Today’s New York Times has an article supporting the right of that city’s health care workers to refuse both … More
Category: Posts About Nursing
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
Aftermath of the Eric Cropp Sentence: Will the Criminalization of Medication Errors Make Patients Safer in Ohio?
Although medication errors are not the focus of this blog, I feel it’s important that health care professionals know what is … More
Mistakes are Judged by their Outcomes
It’s been a long time now, since I was on my knees, praying that the young woman lying crumpled in front of … More
Health Care Reform? What the…..??????
Senator Max Baucus (D) Montana, along with five other “architects” is writing compromise legislature for Health Care Reform, which includes financially … More
Not a Wonderful Life: No George Bailey for Pharmacist Eric Cropp or His Patient
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (http://www.ismp.org/) published an article in their August 27, 2009 newsletter, describing a horrific … More
Meditation on Luer Locks and Legos
If I’d known I was going to be a nurse, I would have played with Legos more as a … More
Sounds Like a Job for Health Care Reform
A patient called to cancel his appointment for a monthly infusion necessary for the rest of his life (or … More
When You Professional, Sometimes You Suffer
It is late in the afternoon, and it has been an extraordinarily busy shift. My fatigue, along with that … More
Another Observation From the Bedside on Health Care Reform
My colleagues and I don’t discuss Health Care Reform at work much, out of respect for one another’s views. Like most of the public, none … More
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