Feb 6, 2015 |
Last week, three of our patients died. Two deaths were not "surprises" as both patients had terminal cancer. The other patient committed suicide so yes, his death was unexpected for everyone. As nurses, we know that death is part of life...
Jan 21, 2015 |
Let’s face it. The more doctors you see, the more medical files you have. And the more scattered your medical records are, the higher your risk of drug errors, missed diagnoses, and other potentially dangerous glitches. The solution? Keep a set of your own...
Dec 31, 2014 |
When I turned on my computer this morning, the image on my desktop was a gorgeous sunset amidst a sky with a few thin, wispy clouds and the blue gray waters of an ocean. The contrasting colors of the golden sky lit up by the setting sun atop the receding waves jetted...
Dec 19, 2014 |
Just yesterday, I accompanied a patient to a visit with an orthopedic surgeon at his stand-alone practice/office. We waited to be seen and once we were put into an exam room, we waited some more. While we were waiting, I noticed that the room had a prominent...
Nov 16, 2014 |
This past week, my cousin Betty died after an exquisitely brief battle with cancer. She was 77 and leaves her children, grandchildren, friends, neighbors and extended family members missing her. Even her dog, Maisey, misses her. At her funeral mass, the...
Oct 9, 2014 |
Today is my mother’s birthday. She would have been 94 had she not died of cancer at age 61. It would not be dramatic or untruthful of me to say that there’s not a day that goes by when I don’t think of her, remember her, wonder what she would...
