the closing
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
back in the days, way back, when things were old fashioned, i used to write my thoughts on paper. i would fill up a notebook or collect lots of used papers, and then burn or d ...
Read on »
i haz brains, now let’s danz
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
i do have a brain, but i don’t have brain tumor. turns out, i am just a girl with this crazy headaches. that’s what the MRI said anyway. now i can breathe a big si ...
Read on »
it’s not the voices
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
it’s all in my head like freshly made, thoroughly mixed, but inedible salad:the news about the firing of fat doctor.it is sad and unfair.the very honest and concerned em ...
Read on »
antithesis
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
the word “May” was tattooed on his left wrist. he showed it to me when i told him my name.he smiled when he said that it’s his daughter’s birth month. ...
Read on »
up the fronts
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
on the work front…the thing i hate most about floating is that i do not have a clue where things are. you would think that an 800 bed capacity hospital would have some ...
Read on »
tinnitus
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
the rain bug didn’t really bring me down. thanks to regular doses of airborne, which worked wonders for me, and for tylenol and benadryl which gave me two nights of 8 ho ...
Read on »
my grandma was right
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
my grandma raised me. she took take care of me since i was 3 months up to the time i was 12.she used to tell me, “don’t get wet in the rain, or you’ll get si ...
Read on »
it’s not a virtue
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
if it was me, i would have kept quiet, looked him in the eye till he fell on the floor drooling, choking on his own saliva, then, i’ll leave him to die.hyperbolic, yeah. ...
Read on »
epiphany? PLEASE.
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
patients are the same.they have MRSA. they have VRE. they have high blood sugars. they have high blood pressures. they break their hips. they have gigantic bone exposing ...
Read on »
mother of the house
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
the first thing he told me was: “i like to sleep on the wall”. that was his response when i told him my name and asked him how he was.when i acted clueless and ask ...
Read on »
let’s welcome 2009
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
my new year’s resolution is not to make any resolution. this has been the nth year that i said this because this time, i already know myself too much to fake a resolutio ...
Read on »
the story inside the book
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
this blog triggered emotional ambiguity. to post or not to post it, that has been the question.on the one hand, i really don’t feel like i should make a big deal out of ...
Read on »
greetings galore!
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
to those who celebrate christmas as a religious occasion, i want to extend my wishes to you and your family……merry christmas! as you celebrate, i wish that you f ...
Read on »
the beat still goes on
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
she probably thought it was just a gastric bypass gone bad. you know, the usual story. it wasn’t. it’s cancer. and it has metastasized.she probably thought it ...
Read on »
listening to our future
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
the 4 year old (t4yo): mommy, i want to be a garbage truck driver when i grow up!me: really? why?t4yo: because it looks like it’s so much fun! and cool!me: is there anyt ...
Read on »
psychological equilibrium
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
she was wearing a mask, and i didn’t know why. while helping her out of the gurney to transfer to her bed, her husband took her hand and asked her if she was okay. on re ...
Read on »
he said, she said
by
May ..
Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing
here’s the story as told to my mother-in-law, by ther niece, the patient’s wife:the patient called for help because he said he was wet. the patient care assistance ...
Read on »