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• “We Don’t Care What’s On Your Head. We Care What’s In It.”

  

  So there’s this thing in Quebec which I’m sure my Canadian readers have heard of and maybe also a few of my American readers, which involves the Quebec... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Care About What’s in Your Head, Not What’s on Your Head

  So there’s this thing in Quebec which I’m sure my Canadian readers have heard of and maybe also a few of my American readers, which involves the Quebec... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Best. Comment. Ever.

  

  Blog reader “Sarah” REALLY gave me a big old can of whoop-ass when she wrote something on my blog post “The Value of Nurses” She really schooled me! So take it... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Where Does the Rot Start in Nursing Home Abuse?

  This story has been bouncing around the Canadian media since last May. Camille Parent, the son of a nursing home resident, set up a hidden camera in his mother’... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Blogger, Allegedly

  

  So, it’s been awhile, eh?It was Chuck Norris who found me.To everyone who emailed and texted and Tweeted, thanks. Everything is hunky and dory. I’m not dead, ok... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Those Nortriptyline Blehs

  

  Nortriptyline, according to Wikipedia,is a second-generation tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) marketed as the hydrochloride salt under the trade names Sensoval,... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Privacy, Judgment and Ethics Aside, I Have Caring to Do.

  A few years ago I cared for an acquaintance. She was a friend of a friend who had been living out of the country for several years, but had come home to visit... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Charge Mommy

  A few days ago, one of my colleagues said to me after a particularly frantic day in the ED, “You guys aren’t Charge Nurses, you’re Charge Mommies.” She is right. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Treat the Patient Not the Disease

  Abscesses and wounds, and especially abscesses and wounds which are infected, suppurative, purulent, and generally awful, are embarrassing for patients and... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Note About Alan Sullivan

  Nearly two years ago, the poet and blogger Alan Sullivan died. His final project, a new translation of the Book of Psalms, has been published. The translation... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Generation Gaps

  I recently took a course with nurses of varied years of experience and ages, but it was primarily made up of fairly new graduate nurses within the last year or... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• We Get No Respect

  From Ian Miller at ImpactedNurse.com, a few thoughts on under-utilized and under-recognized senior nurses who are leaking out of the profession:Nursing has few... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Favourite Poems LVII: Death

  

  The first two lines — “Because I could not stop for Death,/He kindly stopped for me” — must be among the greatest opening lines of any poem. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• When the Police Come Calling

  

  The police are more-or-less a permanent fixture in every Emergency department. They bring in the drunks, the suicidal, the psychotic, the homeless and yes, the... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE

• Do Not Fold, Spindle Or Mutilate the Nurse

  An unpleasant, no, ugly and unfortunate situation at Victoria General Hospital is preventing a woman from seeing her son. From the National Post article:A... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Epic Hitler Emergency Department Charge Nurse Rant

  I never thought I’d use the words “Epic” and “Hitler” and “Emergency Department” and “Charge Nurse” and “Rant” as a blog title, but what the hell. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jean, ROSC*

  So as J mentioned before, I was in a near catatonic state due to my VSA* computer which has fortunately been resuscitated. The hypothermia post resuscitation... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Nurse Contemplates Leaving the Profession

  Dinner last night with an old friend who toils in the mines of Labour and Delivery. She has worked there for four years. She told me of an incident not too... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Having the Talk About Birth Control

  One of a series of YouTube videos from Bedsider, a program of the U.S. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, on having the birth control... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Favourite Poems LVI: Three Short Poems on Spring

  Song on a May MorningNow the bright morning-star, Day’s harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throw... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION