#WCW - Meet Courtney Blakely, RN-BSN

Meet Courtney Blakely, RN-BSN. She is currently a Neuroscience ICU nurse. As well as being a nurse, she is also a pageant girl and was featured on Hooter's recent calendar. She is also the founder of "Spark Your Magic", which is a youth outreach program. You can follow her on Instagram at (@courtney_blakley), and you can stay up to date with "Spark Your Magic" on Instagram as well as at @Spark_Your_Magic

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Rapid Interpretation of EKG's 6th Edition -- Love it or Leave it

What is an EKG (electrocardiogram)?

It is a tracing the represents the heart's electrical activity through small electrodes that are placed on a patient's skin. EKG's are quick and painless, and those very tracings, that seem foreign to the untrained eye, provides important information about the patient's heart. EKGs can: check your heart rhythm, see if you have poor blood flow to the heart muscle (ischemia), diagnose a heart attack, and check on things that are abnormal, such as thickened heart muscle. In fact, the EKG is the initial test of choice for those patients that are complaining of chest pain or difficulty breathing.

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White Coat Dreams: It's More Than Just A Hashtag

What is “White Coat Dreams?”

What started out as a hashtag #WhiteCoatDreams I used during my junior year during undergrad has now transpired into a blog/brand that inspires others to achieve their dreams in the medical field and in their careers. Did I think that this “hashtag” that I used to frequently motivate myself through college had inspirational potential? – UH NO…but it did, and I am humbled by those that are inspired through my journey to becoming a Physician Assistant. Every day, I get questions from those who are aspiring to be in my shoes, and I’m consistently asked about the inspiration behind “White Coat Dreams.” Although the answer seems simple, its transformation has been complex! This journey has NOT been easy, but if it was easy, anyone could do it. 

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