Okay, although I just put up the piece regarding nurses being overly sensitive about being portrayed as sex objects, I agree with the post at the Nurse Practitioner’s Place. I cannot believe that these medical students even thought this would be appropriate.

Stupid medical student denigrating nurses:

July 8, 2005 — The Edmonton Journal published a [...]

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The past 3 weeks have been busy. Two of my sisters got married, my mom turned 50 (and had the surprise party to go with it) and my nephew turned 2. Needless to say, I am ready for a break from parties and receptions.

The cool thing about finally living at home is that [...]

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Oh to have a tropical storm named for me!

New storm forms

Forecasters at the hurricane center were monitoring another tropical system that appeared headed for the Caribbean Sea, said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical depression 5 formed off western Africa and could drift into the Caribbean within four days, Mayfield said.
If it develops [...]

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Okay, I really didn’t mean to go today and buy hiking boots, but I found a pair that fit me PERFECTLY!

My friend Paul recommended the book “A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson, which was my main purpose for heading towards the shopping center. It just so happened that the EMS store was [...]

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As much as I have complained about Michigan, the place is definitely beautiful. Imagine that beauty while hanging under a parachute at 3,500 feet in almost perfect silence at sunset.

*sigh*

How could anyone NOT want to jump? An absolutely perfect way to end the weekend.

I feel like I should elaborate, but I feel it [...]

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I would like to thank Blackfive for recognizing nurses in his post from 1 July. This article expresses why I am an Army Nurse.

“Nurses Week Tribute: Grace Under Fire.”

“Difficult experiences teach us many lessons, but some leave us with only more questions. When we wrestle with ethical dilemmas, we’re rarely rewarded with hard [...]

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For the first time in my career, I wanted to smack the SHIT out of a doctor today.

Okay, there are times when slow torture, stoning, sabotage and just plain evilness have danced in my fantasies in relation to physicians, but this was just an out and out violent impulse. If she would have been [...]

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I don’t really have much to say today. The week is getting long, and the crap that goes along with health care is wearing on me. However, I AM very happy to say that I earned my keep today.

Two of my patients were lingering in the SICU. The system was DRAGGING. [...]

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Why do we care so much if we nurses are portrayed as scantally clad sex objects?

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As a group, we are the pot calling the kettle black.

Mediblogopathyposted here about Tobacco free Nurses, a smoking cessation site aimed at nurses and student nurses. The hope? We will be living the life of health that we preach every day.

Hypocritical healthcare has been a pet peeve for a very long time.

What about [...]

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