Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Dec 11, 2009, 12:08 pm
That had to be the fastest two weeks on record! It’s time for another Change of Shift! There is some rumor going around that a holiday is coming up, but the only decorations around here consis...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Dec 10, 2009, 7:25 pm
Praise the Lord and Hallelujah, I just finished my last two assignments for the semester. Six more units and I have my BSN! And you’ll have Change of Shift, up tomorrow! : ) See ya then! Cha...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Dec 7, 2009, 10:36 am
They are pondering a great philosophical question here. Like, “Will Emergiblog ever get off her derriere and post something?” Right up there with “what came first, the chicken or t...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Nov 26, 2009, 12:26 pm
Happy Thanksgiving from Change of Shift! A ton of great submissions, and not a single turkey among them! Sit down, grab a hot cup of coffee, let that Thanksgiving dinner settle (all diets start tomo...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Nov 25, 2009, 8:50 pm
Hi all! As I am celebrating the holiday with family, Change of Shift will be posted here on Friday afternoon – probably earlier but my computer access is spotty at the moment. Thanks for your ...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Nov 18, 2009, 2:42 pm
I never read this Cherry Ames book. It couldn’t possibly be as interesting as working in a hospital! Nurses were supposed to work in hospitals! Where they would wear their cap! Why on earth wo...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Nov 9, 2009, 2:07 am
Apparently once you remember that tuberculosis is spread by spitting… You are then allowed to spit. Reminds me of an incident. Elderly lady. Elegant, actually. Didn’t speak English. ...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Nov 3, 2009, 5:53 pm
Sam Nouv runs a little donut shop about a mile from my house. When John was in the hospital, that’s where I bought the donuts for the nurses. After immigrating to the U.S. from Cambodia in 198...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Oct 29, 2009, 12:31 pm
A ghoulish horror awaits you at Change of Shift, as Reality Rounds goes to the dark side. I almost expect the zombies from “Thriller” to come dancing out of my den! (shudder) Read at yo...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Oct 20, 2009, 7:19 pm
Oh geeze – these parents are actually arguing about which laxative to give their kid! “The modern way to bring up their baby.” Baby? That kid is four-years-old if he’s a day....
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Oct 17, 2009, 2:52 am
First day of the general BlogWorld sessions and as usual, I came away with renewed energy, a plethora of ideas and a dramatically decreased bank account! No, not on gambling – I hit the Barnes &...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Oct 16, 2009, 12:58 am
The first medblogger track at BlogWorld/New Media Expo is now history. And it went beautifully! The panels were informative, the audience engaged and we even got Paul Levy in via telephone hook up t...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Oct 15, 2009, 2:56 am
Greetings from Las Vegas! It’s the BlogWorld Expo edition of Change of Shift! Well, at least it’s being compiled in the same city. We have a new blogger again this edition, and an unint...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Oct 14, 2009, 1:51 pm
Well, it’s here! The Medblogger Track at BlogWorld/New Media Expo 09 is actually happening! I’m sitting at the Palazzo and working on homework. Seriously. Then after that I have a trac...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Oct 9, 2009, 2:55 pm
All I could think of when I saw this photo was Gordon Ramsay screaming that the Cream of Wheat was lumpy. But she’s smiling, so this can’t be Hell’s Kitchen. It’s more like p...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Sep 30, 2009, 11:47 pm
Welcome to the latest version of Change of Shift, the nursing blog carnival! Lots of topics this week: H1N1 is on a lot of minds these days, there are a couple of posts for new grads and it looks lik...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Sep 25, 2009, 1:33 pm
Holy cow, this nurse looks like she is swamped! I can relate! Whatever force got me to commit to six night shifts in eight days and a public health rotation on my days off must have gotten me at a w...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Sep 14, 2009, 10:53 am
Well, I lead a double life but it isn’t out dancing in formal wear! “There is time for only fleeting thoughts about that dance you’ll attend during off duty hours.” There isn...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Sep 11, 2009, 12:07 pm
I had a PALS class that morning. The receptionist at the consortium could not reach her brother. In New York. We were there, but we weren’t present. By 1100, they ended the class. It could no...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Sep 9, 2009, 3:34 pm
That nurse better watch her back! Literally! Baaaad body mechanics here. I can’t figure out this little tableau; is she pulling him out of the ditch? Why is there a book on the edge of the fo...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Sep 6, 2009, 10:56 pm
What a way to end a four day work stretch! Kasey Kahne wins the night race at Atlanta. Oh man. This was just what I needed! : D I may get my voice back in a month! One more week to the Chase̷...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 31, 2009, 6:16 pm
The. Perfect. Cap. The entire reason my nine-year-old self decided to be a nurse. Ladies and gentlemen, this is what the perfect ten-out-of-ten cap (on the Emergiblog Cap Rating Scale) looks like. ...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 27, 2009, 2:53 pm
Okay, I know this photo has nothing to do with BlogWorld/New Media Expo 09, but it is so cute I had to use it. Besides there is no Nascar this week, so I had to get my fix somehow. And I was up all ...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 26, 2009, 2:45 am
Welcome to Patients For A Moment! Emergiblog is proud to host the sixth installment of this patient blog carnival, brainchild of Duncan Cross. Who is cool. And I know. I’ve met him! : ) The th...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 25, 2009, 1:42 pm
Let’s just say work has been rather challenging lately, so when I came home and found this in my mailbox I had a good laugh! I feel like standing up and screaming to the world that I am in char...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 19, 2009, 9:54 pm
Welcome to this edition of Change of Shift, the blog carnival by, about and for nurses! We have old friends, new bloggers and few “editor’s choice” picks thrown into the mix. Enjoy...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 16, 2009, 11:51 am
Hey! My nursing school did not have a jukebox! For you young ‘uns who think music has always come out of an iPod, you put your quarter in the machine and chose one or two songs for it to play (...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 11, 2009, 10:49 pm
It’s here! The pre-season for the NFL starts this week and needless to say, I have my Brady Quinn jersey and my orange and brown pom poms ready to go!
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 8, 2009, 2:38 pm
Oh puh-lease! Like the number one reason any woman took Midol was a guy! We took Midol so our uterus didn’t burst into flames while tearing our guts apart and we didn’t
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 5, 2009, 3:06 pm
The week after BlogHer09 was exhausting. I had traveled across the country two weekends in a row, and was working 12-hour shifts in-between (and after) to make up the time I had taken off. I was doin...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 3, 2009, 5:37 pm
Welcome to the latest edition of Grand Rounds, the weekly compilation of the best of the medical blogosphere! Our theme this week comes to us courtesy of that loveable, wacky duo, Wallace and Gromit!...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Aug 2, 2009, 2:39 am
Just about the time I’m sitting in a meeting with Valerie Jarrett, our very own Mother Jones, aka Nurse Ratched snags an interview with Howard Dean, no less! I am very proud of my “blog da...
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Kim McAllister posted an article on Emergiblog - Jul 30, 2009, 5:40 pm
The latest edition of Patients for a Moment, the patient blog carnival is up at Kairol’s site, Everything Changes.
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