“So many of the nursing blogs I see are those from very frustrated unhappy nurses.”
(as seen on a thread in nursingvoices.com)
How true do you think this is?
I saw this the other day and I wondered how guilty I am of being one of those frustrated, unhappy nurses. I am one week into my new [...]
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Posted 30 January 2008
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Welcome to this week’s Change of Shift. I’ve been sitting at my computer all day waiting for an inspiring theme to land on my lap, but guess what? It’s just not happening. So sit back and enjoy these finely crafted blog posts in my themeless edition of Change of Shift!
Patient Encounters
I was pretty blown [...]
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Posted 24 January 2008
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Make a list - Nurses are masters of list-making. Lists are the secret to time management. At the beginning of every shift a nurse makes a list of every thing she will do throughout the day. If it’s not on the list, it doesn’t get done. There are days when I am lazy and don’t [...]
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Posted 22 January 2008
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Okay, I am now officially having a bad day:
Drinking a couple of cups of coffee a day has long been considered safe during pregnancy, but a new study finds that even this modest amount of caffeine could double a woman’s risk of miscarriage.
NOOOOO! Not my coffee. I don’t just love my coffee in the morning, [...]
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Posted 21 January 2008
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I was just perusing some design blogs and came across this.
Apparently my new blog redesign is “3 columns of idiocy.” You see? This is why I never made it as a web designer. It’s a good thing there are so many free wordpress themes out there, because it might be time to choose another [...]
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Posted 21 January 2008
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I think I’ve found a new career option: Digital Coach. According to Seth Godin digital coaches are…
“…people who charge $100 an hour to hear what you do and how you do it and then show you how to do it better. People who organize data and put it in the right place. People who overhaul [...]
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Posted 21 January 2008
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Isn’t it fun having a sidebar? I love rearranging mine - It’s like moving the furniture around but without the muscle strain. Today I decided to dispose of all of my Google Adsense ads because quite frankly, my dears, I don’t think I will ever hit the $100 threshold. Instead I’ve installed a new [...]
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Posted 20 January 2008
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Thank you, blogosphere for all of your comments re: How to console someone. You know, it’s been a crazy, crazy year - lots of ups and downs. Actually mostly one big “up” (Benjamin) and many smaller “downs” that have been eating away at my resilience. I’ve had some financial problems that have forced me to [...]
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Posted 20 January 2008
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Take a look at the Urban Legend ER, where they triage for falling pennies, pop rocks, and bathtub kidney transplants.
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Posted 18 January 2008
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I’m hosting Change of Shift here at PixelRN.com on Thursday, January 24th. Please send in your submissions by noon on the previous Wednesday. You can email them to BETH at PIXELRN dot COM or you can submit through Blog Carnival using this link.
I am quite excited to be hosting here at PixelRN (but also [...]
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Posted 18 January 2008
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