-
On Doing What You Love
So I was writing this post about how I’m really lukewarm on being a nurse and I came upon this post by Lisa Sabin Wilson, a wordpress designer who is a former nurse. Here’s how she felt about nursing: …I pretty much thought I would be a nurse until the day I retire…Nursing was one…
-
Am I Contributing to the Nursing Shortage?
I got this comment the other day from Trish, and I really have mixed feelings about it: I just wanted to let you know I like your blog and you have impacted someone’s life (mine), in an unexpected way. I’m starting college this fall after being out of school many years. I was planning on…
-
It’s Oh So Quiet
(photo taken by emdot) It’s been a little quiet around here to say the least. I haven’t worked many shifts lately and so there’s not too much to write about. To tell you the truth I am thinking about shutting this here blog down and starting a new one in which I write about things…
-
Maternal Suckling Thing
Apparently there is a wee bit o’ controversy over veterinary techs commandeering the term “nurse.” A complaint was made to the New York State Board for Veterinary Medicine, claiming that “nurse” is a term that should be reserved only for those who care for humans. I’m not surprised that someone would make this complaint. Many…
-
A “Former Nurse” isn’t a Nurse
Saw this headline show up on the “Twitter on Nurses” section of OX3: Nurse Charged With Injecting Patients With Bleach Basically, a former nurse, working at a DaVita Dialysis Center, injected two of her patients with bleach. Pretty horrific. I’m wondering why Davita hired a “former” nurse to work in a dialysis center. Must be…
-
MICU vs Recovery Room: A Comparison
I’ll bet some of you are going to hate me for saying this, but nursing isn’t such a bad job when you only do it part-time. And recovery room nursing isn’t so bad either, even though I’ve complained about it in the past. All it took was one shift back in the MICU to make…