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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The most wonderful time of the year?

From the drafty hospital home to my drafty castle and face first into my coffin…Oy the crick in my neck. Holidays are tough in the hospital. If there is a time that anyone wants to be there less, I can’t think of it. Last night, I was called to evaluate a depressed/suicidal person. All the …

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We Love to hate the VA

Admit it, you probably know very little about the VA, but think they provide crappy healthcare. Please, I mean I have often had folks say, “you’re a vet, how can you stand to go to that crappy hospital?” Short answer, the VA I go to and others I have been to provide honest and quality …

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