I’m almost embarrassed to post this. But it looks like I am back in print again.
After all the fuss that was made when I rather abruptly disappeared, and all the amazing supportive emails and messages I got from people who I never even knew lurked about the site….well, it sorta seems like an anti-climax to drop another post. And quite honestly I nearly did not1.
I do not wish to go into all the specific reasons as to why I shut things down so abruptly. But I do feel I should offer some explanation.
As I have said before for the record, my employer did not force me to do so2.
An incident occurred where I unintentionally, but very foolishly breached patient confidentiality and hospital policy.
I published a de-identified image of an ‘interesting’ skull xray on my Facebook page, (in fact there was absolutely no information attached to this image, and even I had no idea who it belonged to, or what the clinical story behind it was). Incredibly, (or so I thought) this xray was in fact correctly identified by a reader, who made an official complaint. The resulting disiplinary action brought my whole website/facebook presence to an uncomfortable, and personally distressing head3.
So. There it is. I am tentatively back for now. Proceeding with caution.
However, I will not be reactivating my impactednurse Facebook page for now4.
I would especially like to thank Kane Guthrie, Mike Cadogan and the Life in the FastLane crew5, as well as my dad, and Kelly for their supportive encouragement that has, along with the aforementioned fuss from all of you regular readers, been largely responsible for this humble redux.
This is the second time I have said I was absolutely, definitely, unequivocally, out of the medical blogosphere. And then come back.
Without further ado, let us proceed……
- I started another blog, and began moving my writing in another direction altogether [↩]
- But I also have no doubt that there were quite a few people in the health setting that were exceedingly glad to see the back of it [↩]
- Importantly, and without a doubt, this incident also caused quite some distress for the person to whom the xray belonged; for which I am deeply sorry. [↩]
- My personal Facebook page continues. [↩]
- undoubtedly the finest medical blog on offer right now IMHO [↩]
Thank goodness! Welcome back… Missed deeply and fondly…source of inspiring entertaining information… YOU ROCK!
Jax’picking up the baton for hardcore’
Welcome Back!!!
Nurse K: If you quickly soak the ‘poo’ in the crappy instant coffee hospital’s supply, you will get a more realistic brown colour. It’s the only thing that coffee is good for really….
Thank goodness sanity prevailed !
Glad to see you back blogging up a storm of humour and the reality of life, love, loss and loopiness on the ED floors of Oz.
HIPAA is a tangled tangled web
Welcome back to the guy who taught me how to make poop out of Betadine and Kleenex!
so glad you are back~!
Hi,
As a student nurse i am so happy to see that you are back in action! Looking forward to learning much more from you and your website!
YAY!!!!!
Glad to see comensence has prevailed.Keep up the good work Ian you are a credit to our profession.
So glad to see you’re back!
So happy to have you back!
Welcome back, most welcome, from a UK reader. I’m sorry to hear it was distressing for you; professional protocols aside, (I have to say they sound like a bunch of f***wits to me) do they have any idea of the service you provide for your nursing colleagues around the world?
Jeez, you’d really think they had better things to do. Skull, shmull, let him get on with his job!
Good on yer mate (as I believe you lot say.) Nil illegitimae carborundum!