Nursing runs deep in our family, but we never thought the work we do alongside each other would lead us to receiving the same award, 10 years apart.

Here’s my challenge for us: Let’s take away that stigma and that stress. Let’s broaden our view and make things a little more open for ourselves. Let’s shift our “future focus.”

Are we selling our students short when it comes to the capability to nurture the human spirit?

In the midst of heightened racial tension, people looked to me as an ethnic minority professional for explanation. But I developed Black racism fatigue and the only strength I could muster was to retreat.

Life may not go the way we initially envisioned it, but in the end, if we are able to adapt to life with its many challenges and stages, it will be worth it.

Self-care is self-preservation. Contributing authors to Sigma's new book share how they are showing up for themselves so they can support others.