Sound Familiar...?, written 2 weeks ago, The main feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and emotions. People with borderline personality disorder are also usually very impulsive. This disorder occurs in most...

Nurse Charting Rule #1: "If you didn't chart it, it didn't get done.", written 2 weeks ago, One of the most basic tenets of nursing is “If you didn’t chart it, it didn’t get done.” Accurate and unambiguous charting is essential for patient care, for administration, and for any subs...

Hold On, written 2 days ago, It's now 1:40 pm and there's a snow shower right now. I have to get to work soon but I've decided to do some quick blogging. Gosh the wind is so strong, I better put on more clothing on as well as something to place on my head because I just had a nasty "brain freez...

Most Patients Don't Know That They Don't Know, written 11 hours ago, Not long ago, a study published on the online version of the Annals of Emergency Medicine concluded that more than three-fourths of patients in emergency rooms don’t understand what staff nurses and doctors tell them about their ...

This frequently updated blog was created for students preparing for the NCLEX as well as those still in nursing school, but is useful to anyone wanting to know more about maintaining health/fighting disease.

Clearing house for health, nursing and aged care issues in Australia. Along with help for those studying to become a health professional.

Nursing stories from Canada.

A unique twist on life's roller coaster of an adventure from a health care professional's point of view.

Death: Let's Talk About It, written 1 week ago, Death, despite its inevitability, is often not spoken about, let alone planned for. To get people talking about this subject, the sister-in-law of a young mother who died of a brain tumor has initiated a simple project that consists of five key questio...

Hilarious Email about Discharging a Patient, written 2 weeks ago, Read this hilarious email that was sent to me today: Hospital regulations require a wheelchair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found an elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the...

Arrogant, Abusive, Disruptive Doctors, written 2 days ago, Who would have thought?! The New York Times reports today on a study that shows that arrogant, abusive and disruptive doctors are often contributors to medical mistakes! Did it take rocket scientists to figure that out? Almost any nurse coul...

Can't we all just get along, written 1 month ago, Since starting my job as a resource nurse and being all over my hospital I've seen lots of things from basically all prospectives.  I was never one that fell into that whole dept against dept thing anyway but now it annoys me even more.  Aren't we ...

Long time, no post..., written 6 days ago, I can?t believe that I?ve neglected my LJ for so long!! I haven?t made more than a couple of posts since returning from my vacation late in October, but quite honestly, I?ve had neither the time nor the heart to do so. However, I?d like to wish a happy be...

This little piggy stayed the hell home!, written 3 days ago, It's getting to be the holiday season and newFNP is sure that, like herself, there are many ladies who would like to get spiffed up for the festivities. In order to be spiff and shiny, newFNP ordered herself some Kama Ayurveda Miraculous B...

The random ramblings of a physical therapist student that is passionate about his profession, his patients, and his life.

I think the title of my blog says it all...I am a single mommy, a full time nursing student, and I work part time as a residential counselor.

Sweden Report: Majority of suicides connected to psychiatric drugs!, written 4 days ago, I found a disturbing report from Janne Larsson, investigative jounalist in Sweden. In 2005, the agencies reporting on unnatural deaths and suicide included parameters to detect what causation could be traced to ...

Nursing School Clinicals, written 1 month ago, This semester, I’m in the ER for my clinical rotations. Right now, I’m about halfway through my clinical hours, and I’ve seen a ton of stuff! - One patient had a GI bleed, and I was able to insert a nasogastric tube and do lavage. He lost so muc...

Blogging about health stuff - why?, written 1 day ago, Since my blog has been in the running for best Canadian health blog, I've been asked by a few people why I do it. After all, I make no money from it, I have no advertisers, and no-one has hired me to do it. This is unlike a few of my other blogs...

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