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Today's Nurse

Who is a nurse today? Join me on my blog to find out! I hope you will see what nurses today are really about...and it is definitely not what you see on Grey's Anatomy!

Welcome to Today’s Nurse, a blog by...you guessed it, a nurse!  My name is Niki Hartman and I have been a registered nurse since May 2000.  I have worked in numerous patient care settings including the operating room, and an outpatient neurology physician’s office at (LVHN).  I have spent most of my career at LVHN, except for a few years when I worked for a local home health agency—yeah, Allegiance Nursing!! 

In my current role at LVHN, I have the pleasure of assisting nurses throughout the network to grow and develop professionally.  So, while I may not physically be at the bedside, my work with staff nurses assures the best care is provided to all patients. 

So….what is my blog about??  It is about today’s nurse and what a nurse today really is…and is not!  I plan to cover topics from the everyday, like exercise and nutrition, to the latest social events, like the royal wedding (loved it!) and everything in between.  Each entry will open your eyes to what nurses right here in the Lehigh Valley do….as opposed to what nurses on Grey’s Anatomy do (oh wait, there are no nurses on that show!!).  Don’t even get me started on the image of nurses in the media today... that’s a whole separate entry!!

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I hope you’ll join me on my blogging journey and learn something along the way about what it means to be a nurse today.

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