No sex until marriage…

(I am sure only my husband gets the title) So we start with a recent survey on the “Purity Pledge” you know that is the one where a young lady pledges to be a virgin until marriage.  That she remains pure until her wedding night.  How Victorian of them. I wonder if they do it …

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Jacks or Better to Open…

There is no card deck in my workroom or at the nurses’ station on our unit. Last night I started the shift with a rapid response. If you don’t know what they are, it is when a patient’s condition has rapidly changed and not for good.  It is still always strange to be the one …

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We have a problem…

In Baton Rouge Louisiana last week a nurse was trying to assist another nurse who was being attacked by a patient on a behavioral health floor. Last year a nurse was attacked and held hostage in Ohio. Nurses and other medical staff are frequently the source of patient violence and sometimes coworker violence. Does anything …

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