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R E L I E F!!

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:32:53 -0500

One night in ED a young man came in in agony, he was placed on a gurrney and as the primary RN I began an exam. Pain was from an inginal hernia, firm gental pressure and it reduced right away and he...

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I'M JUST BEING TRUE TO MYSELF

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:35:38 -0500

It only happened that my quote in our group's t-shirt back in college was"JAIL THE PUSHER,SAVE THE USER...USE ME BABY".Yes, I just did it,putting the one who pushes this quote to the jail, not as a...

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By the Grace of God...I am a Registerd Nurse

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:07:29 -0500

I was lucky enough to be chosen to be an RN. Rudderless and a newly wed I was called by a person that I didn't know to fill a spot I her nursing class. (she had gotten my name from the employment...

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Journey has just begun...but it is truly rewarding

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:53:25 -0500

As previously posted and according to Florence Nightingale "Nursing is an art"...looking in on the outside the finished product look so simple, it doesnt show the sweat and the labour of the artist...

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My Reward: Never Ending Happiness and Fulfillment

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:04:29 -0500

I am a volunteer nurse of Streetlight Philipphines from the time it was born and I witnessed how amazingly things happened at the center up to now. Streetlight is an organization that accommodates...

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Patients who are dying

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:49:07 -0500

Lately a lot of my newly diagnosed CA patients are transitioning to hospice. I know our hospice team is aces and they are there to support the entire family network during this process. I get really...

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My mother Kam Agong

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:19:12 -0500

I'm from Sarawak Malaysia. Eight years ago my mother died due to Secondary Postpartum Hemorrhage. After 8 years we return the hospital is still in deplorable condition. visit...

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Simple Art of Caring

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:36:16 -0500

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, It requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead...

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LOst and FoUnD SLippErS

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:58:51 -0500

Had a funny incident experience with my patient who was fit for discharge. He lost his "old" and "new" other pair of slippers while with the student nurse during the bed side sponging and taking him...

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Oblivious

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:51:26 -0500

Had a terminally ill patient rolled in to the clinic via wheelchair by the son and the wife. They waited for 30 mins in the lobby with whole bunch of patients also waiting for their turn. The patient...

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You can't fix stupid #2.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:23:11 -0500

I had a man bring his mother to our ED, because he wanted us to transport her to the hospital 20 minutes down the road, where she had a ready room on the floor. I asked him why he didn't drive her...

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You can't fix stupid #1.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:20:49 -0500

I had a young woman bring her toddler into the ED for a fever. I asked her if she had given her child any Tylenol. She said "No, he's not hurting anywhere". You can't fix stupid.

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The Patient Who Makes Me Love the Nursing Profession

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:36:54 -0500

This is happened when I was still a student nurse. At first I don't really like to become a nurse, I've never even imagined myself to be a nurse. But this particular patient made me change my mind....

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Neonatal Nurse Saves Infant's Life

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:32:35 -0500

This is a story I read about in the book "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. I thought it was a really inspirational example of stepping outside our "proper place" when we are passionate...

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Holy Water

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:41:43 -0500

Here's a good one! I noticed a little bottle of what looked like water on my elderly female patient's bedside table. I inquired as to what it was. She said, "Oh, that's holy water...why don't you...

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