So there is a casting call out for this new TV show titled ‘Cali Nurse’. It’s being dubbed a ‘sexy docu-series’. Check it out: The show is seeking real nurses and nursing students, but the casting material makes clear that it is going to focus on damaging stereotypes. The show wants "gorgeous" young females (ages [...]
You have an ill patient who has to go to OR or Radiology in a hurry. They have pumps, monitors, and cords plugged in all over the place. It takes you 5 minutes or more and a hurt back to unplug and arrange the cords. Then half-way there, the cords fall off the bed, and [...]
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(this was littered sporadically in the water) We spent our vacation this year in the same place we’ve been going for the past 5 years, Gulf Shores, Alabama. It’s approximately an hour away from Pensacola, Florida and shares the same shoreline. We knew about the oil spill. We monitored the beaches via the [...]
It’s not about the money (although no nurse will argue about better pay) It’s not about the Nursing staff (but we are getting tired and frustrated) It’s not about our responsibilities (although we keep getting asked to do more with less) It’s not about the facility (although each facility chooses what is appropriate – and [...]
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So in Yahoo!’s infinite wisdom they are appealing to the ‘resolutioner’s out there. They’ve decided to give you some great, easy-to-do, ‘guaranteed’, and ‘simple’ exercises that are SURE to ‘flatten’ your tummy: 2 Killer Moves for a Flat Tummy – Healthy Living on Shine And it will only take 2 exercises! YES! Just 2! I’ll [...]
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