Let me start by saying this: I love my job and I love my unit. I do, however have one, not so small grievance. I am a salaried nurse. What this means is that I am required to work rotating 12 hour shifts. I work 20 of these shifts in a 6 week period. Thirteen…

It?s been awhile, I know. I have some excuses: High acuity. Long hours. A couple of vacations. I?ve been working hard, playing hard, and writing little. Add to that a crisis in conscience over patient privacy, as well as an existential crisis over why bother to blog in the first place. So onto the high…