Today’s email from another nurse

Actual Medical Charts
- The baby was delivered, the cord clamped and cut and handed to the pediatrician, who breathed and cried immediately.
–Exam of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
- The skin was moist and dry.
- Rectal exam revealed a normal size thyroid.
- She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life [...]

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Nurses As Children

I had to go to corporate’s quarterly nurse education meeting today and sit through a 3 hour class on how to communicate with doctors.  I can’t decide what pissed me off more, the fact that they felt a class like this was necessary or the way in which the class was conducted.
The docs had been [...]

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DNR Video

One of the commenters on the last post sent this link.  I think it should be in regular rotation on every television station.  Go watch and let me know what you think. It expresses the sentiments of every nurse I know.   DNR VIDEO

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You Know You’re A Nurse When. . .

Allow me to quote an email that landed in my inbox today.   I have mixed feelings about it.  One one hand it is so true that it is funny, on the other I can see why it might offend some people. Judge for yourself.

You know you’re a nurse when..

 

  1) the front of [...]

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SECRET PAL FOR NURSES

After complaining that nurses need to take better care of each other I decided to initiate a game for nurses that knitters play; thus is born SECRET PAL FOR NURSES.
Here are the rules.
1. It is entirely on the honor system. If you sign up for it you are expected to participate as a giver as [...]

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The Most Difficult Part of Nursing

When I decided to enter nursing school my mother, in her very blunt and unvarnished way, said to me, “When you see someone lying in that hospital bed with their bare ass shining in your face you are going to know them for what they really are and you had better be prepared to deal [...]

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