Im sorry….. this image came to me after a stretch of night shifts. I thought it was pretty funny anyway….I just couldn’t help myself. You know what they say about people who laugh at their own jokes…..
Here is a late addendum to The Book of Nurses. If you would like to be included in this project I will be happy to include you! Your story matters. Here’s How. ————————————————– OK then, to start off tell us what country/area you live in, how long you have been nursing for, what areas you have worked in and the specialty you currently work in. I live in Canberra, Australia (the Capital of Australia, even if the rest of the world thinks that must be Sydney). I’ve worked in hospital since 2002, mainly in cancer nursing, palliative care and dabbled [continue reading this...]
May 072012
Lots of nurses I know are big fans of TV medical dramas. Myself, the last thing I want to do after a busy shift in the ED is watch more medical drama unfolding. Besides, I tell them, it’s totally ridiculoso to see so many dramatic events occur to a single character in a singe department over the course of these TV series. But then I got thinking…. about how my own life in our department would look as a TV medical drama: Team ED Season 1: Episode #1: newgrad nurse Ian starts in emergency department. Asked to go to OT [continue reading this...]
May 052012
Here is the definitive guide for the most popular Australian airway adjunct in use at this time. Obviously, if we are talking popularity….we are going to have to check their Facebook pages. Nasopharyngeal Airways: Facebook Page 5 likes. Guedel’s Airways: Facebook Page 7 likes. QANTAS Airways: Facebook Page 157,951 likes. Of course, with a little FaceBook sharing…..we can change all this.
————————————————– A while back I decided to see if I could encourage some readers to answer a few questions about their experiences as nurses in the lead up to International Nurses Week (from May 6th-12th). The response was fantastic. There were a total of 40 nurses (and 1 dog) that made a contribution, and I would like to give them a super-large thank you for taking the time to sit down and share their personal stories with us… and for making this little project such a success. I have absolutely loved reading them. From Texas to Tasmania, from undergrad to [continue reading this...]
