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Sean on August 15th, 2010

Wholly cow. I just renewed mystrongmedicine.com. It’s been two years since I created the blog name. I dabble for years at blogging, but finally dug my feet in the sand two years ago. Whew… I can remember toying all summer with blogging, not knowing what to blog about, names, themes, etc. I think I was [...]

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Sean on July 7th, 2010

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 [...]

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Sean on June 22nd, 2010

As nurses this is nothing new. We are always learning something new. I mean we were all delusional when we graduated from nursing school. We all thought (to some degree) that ‘whew’ – finally done learning. I got all the tools I need to function as a nurse. Little did we know how SO-wrong we [...]

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Sean on June 22nd, 2010

Since the debacle with the nursing strike in Minnesota, the interwebs have been a-buzz about proper and safe nurse-to-patient ratios. Is a strike really the answer? What better way to get the facility’s attention? Is striking really ‘safe’ for the patients? Are nurses abandoning their duties by striking? The list goes on. Etcetera, etcetera. I [...]

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Sean on June 5th, 2010

Thanks to my great Twitter friend and fellow nurse Phil Baumann for sharing this insightful video about what motivates us at the workplace. The video is a tad long, but well worth the information. It seems that research has shown money isn’t the motivation we thought it to be. What motivates you?

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