A recent comment from a not so recent post… I’m curently in an MN program and taking a research class. My research question is “Are nursing students influenced by television nursing characters in their career choice?” Anyone care to comment? Let me be the first to chime in: NO. The first “grown-up” TV show I…

…but how fast can they start an IV? The ever vigilant Center for Nursing Advocacy has brought it to my attention that the honorable firefighters and EMTs of my town have participated in a poll to determine which hospital has the hottest nurses. How dare they! Thankfully we have Laura Vozzella of the Baltimore Sun…

National nursing board forsakes caring attitude Nurse graduate, Jenny Powell missed her chance to take the NCLEX because her mother unexpectedly died the morning before she was scheduled to take the test. When asked if she could be given a break the National Council of State Boards of Nursing said, “No.” And you wonder how…

The New Hampshire Telehealth Program’s answer to the nursing shortage… When they learn to do dressing changes this way I’m going to start looking for a new job.

Medics baffled as ‘dead’ man found breathing So the patient arrested, was worked on for 30 minutes, but to no avail. He was pronounced dead, but then started breathing again as he was being prepared for the morgue. Yes, folks this actually happens. I’ve never actually seen it happen with such a good outcome, (usually…

Do computers make our jobs easier? It depends on where you are on the learning curve. If you ask a nurse who has just been handed a new technology to use the answer will be a resounding, “NO!!” Ask the same nurse a few months later and the answer may be a less resounding, “Well……