• Better Red than Dead

    Okay, so I’m about to expose myself as a grumpy old curmudgeon but I will admit it: I didn’t wear red scrubs to work on Friday. The reason was simple. I actually don’t own any articles of clothing that are red, because it makes me look washed out. I actually got a little tired of…

  • A Rant about Pain Control

    “So many of the nursing blogs I see are those from very frustrated unhappy nurses.” (as seen on a thread in nursingvoices.com) How true do you think this is? I saw this the other day and I wondered how guilty I am of being one of those frustrated, unhappy nurses. I am one week into…

  • Change of Shift: Volume 2, Number 14

    Welcome to this week’s Change of Shift. I’ve been sitting at my computer all day waiting for an inspiring theme to land on my lap, but guess what? It’s just not happening. So sit back and enjoy these finely crafted blog posts in my themeless edition of Change of Shift! Patient Encounters I was pretty…

  • 5 Ways to Blog Like a Nurse

    Make a list – Nurses are masters of list-making. Lists are the secret to time management. At the beginning of every shift a nurse makes a list of every thing she will do throughout the day. If it’s not on the list, it doesn’t get done. There are days when I am lazy and don’t…

  • Coffee and Miscarriage

    Okay, I am now officially having a bad day: Drinking a couple of cups of coffee a day has long been considered safe during pregnancy, but a new study finds that even this modest amount of caffeine could double a woman’s risk of miscarriage. NOOOOO! Not my coffee. I don’t just love my coffee in…

  • 3 Columns of Idiocy

    I was just perusing some design blogs and came across this. Apparently my new blog redesign is “3 columns of idiocy.” You see? This is why I never made it as a web designer. It’s a good thing there are so many free wordpress themes out there, because it might be time to choose another…