You have to admit…

Yes, this is me ranting and it is a constant frustration that is faced when dealing with an acute population. This was the phone call that broke the silence of my office. My old friend, the ER, was calling to talk about a new admit. “I need to find a bed for…” I was reading …

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It did more harm than you think…

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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