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December
29
Accountability = Bitch?So, I took this new promotion two months ago. So far, it's been going ok. My official title is "Patient Care Coordinator" which really amounts to the assistant to the ...more »
December
23
Work peopleLet me just say - without going into too much detail, when I'm at work and interacting with my peers and colleagues . . there are certain types of people that I ...more »
December
16
Again with assisted suicideEarlier, I blogged about why people look at hospice nurses as "Kevorkian's minions' - and then I read this:
Nurse Is Charged With Murder
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A former nurse has been ...more »
December
8
Assisted suicide, revisitedI once blogged about assisted suicide.
It wasn't a post about the ethics of it.
I didn't argue the legalities of it.
I didn't blog the pros or cons of it.
I didn't write about it ...more »
November
22
SoberingI'm on call today.
This job is fulfilling...satisfying. People often ask me, "How do you do it?".
I just do.
Sometimes, however - - I can do a patient visit that lasts ...more »
October
16
Off the top of my headSo, I walk into the building where I'm to give this class. I'm a little early - so I stop and ask one of the nurses which room the presentation will ...more »
October
16
Teacher nervesI'm not a teacher. I've never really been good at it - but I muddle my way through. Frequently, throughout my career, I've been asked/required/forced to give classes on various ...more »
October
8
The talent of being totally inappropriateAndy is in the last stages of liver cancer. He sat down and looked at me and sighed heavily. He looked horrible - - his skin was pumpkin-orange, cheeks sunken, ...more »
September
24
Heads in bedsI have two friends who are near and dear to me. Kim and Carol. The three of us used to work together back when I was working in Administration in ...more »
September
23
On-call againI'm on call again tonight. Seems like I'm on call more often than not. What's up with that?
Got a call tonight at about 10pm. Patient's wife told me that ...more »
September
18
The ‘On’ ButtonI'm on call tonight.
Most of our patients are in their own homes. A handful of our patients are in Assisted Living, Group Homes or Nursing Homes. We have a patient ...more »
September
12
Give it to me straightSo, I was on call on Sunday. I received a call from a patient's daughter. The patient happened to be one of mine. She told me that her father ...more »
August
28
Re-arranging my scheduleWe have this report system for work. It's on centralized voicemail box that the nurses leave report on regarding the condition of their patients - and the on-call nurse leaves report on ...more »
August
27
My Own Walter Mathau MovieDon kept me on my tippy toes from day one. All of my patients are special, in their own way - - and every once in awhile a patient comes along who ...more »
August
26
Part of something coolI received a phone call last week Friday, late in the afternoon. It was from Washington D.C. - The American Red Cross, her name was Sheryl. She was calling regarding a new ...more »
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