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Head Nurse: Adventures in Keithland, part I
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Brain on the top, spine down the back. Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Adventures in Keithland, part I. Except for Keith, who has filled out every tentative schedule from now until Christmas and has not put himself down on any Sunday on any of them. We chatted about that the other day. Well," Keith said, after I had pointed out the problem, "I suppose I could try to work a Sunday, since y'all have been so accomodating of my school schedule.". Plus, Keith, this is what you signed up for. Vadge up. So anyway, I sen...
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MoJo, RN: New Job is New, Part 2 Electric Boogaloo
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New Job is New, Part 2 Electric Boogaloo. So many of you know I left my old podunk 12 bed "Med-Surg/ Tele" ICU for warmer climes and higher acuity. I'm in a new facility, a Level II Trauma center, with 5 ICUs and a giant ER. Like, GIANT. Fucking huge. Cavernous and maze-like, even. I get lost all the time. What the fuck are these mind games, y'all? Well, this sounds kind of immature but fuck it, I'm going to say it anyway. I sure as fuck showed them, didn't I? So now I'm up in the ICUs for 8 weeks. I...
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MoJo, RN: Meet The Cast of Characters: Special Edition
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Meet The Cast of Characters: Special Edition. Everyone has that one. That one jackass that you want to sneak up to the call room and strangle in his sleep. The one with the weird personality that makes you wonder how they survived into adulthood, the one who wants shit done exactly how he wants it even if it doesn't make sense, the one who writes stupid fucking orders and then gets mad when you call him to clarify. He's not even that good, is the problem. He's messy. He's rude and intolerant....The other...
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MoJo, RN: The Difficult Conversations We Have to Have
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The Difficult Conversations We Have to Have. I'm sure we've all had that one patient who comes in sick as shit and is still a full code and you go. wait, what the fuck? What the actual fuck. I recently had a conversation, sparked by a post on Twitter. About these patients and their family members who come in completely clueless about the disease process, why they are sick, why they don't get better, and whether they will ever recover. If there's one thing I've learned in my short tenure as a nurse it's t...
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Adventures of a PICU Nurse Practitioner: PICU Midyear Review
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Adventures of a PICU Nurse Practitioner. Crazy tales of life in the PICU.and my life in the real world as a PICU Nurse Practitioner! Tuesday, April 22, 2014. It's April which means time for the annual Midyear Review. It's a time to check in with the manager, go over the goals we set 6 months ago to make sure we're on target for reaching them, and evaluate what we are doing well vs what we can improve. Now a fairly recent conflict came to mind in which I was extremely frustrated with a fellow who did not ...
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Adventures of a PICU Nurse Practitioner: Only One
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Adventures of a PICU Nurse Practitioner. Crazy tales of life in the PICU.and my life in the real world as a PICU Nurse Practitioner! Monday, February 24, 2014. I have taken care of a lot of kids in the PICU over the last 9 years. And yet only one has truly captured my full heart. Only one who I was able to see grow up from a six month tiny baby to a four year old man-sized boy. Only one who I spent countless hours with, took countless walks with, and made countless PICU memories with. While it was much t...
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Head Nurse: Once in a while, I am reminded that I am no longer young.
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Brain on the top, spine down the back. Sunday, July 05, 2015. Once in a while, I am reminded that I am no longer young. Most of the time, I'd say I feel about. . .oh, twenty-seven? Mentally, at least. When I'm not being an eight-year-old boy. Sometimes I am reminded that this is only a lovely fiction, a way that my brain has of denying the inevitable decay and death that attends every one of us. Like when I tried to get into and then out of Kitty's car. He'll grab the harness with one hand, put the other...
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Raising Identical Twin Boys and a "Princess": Big News
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Raising Identical Twin Boys and a "Princess". Tuesday, December 4, 2012. We are expecting #3! I am 12 weeks along (almost 13). Due June 12th. The above pic is how we announced it on Facebook! It is a singleton this time. The doctor confirmed this with not one, but two ultrasounds, so we're pretty certain! We are excited to meet the new addition next summer :). I am over the moon excited for you! You are going to LOVE having a singleton after twins! December 4, 2012 at 4:16 PM. December 6, 2012 at 3:41 AM.
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Raising Identical Twin Boys and a "Princess": It's a GIRL!!!
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Raising Identical Twin Boys and a "Princess". Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Adam and Matthew will have a. We are so excited! The last few days have gone by soo incredibly slowly as I waited for the day of our ultrasound. Last night I could hardly sleep because of all my excitement and nervousness. I was so worried they would find something wrong with the baby. Then of course I wanted a girl, but didn't want. To want a girl too. I cant wait to see her! January 16, 2013 at 9:27 PM. That is so exciting. ...
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Head Nurse: If I see one more preachy Facebook post about air conditioning. . . .
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Brain on the top, spine down the back. Friday, July 31, 2015. If I see one more preachy Facebook post about air conditioning. . . . Look: I know air conditioning costs money. I know it's bad for the environment, it makes people fat, it destroys the great plan that the universe has for us, and that it's one small step from central a/c to us telling our children and our children's children what it was like in America when men were free. Just open a window, they say. That's what people used to do. Whether i...
