Real Nurse Photos

Jonathan: Our family took this picture while I worked in Charleston,  South Carolina. We are standing on Folly Beach. We used this photo for our Christmas card last year. It was nice to encourage everyone to find the simple joys, we had no snow to make a snowman with so we got creative and made a SandMan.

Jonathan: This photo was taken as my family and I traveled from a California travel nursing job to a South Carolina nursing job. It was taken somewhere in New Mexico: we stopped for a potty break and found this awesome cactus. We are from Georgia so this was a really cool thing to see and learn about. We gave this one the caption, "Walk like a cactus." The family tried to blend in and look like a cactus.

Jonathan: I travel with my family. It gives us a chance to see and experience the USA first hand by living and working in different areas. In this picture our family visits the "Pirate Show in Myrtle Beach,  South Carolina.

Paul: Helped dig up this 4 oz gold nugget in January 2013 somewhere in Arizona. The good life of a travel nurse...

Martha at North Charles Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland

Liza: The only way to travel from Liberia to Guinea was by motorbike because the roads had all washed out. First motorcycle wipeout in Africa at age 60! You're never too old to live your dreams.

Just taking the elevator up to my unit.  I am a BSN-RN at University Hospital (University of Cincinnati Medical Center) in the Neuroscience ICU. GO BEARCATS!

Here's my photo of what I do to unwind - compete on my wonderful horse, Rio. Susan Smith RN

Corinna: This photo was taken last week in our chemotherapy room. We were sending this message to one of our cancer patients who is struggling. We wanted him to know we were thinking of him and prayers were being said for him and his family. Our job doesn't just end after 8 hours, as we become friends and family to most of them.

 Kaitlin:  I am an RN in Portland, Oregon. This picture was taken in January 2013 during a ski trip to Whistler, BC, Canada.

Sonia" "Taking a break from triaging patients, to take a picture with a local school girl in Haiti." Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 2012

"Even though many are still living in harsh conditions years after the earthquake in Haiti, this little guy still manages to put on a big smile on his face. His smile makes me proud to be a nurse. I love my job." Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 2012

Kay:  At the hospital with my fiancee. Always a nurse!"

Kaitlin: I am an RN in Portland, Oregon. This picture was taken in May 2012 while running the Portland Half marathon.  In nursing, it is important to have some ways to de-stress, and running is great exercise!

Crystal: This photo was taken when I was working as a travel nurse at a Kaiser Hospital in San Jose, California. My boyfriend Mike and my dog Bradley came out west with me from our home state of Delaware. The shot was taken about 2 hours south of San Jose, at Plaskett Creek in Big Sur, California; one of the most beautiful and undeveloped stretches of coastline in the U.S. This was one of our first trips there and we went back at least ten more times before moving back to Delaware. Without nursing, I may never have had this opportunity to see our amazing country!

Jamie at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC in her lavender scrubs.

Jamie from Washington, DC: "Our patients know the way to our hearts :)"

Melanie: "This is a picture from a medical mission trip to Kamakwie, Sierra Leone. This beautiful child is the cousin of one of the very sickest children I cared for there. I call it "Joy." He liked me a lot but I also had candy in my pockets :)"

I am a Staff Nurse II in Savannah, GA. This is a picture taken of me on my way to work at Memorial University Medical Center.

Sophia: I'm a Registered Nurse, and I work on a Neurosurgical unit at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia. This is a self-taken pic of me in the staff lunch room. I sent it to my husband from work. My left hand is resting on my belly - here I'm 8 months pregnant.

Binal: I am currently licensed as a Registered Nurse as well as a Licensed Practical Nurse for the State of New Jersey. This photo was taken during the pinning ceremony at my graduation from a practical nursing program. It was a very special and important day in the educational aspect of my life, as it marked the milestone of a beautiful and remarkable start to a career doing something I love the most: being a nurse!

My name's Michelle. This pic is from a weekend at Padre Island in Texas where I took my second assignment as a travel nurse! I actually was working in San Antonio but made the trip to Padre Island for the weekend. Its only a couple hours from San Antonio. It was beautiful! And I love my job! I'm so excited to be a travel RN!!

Sophia: I'm a Registered Nurse, and I work on a Neurosurgical unit at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia. This is a self-taken pic of me in the staff lunch room. I sent it to my husband from work. My left hand is resting on my belly - here I'm 8 months pregnant.

My name is Kaitlin. This picture was taken in August 2011 during a break from nursing, in Dublin, Ireland.

Just a random Pic of me on the way to work. I love my job as a travel nurse! Have been to North Carolina, Texas, and now in Las Vegas, Nevada! I love my job!! Michelle, 28yo

Christina: Me and my fellow nurses. We had just gotten dressed into our scrubs and were headed to work a long day in the operating room at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia

Happy and Healed! This was taken at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. It was a patient and her sister who requested I take a picture with them. I had taken care of her and her abdominal wound since her severe trauma four months ago. She is totally closed, and smiling from ear to ear. When I discharged her, they were both crying and said it was like saying goodbye to a close friend. I help heal patients. I am a wound care specialist.

Kaitlin during a break from nursing in Dublin, Ireland. (August 2011)

I currently am with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer providing technical support at a malaria research center in Malawi, South Eastern Africa region. I was an ER Nurse in Washington DC prior to my post, assisting nurses, lab techs, and various other staff in developing a quality research center. I work on an in vivo drug efficacy study, evaluating the efficacy of the three antimalarials used in Malawi in under five children. In the photo are myself, and two nurse midwife research colleagues, Orpha Malunga and Georgina Banda.

By far the youngest patient I had the privilege of treating while in Senegal, Africa. Happy to report, she was a very healthy baby. Senegal, Africa October, 2011

"Introducing the local children of a village in Senegal, Africa, to Flat Stanley!" Senegal, Africa October, 2011

Taking a lunch break with one of the best trauma surgeons I've ever had the privilege to work amongst. Senegal, Africa November, 2011

Stephanie from Murrieta, California: "yeah finally lunch time:)"

I made the road trip from North Carolina to Texas. Stopped at every state sign along the way and took a memorable pic! I love traveling as a nurse. San Antonio was my second assignment and I absolutely loved every minute of it! Michelle, RN 28yo

I am from Wichita, Kansas and earned my BSN from Wichita State University three and a half years ago. I have been working as a travel nurse for a year and a half now. This photo was taken on my last night of my travel assignment in Kauai, Hawaii. My coworkers made food and leis for my last night of work at Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihue, Hawaii

I am currently licensed as a Registered Nurse as well as a Licensed Practical Nurse for the State of New Jersey. This photo was taken on the day of my graduation from a practical nursing program. It was a very special and important day in the educational aspect of my life, as it marked the milestone of a beautiful and remarkable start to a career doing something I love the most: being a nurse!

My cousin drove out to Las Vegas with me. This is a pic of us stopping by the scenic route of Lake Meade. It was so beautiful. I am now in Las Vegas and very much enjoying my third assignment as a travel RN. Life is good! Michelle, RN 28yo

Hiking the Barton Creek Greenbelt trail in Austin, Texas. During my second travel nursing assignment in San Antonio, I made several trips to Austin. I loved San Antonio and all of the surrounding cities! Michelle, RN 28yo

A trip to the Mexican Market Place in Downtown San Antonio by the RiverWalk. I absolutely loved my assignment as a travel nurse in Texas!! I will definitely go back to visit some day!

Liza: I'm attaching a photo of me taken during a recent nursing mission trip to Liberia, West Africa with a group called Nurses for the Nations. Hundreds of people traveled on foot for days and even slept on the concrete floor of this church in order to receive some basic nursing care. The kids were the best! This photo was actually taken in the country of Guinea. We had to travel over the border from Liberia to Guinea by motorcycle because the roads were too muddy to naviagte by truck. There was no running water or electricity in any of the villages we visited. It was a pretty challenging environment in which to practice.

I work as an assistant director of nursing in geriatrics. This picture was taken this past Halloween! All dressed up to work on Halloween with my baby girl before going to work!