Monthly Archives: August 2012
Angel of Mercy: Yep, That’s Me
Just like any group of professionals, nursing includes all kinds of personalities: the cynical ones, the burned-out ones, the committed ones, the ivory-tower ones, the corporate ones, the renegades, and the simpering pillow-fluffers. Well, maybe not that last one. What … Continue reading
Mandatory Vaccines for Nurses: This Time It’s Pertussis
I had to get a pertussis vaccine last week. I couldn’t cough up (ha, ha) the documentation that I had one in nursing school, which coincided with the last epidemic, so I had to have another one. Vaccines always make … Continue reading
The First-Name/Last-Name Conundrum
We have a new physician at work. He is new, new, meaning just out of residency as well as new to our department. I introduced myself when I saw him because one of my peeves is people going all around … Continue reading
Online Health Information: Help or Hindrance?
“I Googled it”…these words strike fear into healthcare professionals’ hearts. I’ve heard it most often called Googlechondria, a term that has made it to the Urban Dictionary (so it must be legitimate, right?). It refers to a situation in which … Continue reading
Nursing Online: To Blog or Not To Blog?
Nurses who spend time on the Internet generally sooner rather than later happen across “the nursing blogosphere,” the nickname those of us in the sphere ascribe to that group of loosely networked and informally associated blogs written by nurses. There … Continue reading
