My older sister, who has been married and divorced so many times that I've lost count, has made a realistic resolution:
She's only getting married and divorced one time this year.
When my...
Yours is a common concern, KimInKY. I'd advise you to use allnurses SEARCH option and put something in like "new nurse advice" and read some of the past threads. I did and got lots of hits.
Good...
We as caregivers are a community here on allnurses where we can share our thoughts and feelings, triumphs and tribulations. We identify with one another and there's a connection there. I feel a real...
And congratulations on your retirement, Have Nurse!
I can identify, but more so in time management. I would prioritize my duties when I was employed, telling myself, "That's not important...
Wow! You had to deal with a whole manure wagon of stuff there, Brandy!
Congratulations on your retirement!
Speaking of wiping the dust off my feet:
My termination letter...
@hppygr8ful
Back in my freelance art days, a client would give me their ideas and I would come up with a few "roughs" to present and discuss. The roughs were my interpretation of their idea, a...
I tend to play with the actual names; something close to the actual name. For example, the fictitious town of Anomaly I often refer to, I named so because the actual town starts with the letter "A",...
And across those two creeks are bridges. Some Summer nights, young people will party on the bridges and spew graffiti.
Now, I kind of like graffiti art, but I needed to let those young people...
I have a neighbor/friend who is a State Trooper. Last Summer, he stopped on his way to work and helped me deal with my '51 Chevy pickup that had capooted out near his driveway. In gratitude, I made...
I've been putting up signs on the utility pole for about three years now. Staying on a MN schedule, I would usually change and put up the signs on my days off at daybreak, which was late for me....
I had two full days of clinicals at Anomaly Memorial Hospital on med surg, back in 1989. The first day, I was Cracker Jack, running around dealing with four patients with IVs who required direct care,...
Yeah- I was put on probation in my third semester for an innocuous med error. Working full time, doing clinicals, changing residences, and going through a divorce really had me stressed out.
Just...