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A Day in the Life of Nurse Eye Roll
Wake up. Walk into work. See that I’m working with my favorite nurse. See my assignment. After the 7th interruption during my first assessment. Can’t open a med. When the first doctor rounds and acts...
View ArticleWhen You Want to Quit
When you’re working on your pre-req’s and going through nursing school, in your first few years of nursing school, or just switched specialties, it gets really tough sometimes. So much information is...
View ArticleNurse Eye Roll’s Top 80 Medical Abbreviations/Short Handy Stuff
Here are the ones I use most frequently. Keep in mind that not all of these are “approved abbreviations”; they are the ones I use on my report sheet. I don’t use all of these in my official...
View ArticleGuest Blog Post: A Wedding in Intensive Care
A few days ago, a Twitter bud of mine, @Terimedwards tweeted: Y’all. We had a wedding in the ICU so a man could see his grandson get married before he dies. #beautiful @NurseEyeRoll And this...
View Article“Sweetheart, when you get to be my age the last thrill left is wondering if...
Just ask any doctor, nurse, CNA, EMT, paramedic, PA, or NP for their most hilarious patient quotes and a wonderful conversation will ensue. Here are some of my favorites from my Facebook page and...
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Heavy Scrub Pockets – Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That!
A question I am frequently asked is “what do you keep in your scrub pockets during your shift?” I used to keep them full just in case I needed something. I used to have any and everything in there. I...
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The Nurse Life
Welcome. getting flung into the real world after nursing school telling my non-nursing friends about nursing school the first time I was left alone at the nurse’s station when someone tries to...
View ArticleYou’re a Life Saver.. Literally
I don’t know if any of you nurses out there struggle with what I’ve been fighting over the last year or so. Whenever I’m in a large crowd and see elderly people or someone not looking so hot, I play...
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An Ode to My Steering Wheel
Many things are synonymous with nursing… stethoscopes, nursing caps and pins, a solid pair of Danskos…but one of nursing’s unsung hero’s is our steering wheel. A day at work that has me on the verge...
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A Day in the Life of a Night Shift Nurse Spouse / Roommate
0830 – your nursey spouse/roommate gets home after their shift. 0832 – while you’re trying to eat breakfast, they start telling you about their shift. 0835 – they’re fighting to stay awake when you...
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