Nursing Angels and Police Officers:
One of the reasons you should always need to be nice to nurses, and police officers, is that eventually, you’ll need ‘em. We all get sick, even the healthiest among us, will age. And the chances of living your whole life, without being exposed to a crime-or stopped for speeding, is just about zero.
My son-in-law had to be hospitalized at St Mary’s in Athens, GA, with complications after recent back surgery. I want to give a shout-out to the ER nurses, the ER Doc, and the nurses on the 6th floor for their compassion and care.
And no, they didn’t know a blogger with a national audience was in the ER waiting room-along with the pregnant girls, moaning with ROM, the softball, and work injured, and a few crack-heads, looking after one of their own (just a clinical observation-no facts here).
An ER on Friday night here, is an ER on Friday night-like anywhere in the US.
And just a warning to those nurses in Athens-my son-in-law is a police officer-so be extra nice. He may be the smiling face asking for your Drivers License and insurance card, when you are running late for your next shift….. Thanks again!
Now for the Round-up of great nursing reads:
For a discussion on privacy and grief-check out this article by JParadisi RN. Having practiced medicine for 25 years in the same town, I have read far too many obituaries of patients. The advantage of small towns you can send a card, flowers, or attend a service, and no one has a second thought about HIPAA. Everyone assumes you know what is going on.
Sean at My Strong Medicine blasts the spot reducing myth. Dammit, I was trying to get rid of the bags under my eyes…..
Man Nurse Diaries, has a thought provoking article about self-titration of hypertensive (blood pressure) meds. I think that makes great common sense. But it does require the patient to be able to, and comply with home blood pressure monitoring, and having a simple sliding scale type treatment plan. It has worked in diabetes care for years!
Emergiblog has the 5th Anniversary Edition of Change of Shift! Congrats, Kim on your support of nurses in the blogging world!
At Your Cervix, explains why it takes an hour to get Tylenol in a hospital. Couldn’t have said it better!
Nurse XY has a post about the “S” word-and no you will have to go to his site to see what “S” means.
And for another take on privacy in medicine, see Aburdity is the New Reality by A Nurse and Her Camera.










