This weekend was a little get away for my husband and I. We try to go away for the weekend without the boys a couple of times a year. This was one of our weekends. We stayed in a amazing suite, got Limo'ed over to the Ryman Auditorium, 10 rows back from the stage tapping […]
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If you ask me I would say yes – no one talks about the reason for Christmas very much, just what gift they are getting for themselves or someone. It seems so selfish. It has gone crazy! The commercials started with Black Friday like it was a marathon race. Shopping parties and teams are set
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If you were in Kroger's yesterday afternoon shopping for last minute items before the snow reports – you would have been able to easily to pick me out of the crowd. I had gotten an email right before I went in the store that my book "The Nurse Voice" was now available in hard copy
Two Steppin in Krogers Read More »
Holidays are something a nurse misses with her own family. The work schedules are long, and most of the time out of control of the nurse. People are still sick on holidays and someone has to be there for them. For 21.5 years that was me and what my schedule looked like. I can count
Nurse – A Day in the Life of a Nurse Read More »
Yes, it is true Thanksgiving has been canceled. I just got the memo today. Well maybe not canceled but the stress of the holiday blues started the second week of November. People seem to become so focused on what they have to do – and where they have to take food they
Holiday Blues: Thanksgiving has been canceled Read More »
Our Patients are the most important people ever in our care systems, either in person or otherwise. Our Patients are not only dependent on us, but we are also dependant on them in the mutual exchange of goal setting to establish the most appropriate treatment program. Our Patients are not an interruption of our work
You and I by Elaine Popovich I am a resident. You reside. I am admitted. You move in. I have behavior problems. You are rude. I am non-compliant. You don’t like to be told what to do. When I ask you to dinner, it is an outing. When you ask someone out, it is a
You and I are not all that different Read More »
The care given to mental illness has come a long way since the 1800's – 1900's and 2000's. I have listened to so many stories of the older clients as they share what used to happen to them when they were admitted against their will or even when they needed to receive treatment –
Mental Illness has come along way baby Read More »
WARNING: Reading this book could change your life. Over the last year I have worked with a business mentor closely each week learning how to market business online. Learning the skills of someone who has been there and done that. After she made a million dollars with her copywriting skills and her blog. I
“Read Their Mind” … Just like Nurses do Read More »
As I was passing by two nurses, I could clearly hear that it was a heated conversation. Without trying to listen to anyone could tell it was not going well. The words that stuck in my mind were the ones that placed the sting in the conversation. “Who do you think you are? You’re only
Nurses to nurse relationship – It is all about Attitude Read More »
