Revisiting: A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care

Painting: Oil on wood 10″ x 10″ 2008 by J.Paradisi This post was originally published February 2009.  This morning I … More

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Race for the Cure

I’m watching runners, women and men, young and old, Running (some are walking) for The Cure this morning. I’m thinking … More

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Keeping Toddlers Safe in an Adult Only Home

With the onset of late summer hot weather many local children are falling through the screens of open windows. (Another … More

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Pain is The 5th Vital Sign, Who Has Control?

Recently, two nurses in my blogging community wrote about patients in pain. Joni Watson at Nursetopia posted a link to … More

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I Wish I’d Said It

“.. almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall … More

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Polymaths, Multitasking, and Renaissance Men (and Women)

On weekends, the clinic where I work closes when all of our patients are discharged. Sometimes we work a full … More

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Sometimes a Cigar Isn’t a Cigar

The painter Lucian Freud died last week at the age of 88. The grandson of Sigmund Freud, he was a … More

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What? U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Looks Like Nurses?

This morning fellow nurse blogger Joni Watson at Nursetopia urges our friends here in Oregon, Nike, to make scrubs for … More

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Chickens, Nurses, and Personal Space

It’s a busy morning at work and the schedule is full. IV pumps keep alarming and the phone never stops ringing. … More

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Oopsy! 9,999 Units of Blood

I don’t remember what year of my pediatric intensive care career I discovered an aptitude for electronic devices, but I … More

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