The First Game
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PM, RN
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 ...
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Letter to the Editor
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PM, RN
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 ...
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Classy
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PM, RN
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 ...
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What I've been up to
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PM, RN
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 ...
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The Long Goodbye
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PM, RN
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 ...
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Nurse May Pronounce
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PM, RN
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 ...
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Link
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PM, RN
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 ...
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Departure anniversary
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PM, RN
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 ...
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A guide to smoking
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PM, RN
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. ...
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I Live in CT
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PM, RN
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 ...
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Put away your glucometer
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PM, RN
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 ...
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Yawngasm
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PM, RN
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 ...
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