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Do your clothes, and thereby you, smell like pine-sol all day?

Reference note for the LNCs in the crowd: my full-time SMB (the hubby) is a highly reputable attorney. I know how the law pertains to this case.

Thanks for your response Kitiger RN! Happily this will be a personal, at-home journal. So in order to commit a HIPAA violation a person would have to trespass, unlawfully enter my home, likely by breaking-and-entering, and steal my personal property, all while escaping the wrath of me, my SMB, and my dogs, in order to read my entry. After all that effort, I sure hope they can figure out who "Jane Doe" is, 'cause I can assure you I have never and will never be leaving the floor with a patients' personally identifiable information on my person. That's just stupid. But sure, okay, the potential exists in some universe.... So back to advice about actual journaling!

Hi all! I am the proud new owner of a job in a MICU! Woo hoo! And also, yikes!! I want to start journaling after my workdays. I'm thinking I would like to record not only my experiences and things I've learned, but also my emotional reactions and how I'm coping as I grow. My Sexy Man-Bear Fiancé does not like to hear about the "icky" stuff, so I'm thinking this will help me channel what I'm thinking and feeling without projecting it all in his face. My questions: do you keep a professional journal? Is it strictly narrative, or do you get creative? Any thoughts? Advice? Pretty examples?? ������ Thanks!