Reconsidering Cherry Ames on Veteran’s Day

     This fall, I’m reading the first 4 books of the Cherry Ames series, by Helen Wells, for the first time. … More

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The H1N1 Vaccine: I Took One for the Team

  Note:  This post is in response to  a post by Shawn Kennedy MA, RN, interim editor-in-chief of the AJN blog, … More

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Mandatory Flu shots for Healthcare Workers Criticized in New York

     Today’s New York Times has an article supporting the right of that city’s health care workers to refuse both … More

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Code Oink: An RN Considers the H1N1 Vaccine.

    The other day I was walking through a hallway at the hospital, when one of the staff began coughing. He … More

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When Healthcare Providers Make Mistakes

   Pauline Chen writes about doctors who make mistakes in the health section of the New York Times (When Doctors … More

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A Response to The Torture Memos

     Many people have their lives saved daily by surgeons who have learned the discipline of doing the unthinkable in … More

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Follow Up : A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care

    In  my post A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care (Feb. 7, 2009), I describe events … More

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A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care

This morning I visited Pauline Chen MD’s Well blog at the NY Times on-line to read comments posted to her … More

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Laughing About Proctology

             Yesterday, a colleague brought to work an article from the Washington Post. It was a list of made up words and … More

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