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My nursing gear
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Here’s all my nursing gear in my trunk:
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Good Deeds
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I felt like I did good for a patient today.
10/10 neuropathic foot pain, and refusing all pain meds except neu.ron.tin. Says that he doesn’t want to feel stoned. I’ve been arguing with him over this for 3 visits…today, I finally thought of Lido.derm patches! Brought them up, and ( Read more... ) -
Accidents happen
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When I started this job, my friends and I took bets on how long it would take for me to get into a car accident.
Two months.
Edit: I guess I should probably remember to say I’m fine, it was just a fender bender. No worries.
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Argh!
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My GPS is dead!
I’ve only had it for about a month, and now everytime we start it up, it says, “Updating GPS firmware,” counts up to 100%, says, “Firmware update complete”…and then does the whole thing again. And again. And again.
Garmin website doesn’t help. Circuit city doesn’ ( Read more... ) -
Migraine people, help
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Thievery!
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When you find yourself stealing your wife’s fentanyl patches, you know there’s a problem…
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Done with Orientation!
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So, after 5 weeks, I’m finally done with orientation/preceptorship. I had my first day alone yesterday(Friday), and I think it went pretty well. Saw three patients, spent about an hour on the phone, got all my paperwork done…overall it went well. Once I got started, I was fine, ( Read more... ) -
Maureen
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One year ago today, my coworker Maureen died at work, after a 2.5 hour megacode. I miss her terribly, and the horror of her code gave me PTSD that’s finally starting to ease up.
She wouldn’t want me feeling sad about her today, and yet…
Rest in peace, Maureen.
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Update
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Unfortunately, there isn’t much going on this week. Classroom, classroom, and more classroom.
Busy day today: meetings at Suburb Location 1 from 8-10, class at Downtown Location from 10-1230, one visit in Suburb 2, then back for class and paperwork at Suburb Location 1 from 215-4 ( Read more... ) -
Black Cloud, Part 2
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So, remember how my first patient died?
8 days in the field, and already I’ve had a second unexpected death.
Jeez. Even my preceptor says I have a black cloud now.