When I wrote a piece earlier this week, Igor cautioned me not to write angry. When I wrote the piece yesterday about bullying, I tried to write it with cold, clinical calculation to make a point. Then I started to think about it and realized I never spoke to the damage in a personal sense …
Month: January 2019
One of those nights…
As I walked in tonight, I talked to the charge nurse, as usual, to see what the flow of the unit had been like until I got there. She told me that we were full, which hasn’t been uncommon as of late. With our unit, a good number of homeless guys present to the ER …
Don’t fear the reaper…
Sorry no cowbell here, Igor hates when I play that thing anyway (Master has the rhythm of Helen Keller…). It’s as bad as saying Bleucher. Missing that whole vampire theme, I know. Speaking of death and dying, it is time to have an honest conversation with yourself, what are your plans if you stop breathing …
Nurses eat their young…
There is nothing worse than a bully, except dealing with one. Yet that is what a good number of professional nurses must put up daily to the point where nurses have committed suicide. Rhian Collins, who worked a hospital in Wales, hanged herself in her home in March of last year. The investigation concluded that …