When I was in nursing school I remember reading about the Center for Nursing Advocacy and their efforts to improve the portrayal of nurses in the media. At the time I asked, “What’s all the hoopla about?” They were particularly vocal about a movie called “Nurse Betty.” I remembered watching that movie and vaguely enjoying…

A good MICU stretch is receiving a patient on the ventilator in the morning of day 1 and by day 2 the patient gets extubated and downgraded. That almost happened to me the other day… Day 1: I receive my assignment. Sixty something patient with ARDS. After a lung biopsy, it looks like an interstitial…

Check out the new Change of Shift, posted at Disappearing John, RN. Great work, John! The bad news is that I missed the deadline. Again. The good news is that I moved my computer to a more convenient place in my house AND cancelled my cable TV. What does that mean? Expect more frequent posts,…