The Volcano Lover

     Recently, I walked to the top of a volcanic cinder cone in the Cascade Mountain range, in Oregon.  I have been in love with … 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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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