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A direct memoir about nursing, burnout, grief, and the work of becoming human to yourself again.
A note for nurses Just A Nurse
Just A Nurse by Ashley Chancellor, RN
Bright, honest care for the nurse behind the badge.
A memoir, nurse-community message, and pay-it-forward project built around burnout, voice, boundaries, and coming back to yourself.
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Start a real conversation
Use the book as a simple doorway into honesty with nurses, students, teams, and people who care about healthcare workers.
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The book
Choose your edition.
Printed editions and the free intro are available below. Coaching and workshops are through Healing Chance.
Just a Nurse || Standard Edition (shipping included)
Standard edition copy of Ashley Chancellor's Just a Nurse: Memoir on the Heartbeat of Healing
Just a Nurse || Special Edition (shipping included)
Limited edition copy of Ashley Chancellor's Just a Nurse, embossed by Ashley Chancellor's personally library, also comes signed by author and, a limited edition...
Just a Nurse Intro - FREE Digital Download
Feeling overwhelmed by nursing burnout? "Just a Nurse" is your essential free guide offering support, strategies, and inspiring stories to help you reconnect with...
Pay It Forward
Make the book easy to find on a hard shift.
The project moves copies through nursing schools, break rooms, shared shelves, airports, coffee shops, and small acts of care from one reader to the next.
Plan a Book DropWays to share it
- Unit shelfLeave a copy where the team can grab it between tasks.
- Nursing classGive students language before burnout becomes normal.
- Reader noteWrite a note inside and pass it to the next person.
Ashley Chancellor, RN
Nurse. Author. Advocate for the person behind the care.
Ashley spent nearly two decades in healthcare, including years as a travel ICU nurse. After injury, grief, and burnout forced a pause, writing became the way she released what the work had asked her to carry.
That writing became Just A Nurse and opened a bigger conversation about voice, boundaries, advocacy, and healing for nurses and high achievers.
Read more about AshleyWe need to heal ourselves so we can take better care of each other.
Ashley Chancellor
From the nurse community
Readers are seeing the person behind the scrubs.
One of the best written books I have read in a long time. Very informative and eye opening. Bravo!
Richard
Ashley shares her nursing journey in a way that feels like a conversation with a friend.
Stephen
She knows what it feels like to be burned out and what it takes to reclaim nursing with passion and pride.
Holly G.
Healing Chance coaching
Coaching and workshops live at Healing Chance.
Just A Nurse carries the book and community message. Healing Chance is Ashley Chancellor's home for coaching services, workshops, appointments, and booking details.
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Tuesday June 23rd, 6:00-7:30pm EDTIn-person
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June 24 to 26, 2026In-person
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Reflections on healing, voice, and coming back to yourself.
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