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At least that’s what it feels like. Body aches all over, slightly febrile (t = 100), throat is both soar and scratchy. Head is swimming. I’ve been so tired of hearing the phrase, “There’s a lot of it going around this year.” (Because, really, isn’t there a lot of it going around every year?) But…

I present to you the latest job opening from my nursing agency: It is a study at Suchandsuch Hospital, dealing with stool. The study volunteers would collect their own stool and the nurse would then grade the stool and monitor the patients for dehydration. There will be an orientation date the week before, to be…

Kim at Emergiblog has an excellent post on cheesy marketing ideas for nurses week. Please go read, “I have enough water bottles, thank you,” immediately. Because 15 is only the minimum.

Should a state department of health be able to prohibit restaurants from serving food to people who are obese? This is quoted from an actual bill being introduced to the Mississippi legislature: Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on…

Things in the recovery room can be both extremely dull, and overwhelmingly busy. When I came in this morning, I sat around for 2 hours with very little to do. I pushed some stretchers into the prep area. I read some blogs on my iPhone. Then, a couple of patients started to trickle in. Then…

Since the birth of my son, I’ve become a pretty big football fan. At first it was just the inevitability of being outnumbered by the boys 2:1, but now I am a genuine fan. And I’ve been looking forward to the Superbowl all year long, even though my thinking on it was that it was…