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Nurse 101: How to Understand Your Nurse
In these days of patient satisfaction surveys, the actual quality of the nursing care has become a sideline in hospitals, clinics, and medical offices. These surveys focus on things that have...
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Pediatric Dream To Pediatric Nightmare
I went to nursing school for one reason. I wanted to be a pediatric nurse for the rest of my life. I loved my pediatrics rotation in nursing school, and the time I spent volunteering on the pediatric...
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Do I Really Belong Anywhere?
When I look at the vast number of ways people can be divisive, I feel even more like I don’t belong anywhere. Whether it’s political, religious, or anything else, I don’t tow the party line anywhere....
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Inexperienced/New Nurses- Give Them A Break !
That old ‘nurses eat their young’ comment from less experienced nurses gets VERY old, but there is some truth to it, depending on where someone works. I worked in Illinois and Texas, and I would hate...
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Triggered ER Memories…
I got a canned e-mail from my dad’s medical provider, asking for one of those Press-Ganey surveys to be filled out. I don’t do those. They’re a colossal waste of time, and the results are used...
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Pain Management for the Non-addicted
Hydrocodone (Norco, Lortab, and Vicodin’s main ingredient) has been in the news a lot in the last few months. People are dying from overdoses. While that is very sad, it has created mayhem for those...
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The Demise of The Nutrisystem Discussion Boards
I’ve been back on Nutrisystem for a couple of months. I used the products and program two years ago, and due to medical issues, I had to stop. When I was on ‘NS’ in 2013, the Discussion Boards were a...
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Attention Prilosec / Omeprazole Users Who Have Intense Fatigue…
Obviously, folks should check with their doctors, but here’s an observation I have made in the last two days. I’ve been on omeprazole or pantoprazole for about 7.5 years. That coincides with the...
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To The Lead Voter in The Parole Board, Voting About the Guy Who Raped Me
Dear Sir, I think this is the third time I’ve sent in protests to the parole of Carl E. Chambers, who raped and sodomized me for roughly 6 hours on January 10, 1987. It was a lovely Saturday morning...
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Frustration and Unpredictability of Dysautonomia
I’m supposed to be over at my dad’s friend’s home, eating tacos with them. I’d looked forward to it since getting the invitation this morning. I took a shower (not a simple task when temperature...
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It’s Been A Bad Few Months…
I’m so frustrated with the increase in limitations over the last few months, especially with my grandma not doing well (and wanting to see her). I haven’t said a lot recently, but it’s not because...
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Former Co-Workers When I Worked Pediatrics
I was stumbling around on Facebook, and found three of the R.N.s I worked with when I worked pediatrics, and sent ‘just saying hi’ messages. I’m not sure they’ll see them, but I hope they do. When I...
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