Feb 11, 2014 |
Today I got a chance to walk down memory lane as I visited a patient at the same hospital where my mom was a patient 33 years ago. As I got out of the elevator and turned to head toward the patient's room, it hit me. "This is the floor mom was...
Oct 16, 2013 |
I was shopping after work today and got to chatting with another shopper in the department store. He saw my nametag identifying me as an RN and told me that he, too, was a nurse. He shared with me that he works night shift and that on his particular unit, he has...
Jul 25, 2013 |
Two weeks ago, one of our patients died after a year-long battle with cholangiocarcinoma. She was only 50 years old and left behind her husband of 25 years and her 2 teenage daughters. Yesterday, I called her husband to check in and see how he was doing now that...
Jul 16, 2013 |
Tragedy happens every day. It happens on an individual level. Someone is diagnosed with a terminal cancer and has no insurance coverage. It happens on a community level. A family's home is burned to the ground and though there is no loss of...
May 12, 2013 |
I love Nurses' Week. It is only fitting that every year since 1954, the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingales' mission to the Crimean War, the nursing community is celebrated. Nurses' WEEK begins on May 6th (since 1982) and runs the...
