings Nearly 1 in 3 people has at least one “hassler” Each one = ~1.5% faster aging and ~9 months older biologically Family stress hits hardest More negative ti
Power Up Staff
Mar 202 min read
Twice the Risk: The Silent Suicide Crisis Among Female Nurses
As suicide rates rise nationwide, the women caring for us are facing a crisis of their own. There is a quiet crisis moving through healthcare. It doesn’t announce itself in huddles. It doesn’t show up on dashboards. It doesn’t chart neatly in the EMR. But it is there. And the data is clear: Female nurses are nearly twice as likely to die by suicide as women in the general population. At the same time, suicide rates across the United States have risen in recent years , with no
Power Up Staff
Mar 173 min read
It's Friday, February 27th, 2026.
By LaQuita Burden, RN, BSN Hello All, It's Friday, February 27th, 2026. I pray you all have a beautifully peaceful weekend. You can be drowning. Fighting for your life… And some people will still ask, “Why haven’t you been there for me lately?” Some people don’t care how heavy your world feels. They don’t ask if you’re okay. They don’t notice you’re exhausted. They don’t see you barely holding it together. They just noticed you stopped serving them. That’s the diff
LaQuita Burden, BSN, RN
Feb 271 min read
The Top 5 Health Tips for Bedside Nurses: Protect Your Vitality and Your Energy
There is no job quite like bedside nursing. You move from crisis to comfort in seconds. You read a monitor, a room, a family, and a physician all at once. You carry responsibility in one hand and compassion in the other. But here is the truth we do not say loudly enough: You cannot pour from a nervous system that is constantly running on empty. At Power Up Nursing, we believe protecting your vitality is not indulgent. It is strategic. It is clinical. It is leadership. And it
Power Up Staff
Feb 263 min read
Nurse Educator Pathways: Turning Nurse Shortages Into Healthcare Solutions
Author: Bianca Stakes Nurse shortages are not new in the United States, and in many cases, healthcare systems and higher education are putting a Band-Aid on a bruise with surface-level solutions. Hiring fairs and affordable nursing programs may provide short-term relief, but a long-term solution requires a holistic perspective and targeted approach to address root causes. The shortage isn’t just how many nurses we need, but who is preparing them. If there aren’t enough nurse
Power Up Staff
Feb 164 min read
Happy Valentine’s Day. Do You Really Know Your Heart?
Happy Valentine’s Day. Now the real question: do you truly know your heart? Not just in the poetic sense (though we love a good romance), but in the measurable, biological, data-driven way that tells you how your body is actually doing… minute by minute. As many of you know, our relationship with Ultrahuman was frozen mid–last year due to patent infringement issues. That pause sent us on a serious quest: find a ring that is equal to or greater than the clinical significance
Power Up Staff
Feb 142 min read
Chrysalis Conference 2026: A Meeting that Demonstrates Change is Possible Now
If you are looking for a conference that goes beyond talking about change and actually shows you how to create it, this is your invitation. The Chrysalis Conference is a practical and visionary gathering for nurses, executives, administrators, and healthcare leaders who are ready to move past the anxiety of “impending change” and into active leadership of what comes next. Hosted by Power Up Nursing and the Nursing Action Coalition of Florida , and held at Jackson Health Syst
Power Up Staff
Feb 112 min read
February Power Up Newsletter
February Focus: The Heart of Nursing February invites us to slow down and reconnect with what matters most — our hearts, our purpose, and the people who make our work meaningful. This month isn’t just about Valentine’s Day; it’s about honoring the emotional labor nurses carry, the compassion they give, and the courage it takes to keep showing up. Reflection Prompt: What moment recently reminded you why you became a nurse? Share it with us — your story may inspire someone who
Power Up Staff
Feb 95 min read
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