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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, wear the gear to protect your ever-absorbing skin a...

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 triad (coronary artery disease, diabetes, COPD...) I...

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 far between you know. I can see now how waiting rea...

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 for me) seeing as my experience has not been of p...

Thank you for this inspiration! You are awesome!

Webster's Dictionary defines complacency in a way that we, as a people, can all understand. As nurses and caregivers, we know deep down that complacency is taken to an entirely different level within our scope. It is a weighted situation that causes ...

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 selfish in the fact that I needed COLOR in my life (...

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 Fielding-esque (in a sense). She used ridiculous editi...

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 I've thought of! Thank you for this!

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 could think of (besides the obvious!) was... pleas...

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 read and kind words.

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 of attention. Our bodies are all we have. Thanks fo...

For my earlier post-- Anger from the patients/their families.. Thanks for that-- I was a bit general.

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 for thought. Does anyone else feel as though they a...

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 leaves a "bad taste" in someone's mouth. I do believe...

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 say and do can cause PTSD for those we come into c...

Great replies all!

One of my recent work days at the hospital was truly, inside and out, "one of those days." We were short staffed on my step-down unit and our charge nurse was in a tizzy. Everyone was maxed out with their patient load, and let me tell you, our patien...

Keep up the fight everyone. Loving your replies to my article. If there's anything you need, or want to hear about, please personal message me. I love to write and would thoroughly enjoy writing things you WANT to hear! xx

Hey all! Thanks for the posts above. I see that the biggest discussion is about a code blue versus not calling one. I can tell you that things could have moved MUCH faster if I had pushed the button (that is for sure). I actually will touch base with...

I couldn't breathe. My chest was aching with a fierceness that made me want to pass out. There was a pounding echoing in my ears so loud that I could hear my heart coupled with irregular breathing. Where did I screw up?! Inside my head I could hear m...

Thank you annabelle123456 and xoemmyloex! I had a great time writing this article, and to be quite frank, it's an important story to share. I learned so much that day. Brainstormin' -they hang propofol drips in the ICU to keep a patient under sedatio...