Why is it that when bad people do really bad things, but they happen to be a nurse, that part is always part of the headline?

‘Evil’ nurse jailed for life for dismemberment murders (CNN.com)

Okay, so the guy was a freak that held a nursing license. What does that have to do with anything if [...]

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Forgot about the cover of this Blink 182 Album entitled, “Enema of the State.” What a great example of the “Sexed Up Nurse” huh? Anyone have any others?

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I left work early yesterday. I had been tired all week. It never occurred to me that I may be getting sick.

Now, I am sitting at my computer catching up from the week and answering my pager because broken people still need to be cared for. They just don’t need my flu [...]

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Do not, I repeat, do NOT threaten me with an attorney within the first 3 minutes of my very first conversation with you.

When your almost 90 year old mother-in-law has suffered an injury that has great odds of killing her I know you are concerned (hip fracture).

I am too.

That is why we held off on [...]

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No JCAHO today. What a shocker …blech…

I am, however doing 8 (ok, closer to 9) hour days and I kinda like it.

45 minute drive to work

normal work day

45 minute drive home

I have the energy to go to the gym. Go out to dinner. Get in the hot tub for a soak. [...]

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AKA: JCAHO Cometh

Yes, the speculation for the next “unannounced” JCAHO visit has swirled madly for the past few months. This has picked up intensity with the floor manager and charge nurses raising anxiety levels over coffee cups balanced on hallway chart racks, and laptop carts in hallways.

I have been in healthcare for 12 [...]

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Once in a blue moon, I will go in search of other blogs which have either linked to me or have commented on something I have written.
When you find those things it is like winning a few bucks on a scratch off lotto ticket when you never win anything. So, finding a post from [...]

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Well, I just had, not one but TWO posts almost finished in a manic fit and my computer just decided to shut off. I will be headed off to the Apple store tomorrow to get my power supply fixed. In the mean time I am going to go and strangle something.

Damn they were [...]

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After waking up this morning with an un-deserved headache (not nearly enough drinking last night for one!) I have spent the day being semi lazy. What a GREAT way to begin the new year…
Actually, I really haven’t been.
I read the second half of Complications by Atul Gawande. I am hoping to have the gumption to [...]

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