We’re answering YOUR questions!! In this special “bonus” episode we are so excited to be wrapping up our very first season of Life In Scrubs Podcast! As we cross this milestone it felt fitting to celebrate with you all by answering your questions! This has been such a fun passion project for us and at the end of the day we love connecting with this amazing community and helping share everything we wish we knew throughout nursing school, and as we New Grads! Honestly, we just enjoy connecting over this amazing career in general, regardless of where you are on your nursing journey! Tune in for this rapid-fire Q & A, and what we have coming next! Cheers to Season One!   01:00 We’re so excited to celebrate Season 1 with you! 01:30 What made you choose Nursing School vs Med School? 02:15 Are the doctors you work with bossy? Do they have a God complex? 03:00 What motivates you to do your side hustles outside of your nursing career? 04:30 What would you be doing if you weren’t a nurse? 05:30 If you weren’t in your specialty, what would you choose? 06:00 What is the biggest mistake you see new grads make? 07:20 Kristen, how do you feel about being 35 and starting in this new career? 08:30 Would you recommend working on a Med Surg unit right out of school? 09:30 How did you stay motivated during nursing school? 11:30 Maddi, when did you start feeling confident working in the ICU? 12:40 When did you start applying for jobs? 14:00 How can I be a helpful student during ER and ICU clinicals? 16:00 Side tangent (Warning!) - never touch a pump or turn things off! 17:00 Any tips for nursing students who have had no in-person lab time due to COVID and feel like they don’t know what they are doing going into clinicals? 19:10 What inspired you both to become nurses? 21:15 What are your best tips for preparing for NCLEX style questions? 22:40 How long has it taken you to feel confident as an independent nurse? 23:40 What resources helped you in your first couple of years in nursing school? 25:30 Have you ever regretted becoming a nurse? 26:50 How do you two know each other? 28:00 How do you handle a hard shift? 30:50 What was it like transitioning into a new unit/position? 33:40 What are some essentials you keep in your work bag/locker? 35:30 Please talk more about New Grads into the ICU! Do you find New Grads have more difficulty coming straight to the ICU? 37:00 Do you plan to work bedside for your whole nursing career? Any plans for NP school? 40:00 What are your tips for how to deal with floating as a nurse? 43:00 If you took out any student loans did you have a timeframe plan of when to pay them off? 44:20 If you could create a new department within your hospitals, what would it be? 46:00 Bonus: Special guest LIVE question!   …………………………..   Connect with us on Instagram: @lifeinscrubspodcast https://www.instagram.com/lifeinscrubspodcast/?hl=en   Follow along with our personal Instagram pages too! @thenursekristen  https://www.instagram.com/thenursekristen/?hl=en @nurse.maddi   https://www.instagram.com/nurse.maddi/?hl=en