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Raisins on sticks

Wow, it's been awhile since I've been here.  I've been sick on/off for about 8 months now.  Had some 4 month long mystery illness that spontaneously resolved in the late summer to early fall and then...

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"Just a nurse"

I came across this blog post on the Happy Hospitalist's blog and wanted to share it with my other nurse readers.  It's a great story.  Thanks again...

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Super Pube

I get this call from a nurse on one of the floors the other night and she says "Can you come and check this super pube for me?"  I make my way up there and am wondering what I'm going to...

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12 seconds

Sometimes you should be careful what you wish for..... For instance, one night our ER was going down 2 nurses at 3am so I was assigned to go there for 3am -7am to cover.  Usually when they are going...

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S....t.....u.....c......k

The other morning I head to the ER and they ask me if I had heard about the PCI that is coming in.  Knowing that it is my job to open the cath lab when a PCI arrives, I ask what they are talking about....

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A disturbing trend.....local or national?

I want everyone in the US who reads this to respond if possible.  In my hospital we are trying to find out if this is a trend in our hospital or something national.  So, please respond!!! Our...

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And I thought we had it bad

As a nurse I've seen a lot of gross and awful things.  I thought that my job was pretty near the top of the list of seeing bad things.  However, this night I think someone else got the worst of it. I...

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Nursing novellas as continuing education

I got an email the other day asking if I would be willing to put a press release on my blog.  Being skeptical of anything but my own stories I was a bit leary at first.  But I opened the press release...

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I've been listed as a top 50 blog!!

How exciting for me!!  I've been listed as a top 50 nursing blog!!!  I'm honored.  Thanks for being a reader and thanks to onlinenursingdegreeguide.org for listing me.  The entire top 50 list can be...

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Do I need to know?

Last night I was assigned to the CCU for the first 4 hours of my shift as they were short a nurse and getting a post-PCI patient (heart attack that just got angioplasty) along with another ER...

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Designed with nurses in mind

When the Children's Hospital of Pittsburg was redesigned recently by Astorino Inc. it was done after much consideration of the aging nursing popluation.  Read below the story about this design project...

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Featured Healthblogger on Wellsphere

I'm honored to be chosen to be a featured healthblogger on wellsphere.  I was contacted by them and asked to be a featured blogger on their site.  After checking out their site and liking what they had...

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One of those people who had an impact

       A few nights ago I was doing rounds and in talking with a nurse about her assignment saw a name on a chart.  I laughed and said "that was the name of the principle of my middle school, what a...

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Lifesaver

     A few years ago I took care of a patient with pneumonia.  She also had a history of aggressive breast cancer.  She quickly went downhill and ended up intubated.  She was at death's door for well...

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Happy Birthday CoS!!!

Change of Shift has completed 3 successful years and will now be starting year 4!!  Hard to believe.  I don't get into it too often because I tend to forget to submit my posts........oops!  Not...

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Travel Nursing

     Do you use travel nurses at your hospital?  We used to use them all the time and they were great to fill in the gaps.  We got some great travel nurses in--some that I am still friends with in...

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Code 8 where?????

     Not too long ago we had a person (that wasn't a patient or employee) however was in the hospital building try and hurt themself.  In the process of doing this he set off a smoke alarm.  When a...

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Lions and Tigers and Nurses....A Review

Awhile back I did a post on Amy Glenn Vega's Nursing Novella titled Lions and Tigers and Nurses. You can find that post here. If you remember (or just read) I was a bit skeptical when first asked to be...

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Please Stop....

The other night I was helping in the ED and we got this patient that was showing signs of an acute stroke.  She arrived talking though she had some expressive aphasia.  Then all of the sudden she went...

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I was named to....50 Best Blogs for New Nurses

I got an email the other day letting me know that I was named to a list of 50 Best Blogs for New Nurses.  I love being named to these kinds of lists!  Especially lately when my blog has taken a back...

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