In recent weeks I've studied the clock a number of times while watching a family member sleep restlessly in their hospital bed as I wait hopefully for the doctor to come through. Rounds are few and...
Hey everyone, I had a question for you. I recently have been given the opportunity to sit for an interview for a NICU position at my local hospital. I was surprised (it was a bit of a shot in the dark...
Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing
I love that you said this. It cracks me up because it is so very true! People mistake sarcasm for seriousness, bold texts and exclamations like one is screaming... etc. I like to write very Helen...
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I didn't even think of the glue! Good advice! I still won't wear my shoes in the car (like I said, over active imagination on my part) but leaving them in the car in extreme temps was so not something...
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I am SOOOO with you there! I was in a respiratory code the other morning with a VERY complicated intubation that was just not working.... You wouldn't believe the spurting things in that room.. All I...
Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing
Thanks SeattleJess! Good luck in school. I'm glad you enjoyed the seriousness and the humor in my article. It was in clinical I learned about the shoes also! Amazing isn't it? ; ) Thank you for the...
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I haven't even heard of Sockwell! Thank you for the input. I hope this article leads people to lend their advice on the issue that so many nurses face! It's a big issue that warrants a decent amount...
Dear, dear friends. We all hate being "under the man". I get it. But goodness. Let's face it. Protective gear is a rule because it is so very necessary. If you are ever fearing a back spray, please,...
I drove around relentlessly for days, walking in and out of shoe stores trying on every pair of Zapatos (shoes in Spanish...seemed fitting) that I could get my hands on. Yes, I was absolutely being...
Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing
Your stories are blowing my mind! I thought I had a pretty good collection, but man! Keep up the comments, I am sitting to read multiple times a day everyone-- Thank you! You are giving me much food...
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I am LOVING these responses! I think the greatest idea that seems to spring forth from the majority of all of your posts have to do with the nurse being expected to handle every situation of which...
It's 0700 and the night shift is scrambling to give report as us day-shifters struggle in with our coffee breath and slightly askew hair. Part of the way through the patient history of the terrible...
Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing
You make some very good points banterings, for sure. I have to agree with macawake with the below stated: I think it's important for people to remember that the decisions we make and the things we...