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The First Game by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Let's say one military is sending a signal but doesn't want the other military to intercept it. Information and security are intricately linked. You want your friends to kno ... Read on »
Letter to the Editor by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I found Rex Reed's brutal miscategorizations and stereotypes about people with Asperger's syndrome in his recent review of the movie "Adam" published on 7/28 extreme ... Read on »
Classy by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing My employer sent me to IV therapy training last week. I only had one overnight shift all week, and two days of Nursing 101 revisited in the staff development room of another ... Read on »
What I've been up to by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing ..not blogging obviously! Work and Play have kept me mightily busy. The RN job continues to be a constant source of intellectual stimulation and growth, and the summer has b ... Read on »
The Long Goodbye by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing A person I've become very close to is about to pass. I was surprised he didn't pass in front of me...I secretly wished he had passed on my time instead of with someone who di ... Read on »
Nurse May Pronounce by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Although pronouncing someones death is a task that's technically the responsibility of a medical doctor, it's commonly delegated to RNs and Paramedics every day. Paramedics an ... Read on »
Link by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing This is a great interview for Nurses and MDs to listen to. Title is "BBC World Service - Forum 02 May 09: Robert may, Abraham Verghese, Gillian Tett. I haven't had much ... Read on »
NSNA Annual Convention 2009 - Day 6 by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Well, it had to happen eventually. The expo is all packed up and has already been replaced by what looks like a convention about purchasing cards. The newly elected NSNA boa ... Read on »
NSNA Annual Convention 2009 - Day 5 by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Today was the last day of the convention proper, there were two more rounds of focus sessions and the closing meetings of the house of delegates. I had kind of been slacking ... Read on »
NSNA Annual Convention 2009 - Day 4 by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Once again, the Expo was my first stop. This time I checked out the Poster Presentations prepared by nursing students and faculty. They were all really interesting, and some ... Read on »
NSNA Annual Convention 2009 - Day 3 by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing (I'm uploading about 2GB of video as I write this, so watch this space for videos) I never, ever made it to the 9AM plenary sessions, and this year was no different. Hey, I' ... Read on »
NSNA Annual Convention 2009 - Day 2 by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Day 2 is really day one, I like to arrive at these things a day early and leave a day late. You know, just in case. First up was a couple of presentations on Breakthrough to ... Read on »
NSNA Annual Convention 2009 - Day 1 by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing As is usually the case with events like this, I left the packing to the very last minute and got little sleep. On the way to the airport, I realized I had forgotten my regula ... Read on »
Departure anniversary by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing It's that time again. The flight's booked, the hotel's reserved, and tomorrow I'll be heading out to Nashville TN for the annual NSNA convention. I'm bringing along a few fu ... Read on »
A guide to smoking by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I've noticed a couple of people try to take a drag of a cigarette for the first time and not actually figure out how to do it without coughing. I thought I'd write a guide. ... Read on »
I Live in CT by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing What's going on in my state? (via MSNBC wire services ) HARTFORD, Conn. - Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal to keep funding flat for Connecticut nursing homes is angering workers a ... Read on »
Put away your glucometer by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing ...because glucose-detecting tattoo ink has arrived! Via CrunchGear and Discovery News: The nano ink particles are tiny, squishy spheres about 120 nanometers across. Inside t ... Read on »
Yawngasm by PM, RN Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Copied directly from my pharmacology for nursing care text: " Yawngasm. Rarely, patients taking clomipramine [Anafranil] experience yawngasm. Experience what? A spontan ... Read on »