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When young friends tell me they want to go to nursing school, I always ask if they are ready to be blamed for missing any errors in the doctor's orders and also being held responsible for any error made by the aids working under you. Are you ready to...

When I was working for $2.50/hour (1964 and $0.50/hour less than any other RN because it was a "non-nursing" position.) when I had applied for something else, the hospital, because of my past experience, had requested I accept, I would have jumped at...

I have been both the nurse and the patient from time to time. The first thing you can do to be a good patient is to learn all you can about your disease and /or procedure. As a patient never start by saying, "I hate to be a bother". You are NOT A BOT...

I read the article. I read many of the responses. In 2012 I had a lumbar laminectomy involving 3 vertabrae. Because I live alone I didn't go home until my 5th post op day. I found that my normal vocabulary immediately identified me to everyone as a ...

This is a pattern I have seen several times since I graduated nursing school in 1958. It reverses when statistics on patient care and mortality begin to prove the value of an experienced skilled nursing staff. This was in a nursing home skill...