Month: July 2007
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Thanking Libya for Torturing the Bulgarian Nurses?
As some of you may know, the Bulgarian nurses returned safely home on July 24th after 9 long years of imprisonment and torture in Libya. The Center for Nursing Advocacy has been covering this story from the beginning and they are to be commended for that. However, I read something on their site the other…
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Dear Patient
Dear Patient: I am so sorry that I broke your ribs last night. I really wish I hadn’t. You see, someone made a decision on your behalf that if you stop breathing, we won’t put you on a ventilator, but we will do chest compressions if you don’t have a pulse. The problem is that…
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Are Platelets Overrated?
The other night was my first night shift in a long time. After fighting the ball game traffic and arriving on the unit at exactly 3 minutes until 7PM, I headed to the report room. I heard someone yelling down the hall. “Can I get a cigarette?” “Yo, Babydoll. You got a cigarette?” “Sorry, dude,…
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Back to Reality
It’s official. I’ve left my position at NursingLink. Let’s just say my philosophy and the company’s philosophy were never really aligned. Or to put in nursing terms, I just wasn’t on board with the “plan of care.” What was the deciding factor that made me resign? My boss actually told me that he “detected an…
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From the “Get a Life” File:
Seen in the Guardian, a Prince Edward Island local newspaper: As I read this I had a premonition of “Bob Dole from PEI.” I envisioned this short fat sweaty guy with clammy hands and he’s laughing like a hyena as he types his comment in. His hands are slippery because the sweat on his forehead…
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Good Luck Charm
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