Working day shift this weekend. Am I crazy? Yes, I must be. I signed up for days for the weekend. What was I thinking? It's crazy busy, as usual. I had a nice first time momma give birth to a hefty size boy yesterday. She only pushed for 30...

I survived my first time officially in "Charge"! What started out as just the first four hours of the shift, ended up being the full eight hour shift in charge. It just made more sense when the 7pm nurse came on, and things were still so...

Guess who is going to be taking the charge nurse role in just a few days? Guess who has never done charge nurse before? No orientation. No training. Just - "you're the most senior nurse that day, would you like to take charge?" It's now or never...

Perinatal Care Outcomes I'm actually happy to see the Joint Commission put out these Perinatal Performance quality measures. Elective deliveryCesarean sectionAntenatal steroidsHealth care-associated blood stream infections in newbornsExclusive breast...

Yep, that's Mr. BadAss himself - Rusty - my four legged beast of a big baby. He was a little perturbed at my audacity to actually take his picture. Can you tell by his body language?