Month: April 2008
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Back to the MICU, and back to Liverland
So this MICU shift was very difficult after all, and it wasn’t for the reasons that I suspected. I thought it would be the tasks that got me down, i.e. not enough time to get things done. Surprise, surprise, turns out it was the patients. Imagine a patient with End Stage Live Disease. She currently…
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Back to the MICU
So I’ve had an ab fab week of being a stay at home mom, and caring for my one year old wonder. I’ve also made some progress on my Orientedx3 redesign, and I hope to be able to launch it in a week or two. I won’t get into too much detail here, but suffice…
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Should a Nurse have a Mission Statement?
I’ve been reading a lot of books lately on successful business strategies and the topic of mission statements often comes up. It got me wondering, can nurses benefit from having a mission statement? Many of you already do, but you don’t even realize it. A mission statement can be derived from your philosophy of nursing.…
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Cherokee Scrubs: A Test Drive
Today I will be reviewing the Cherokee V-neck tunic scrub top and the Cherokee v-neck scrub pant, both in mandarin orange, from My Nursing Uniforms. It’s taken me awhile to write this review. That’s because there was something slightly unfavorable about these scrubs and I wasn’t sure how to approach it. The color I chose…
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Chez Recovery and Beyond
So two more weeks left of working at Chez Recovery, and I am ready to move on to bigger and better things. The funny thing is, after all the complaining I’ve been doing, the job is really starting to grow on me. I think this has something to do with the law of leaving a…