5 Things Worth the Investment: Apple Edition

July 29, 2026

If you scrolled on any social platform over the last week or two, you may have seen a trend emerging on: “5 things worth the money”. People are sharing their 5 things they find worth the investment for a variety of areas in life. 

I decided to offer my 5 things worth the investment focused on work and life technology needs. I am an Apple user and there are several products and services that I depend on each day. 

Below are my top 5 things worth the investment: Apple Edition

(ps… this is not an ad, just me sharing my preferences)

1.MacBook Pro (over Air): 

The Air is lighter and that is an advantage. However, I often feel limited in what I can accomplish with the Air in terms of connecting to other devices. I prefer the Pro. The Pro has more ports to connect devices such as display monitors, charging cables, headphones and more. 

2. iCloud Drive: 

Sync your files to iCloud and pay for the extra storage. Keep everything in one location that is accessible from any Apple device. Nothing should be kept on your hard drive that is not also backed up somewhere else. The Cloud allows for greater flexibility than an external hard drive. (However, both are valuable if you want a 3rd back up). 

3. Apple Care: 

Apple Care is similar to insurance but for your tech needs. You likely have a deductible for each item that needs assistance with some things covered at no cost. A check in at the Genius Bar and evaluation will tell you what you need. In the last few months, I have needed Apple Care for both my MacBook Pro and one of my iPhones. I recently learned that you can bundle several items for a condensed price each month. 

4. Air Tags: 

I love these little discs! How many times have you traveled and wondered:

  • “What do I do if my bag doesn’t make it off the baggage claim belt?” 

or 

  • “Where did I leave my keys?”

or

  • “What floor did I park my car on (after entering a massive parking lot)?”

Well, now I have an Air Tag in my car, attached to my keychain and also in the car. When I need to, I can go to “Find My” on my iPhone and search for the item (or device). These are well worth the expense. 

(I would love to see these also applied to hospital equipment when nurses are looking for pumps, poles, wheelchairs, tubes for the tube system and more).

5. iPhone: Choose your preferred model

I am a double iPhone user with a 13 Pro Max and a 17 Pro Max. However, I have had many of the iPhones over the years. I do not buy a new one each year but do upgrade after a few years as the software ages out and the camera usually gets better. 

There are now multiple models and different sizes on the iPhone. The integration with the apps and my MacBook Pro, iCloud Drive, Find My, Air Tags and more make it all an integrated system. 

There are a few other Apple products I depend on each day, but these are my top 5! (There are also a couple I have but never really adopted however those items are much fewer in number).

Sincerely, 

~ Dr. Tiffany Kelley PhD MBA RN NI-BC FNAP FAAN

Acknowledging Personal Growth through Public Speaking

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Last week I had some major flashbacks this afternoon as I approached the Northeastern campus. I was invited to speak on innovation in nursing and healthcare to graduate nursing students. I’ve done this annually for the last several years.

As I approached the classroom, I had memories of rushing to class two nights a week for 4 years after being at work all day. I used to park in this garage as I would rush to make it to class on time.

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I then spoke for 2 1/2 hours straight tonight ??.

As I left, I remembered how much I greatly disliked speaking in front of a class 10+ years ago.

I’d stress about it all day.

My knee caps would shake while I tried to remember what I wrote on my notecards.

I wouldn’t think about anything else but the fact I needed to do that for about 5 minutes, 10 at most.

Now I enjoy it and find it one of the fun parts of my job.

While I’m talking, I don’t think about anything else going on in my day. I make fun of myself and laugh about it. Most importantly, I hope the students think differently as they leave about the opportunities that might catch them by surprise at some point in their career.

 

**If you are interested in having me come to speak at your event, school, conference etc., please do reach out at tiffany.kelley@nightingaleapps.com and I’d be happy to discuss further**

Workarounds and their power for finding Innovative Solutions

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If you are anything like me, you see ways to make improvements wherever you go and wonder why something is the way it is…

As nurses and healthcare professionals we need to make improvements often through workarounds to get our work done.

In this piece, I describe those innovative behaviors through workarounds in the context of neonatal nurse environments.

Workarounds are clues that something could be done better, often at a system (and not individual) level. “Do you consider yourself to be an innovative nurse? The concept of innovation is frequently permeating conversations around the future of nursing. Many may hear the term innovation, and wonder “what does it really mean to me as a nurse?” and others may think “innovation does not really apply to me.” Yet, you may be surprised to learn that you are innovating in your role as a nurse every day in your work..”

To read the full article, Workarounds as the Catalyst to Drive a Culture of Innovation, click here.

February 11th was National Inventor’s Day!

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Last Monday was National Inventor’s Day!

To celebrate the day, I attended an event held on behalf of UCONN at the Mark Twain House in Hartford CT.

I learned quite a bit…

February 11th is National Inventor’s Day because it is Thomas Edison’s birthday (inventor of the ?). The first patent issued from the USPTO was in 1790.

The first patent was issued to Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain). A total of 3 patents were issued that year. Today, there are approximately 320K patents issued each year.

Dr. Eric Hintz, a historian from the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for Innovation and Invention spoke to us tonight on several historical ecosystems and their foundational areas of invention influence.

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One thing I found quite interesting is that Henry Ford wasn’t the first one to create cars. They were first called ‘horseless carriages’ by Hiram Percy Maxim in 1896. He invented them in Connecticut nearly 20 years before Ford due to market saturation of the bicycle.

If you ever get the chance to go to the Mark Twain house, I encourage it. The same is true for the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for Innovation and Invention. I had the pleasure of speaking there two years ago next month and it was a fabulous experience. Below is a memory of that event in their 2017 Annual Report.

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The fax machine still exists… in healthcare

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Sometimes I am a new patient and it often goes something like this:

“If you can fax us the forms back that’ll be great.”

“I don’t have a fax. Can I email?”

“No. You’ll have to fax or bring in with you for your appt.” ?‍♀️.

Bidirectional secure portals do help and cut down on the #fax issue in my experience.

Read on to learn more about fax machines in this article by CNBC:

Health tech is so old-fashioned that Google has to adapt its cloud service to work with fax machines. 

What do you think? Any of your own stories to share?

Have a great day,

Tiffany

Who else enjoys a good book?

February 16, 2019    |   ,

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Who else is a reader?
I try to read 6-12 new non-fiction books per year.
These 3 came today:
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591846447/?ref=exp_loc_pl_nightingaleapps
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Have you read any of them yet? Do you have a recommendation for me to add to my list this year? 
Let me know,
Kind regards,
Tiffany