Monday's in our office are always a special day of chaos. Prescriptions needing to be filled, patients calling from things that happened over the weekend and just gearing up for a week of giving shots, unexpected reactions and again more chaos. Yesterday, though was a special day of dog poo piled on top of more… Continue reading Everyday Mess
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As I Watch
As a nurse, I listen, I advocate, I learn and at times I take a step back and watch silently. We are taught as nurses to care for our patients at all times, especially when they can't or won't fight for themselves. But the hardest fight we sometimes face is when we step back and… Continue reading As I Watch
Touch A Life
If there is one quote of a nurse that I found recently to be the absolute truth it's this one. "When you're a nurse, you know that everyday you will touch a life or a life will touch yours." ~ Anonymous
Life’s Work
"Every nurse was drawn to nursing because of a desire to care, to serve or to help." ~ Christina Feist-Heilmeier, RN
It’s An Honor
20 years ago I made the choice that I was going to join one of the most honorable and noble professions in existence today, I was going to become a Nurse. Seven years later as I walked down to the podium and accepted my degree in Nursing I have done my best to live up… Continue reading It’s An Honor
Nurses are the Best
Some more About a Nurse cartoons. Hilarious and so true!!!
Phone Confessions
In my life prior to nursing I did have several cool jobs. Laser port was the first and definitely the funnest. Who doesn't want to go into a farm, smoke filled room and shoot your friends and family with laser guns? Yeah, it was a hit. One of my most memorable jobs though was working… Continue reading Phone Confessions
Mixing Day!
Every Friday at work is my mixing day. I get to sit at the back counter and pull out allergy serums and mix serums for our patients. I feel a little like a brew master hard at work on their newest creation however you really don't want to drink this stuff, lol!!! It feels good… Continue reading Mixing Day!
