NurseJimAZ

Many years ago I worked with a Gastroenterologist from the Middle East--Dr. Butt. It gets better-his first initial was "N", middle name was Tariq. Yep, he was N. Tariq Butt ('Enteric' for short...)

I rotate these around my various work spaces. 'The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle' (US Navy Seals) 'You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it' -Rabbi Tarfon “An ounce of action ...

Hardest part was that the job functions were not well aligned with the knowledge imparted. I wanted to do all those wonderful things we were taught, but there was no time with 6+ patients on nights. Assessment skills only grew better...Diagnosing be...

You are being educated, not just trained. Education involves more than just the knowledge of your chosen field, but the ability to communicate and interact with the community at large and see your role and the roles of those we serve. That said, ha...

Won the "most likely to marry a doc"--over 30 years ago! (and did it before graduation...) Best thing that ever happened to me...Some of us GUYS have all the luck. Suggestions: Coolest Tools/Most tools Cleanest Shoes Biggest Bookbag Most Poetic Mo...

Yes, you are correct: 'nothing is impossible if you get other people to do it!' But can we at least have a LITTLE of the credit?

Just keep plugging!

I was adjunct teaching (9+ credit hours a semester) and working in the hospital (full-time) for 14 years. After thinking I was having a heart attack one morning, and staring at the ER ceiling (maybe it was the morphine??) I did some rethinking of how...

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When the doc asks "what color was the ....(expelled bodily fluid), so you hike up your pants to show him your socks and shoes. (true story!)

I love being told we are "competitive". Having been a manager for a number of years, it is managment-speak for "You are just another chunk of overhead, and we think that is costing us too much, but we want to keep you here and not walk down the stre...

many clinical sites restrict the number of students per unit, forcing the instuctor to be in multiple locations. i have had students in up to 6 different locations in the hospital. unfortunately, you end up spending more time with the "bad" ones (bec...

hello, i am a clinical simulation specialist (i work with dummies...) at a community college. i have been teaching 12 years as an adjunct faculty while working full time, decided it was time to commit.:) 25 years of nursing in all areas except ob an...

clinical simulation specialist. nursing faculty (last 25 years) or, surgical stepdown, telemetry, telemetry charge nurse, med-surg, acute stroke unit, house supervisor, adjunct faculty--continuing ed.