I work in an ER on the coast of Florida, dance, write, and go to the beach nearly every day off to soak up the healing energy of the ocean.
An IV epinephrine error by a coworker damaged a 20 year-old heart. Part 1 exposed systemic problems that contributed to the tragedy. In Part 2, Cheyenne shares...
A medication error by a coworker leaves twenty-year-old Cheyenne with an elevated troponin, a reduced ejection fraction, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and an...
An interesting case study: The triage note reads possible stroke, facial droop and dizziness. The husband says, "Her face just pulled to the left."
Several articles have been published in the past the few years highlighting myths about nursing. Some are silly, like “all nurses marry doctors.” Some might...
Hated by most patients and many practitioners who have to insert them, NG tubes are great candidates for the top spot in the “most detested procedure”...
All nurses have intuition. Sometimes it acts more like faith or an energy that takes us to the right answer well beyond reason. (This two-part series is...
I’m the nurse at the bedside. You might see me as an underachiever, someone who didn’t have what it takes. . . For those who assume I stopped and stagnated...
Confronting doctors can be intimidating, but we are the patient's final defense against wrong orders. Somebody has to make sure we get it right. (As always, the...