MixCups50 New Holiday Box Promotion!!

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Mix Cups is doing a LIMITED EDITION Holiday Box in preparation for the holidays!!

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This box is only available from November 1st through the 15th
This is NOT a subscription - this is a one time purchase

There are 50 different cups in each box!!  That's an amazing amount of coffee!!!
It would easily cost over $700 to be able to try this many varieties by purchasing individual boxes!
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Holidays and Inmates

*The above picture is an Amazon Affiliate link*

Around this time of the year, I start to get kites (a medical form from the inmates to nursing staff with any type of health concern) dealing with increased depression.  This is mainly due to the end of the year holidays coming up.  Jail is really not a fun place to be during any holiday but the end of the year holidays seem to be extra tough for most.

The CO's tend to get multiple calls concerning extra visitation scheduling and questions regarding what family and friends can do for the inmate for the holidays.

So I've decided to write up some ideas for family and friends to give to their loved ones whom are incarcerated 😎

I'm basing these suggestions off of my facility, which is a County Jail.  Make sure before you purchase or send anything to your friend or loved one you check with the facility that they are being housed at to ensure it will be able to be given to the inmate!!  This is very important as every facility has slightly different rules and regulations regarding what the inmate can and can't have, as well as limits on how many!

Some of the biggest things that inmates love to receive are personal letters, photos of friends and family, and monies for commissary items 😉 above and beyond that, here are my top 5 suggestions to send to your friend or loved one when they are incarcerated.

All of My Every Things Book Tour and Giveaway Stop

Ended - Winner was Jose R.

All Of My Every Things 

by L. Bachman

Genre: Poetry

Welcome to my fourth hosting for Silver Dagger Book Tours!! I'm VERY excited to be hosting for the All of My Every Things Book Tour and Giveaway!! I am absolutely in awe of poetry writers, their ability to take such complex emotions and write it out so the reader can literally feel them is truly amazing 💗  L. Bachman is a fantastic writer!!

Work Shenanigans!!

I absolutely LOVE my job, not only because of what I do but also because of my Co-Workers!!

(I would like to note that ALL of us take the job very seriously and know when it's OK to take a moment to play and when it's time to 'get down to business' as they say - I don't want anyone to think that we aren't doing our jobs keeping the public safe and the inmates healthy and contained 😉  My Correctional Officers and I have a symbiotic relationship when it comes to care for the inmates.  We respect each others positions and are able to work together to give the inmates the best, safest care possible.)

This post is not about nursing or safety though...

This post is about Shenanigans 😝

The Chosen Coven Series Book Tour and Giveaway Stop

Giveaway has ended :) Winners Verified - See Widget Below

The Dark Awakening 

The Chosen Coven Book 1 

by D.L. Blade 

Genre: Paranormal Thriller, Romance

Welcome to my third hosting for Silver Dagger Book Tours!! I'm so excited to be hosting for The Chosen Coven book series!!  She is a great author and I highly recommend her books for a little 'me time' reading :)  Rules and Giveaway below!

Changing Direction

(above picture is an ad)

When I mentioned that I was thinking about starting this blog back up people told me to use it to make a niche for myself, as in, find something that I loved or was knowledgeable about and make the entire blog about that - "it's the only way you will get people to read your blog".

So that's what I did.  I took my work, Correctional Nursing and one of my favorite hobbies and combined them to start up.... And at first, I thought, this is great!  But then, after I made the first post on nursing, I found I didn't particularly enjoy writing it.  The same thoughts were there when writing the second post and, as I was writing up the third nursing post, I thought to myself, this is not as much fun as I want it to be.

A few days ago, I had someone assume that I was doing the blog for financial reasons (probably because of the ads and Amazon affiliate links), and I know I had no reason to justify what I was doing to them, but I was so taken aback that I did explain it; one, because seriously, the audacity of some people and two, because I am not doing it for financial reasons at all!  The links and ads are just there to justify the time I am/will be spending on the blog, which made me think, 'why am I limiting myself?'.  I am a very complicated and unique individual, I am not doing it for the fame or the money - it's supposed to be fun, therapeutic even, full of things I find interesting...

So with that in mind, I am writing up this post to let anyone whom has been reading through my posts that I am changing directions.  I will still inevitably write about nursing things but this blog is going to be an eclectic, organized chaos of whatever I want it to be with many, many fun giveaways - because that's what I like!

Nicole ;)

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Below are some of the Amazon Items I want, have purchased myself or just really like :)

Spooktacular Giveaway Hop Stop

Giveaway has ended - make sure you come back to see who won!!

Welcome to the next stop on the Spooktacular Giveaway Hop hosted by BookHounds!!

I am giving away a $25 Michaels Gift Code to be used online at https://www.michaels.com!!

Urine Drug Screens and False Positives in Correctional Nursing

One thing I had not even considered until I was in Correctional Nursing was the possibility of false positives with drug screening.

  

Servant of Salem Blog Tour and Giveaway Stop

Giveaway has Ended - Awaiting Notification and Verification of Winner :) Check back in to see who won!

Servant
of Salem

by
Breanna Hayse

Genre:
Paranormal Romantic Suspense, Time Travel 

I am so EXCITED to announce my second Silver Dagger Book Tour hosting - and completely in the spirit of my favorite holiday, HALLOWEEN!!! Just enter using the Rafflecopter widget below then click on 'Follow the tour HERE' to move on to other amazing blogs hosting for the Servant of Salem Book tour!!

Critical Thinking in Correctional Nursing

The biggest attribute a nurse needs to be successful in Correctional Nursing is Critical Thinking skills.

"Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness."
http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766

It is a skill that needs to be honed.

Gypsy Kisses and Voodoo Wishes Blog Tour and Giveaway Stop

Giveaway now closed :) Scroll down the the Rafflecopter Widget Below to see who the Winner was!!!

Gypsy
Kisses and Voodoo Wishes

by
Denise N Tapscott

I am so EXCITED to announce my very first Silver Dagger Book Tour hosting - and completely in the spirit of my favorite holiday, HALLOWEEN!!! Just enter using the Rafflecopter widget below then click on 'Follow the tour HERE' to move on to other amazing blogs hosting for the Gypsy Kisses and Voodoo Wishes tour!!

Hosting For AmCraft Industrial Curtain Wall $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

Giveaway has ended and the Winner is Kim M.!!!

This a host blog post for AmCraft Industrial Curtain Wall - they are giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card to one winner!!!!

Correctional Nursing

Most people wonder how in the world I ended up being an RN in a Jail.

Amazon Gift Code Giveaway

Giveaway has ended - Make sure to come back and see who Won!!

October is my FAVORITE MONTH because, well, HALLOWEEN!!!!

I am in LOVE with all things Horror! And with me starting the blog back up and it being Halloween... I've decided to hit the ground running with an Amazon Gift Code Giveaway!!