February 2012
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Sometimes people ask for follows, but I may already be following you. Again, I can’t...
“The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the...”
– Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus (via venuschild)
MRBEAGLE☺: Top five regrets of the dying →
mrmartg:
A nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying, and among the top ones is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?
There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A palliative nurse who has counseled the dying in…
“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be...”
– Fred Rogers (via thoughtsdetained)
One of the many jobs of a nurse.
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“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to...”
– Charles Bukowski (via thresca)
Feeling this way right now since its 4 AM—off to the ICU!
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“Two men were talking about their problems while waiting to see the nephrologist....”
– Kidney Disease Joke
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Cracked.com Article: "5 life lessons you only... →
cranquis:
John Cheese (Cracked.com’s resident hard-luck-success-story writer) writes an excellent article about his current/past smoking-cessation attempts, what he’s learned about life from them, and some valuable tips on succeeding at quitting smoking too. In summary:
You can’t expect people to know what you’re going through. Solution: Lower your expectations for how “excited” or “supportive”...
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“Impatience never commanded success.”
– Edwin H. Chapin (via kari-shma)
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Hypertensive Epiphany
This morning I was at a doctor’s appointment. The medical assistant brought over the blood pressure machine, and I was actually excited because for once it appeared that this cuff was the perfect size for my arm (I have teeny tiny arms). Finally I would have an accurate reading! What was the verdict? 147/97 Both of our jaws dropped. Believe it or not, this is not a fluke, and is actually the...
“Can you please tell all your fellow students something for me? Tell them to look...”
– My grandmother.
Sounds like common sense, but a lot of people fail on this. Your patients can’t follow your advice if they never heard it to begin with.
(via wayfaringmd)
Related to this, a neat trick I learned somewhere: if your patient is hard of hearing, but doesn’t have hearing aids with...
“Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different...”
– Peter Mere Lathan, physician and teacher (via klbyrd)
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Strength
I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while, and it applies to all women and not just to nurses. It seems to me that there is some kind of confusion between being strong, and being a bitch (Pardon the word, but it’s what people use in this context). I hear so many women brag, “I’m a bitch and proud of it, no one can start sh*t with me unless they want to get...
“Every man can, if he so desires, become the sculptor of his own brain.”
– Santiago Ramon y Cajal (Spanish Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, 1906)
Anatomy Quiz: Is it a real eponym, or not? →
cranquis:
I got a 24 yippee! Give it a try for a quick study break!
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster...”
– Isaac Asimov (via sirmitchell)
“Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.”
– Hippocrates (via simmadownrambleon)
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Trying to understand hemodynamics is making my brain feel like its going to explode!! I have just now decided that I hate PAP, CVP, PAWPs, etc.
Any tips/links/resources to make this *expletive* make sense? All this reading is just going way over my head—-I need it simplified.
“Facts are not science — as the dictionary is not literature.”
– Martin H. Fischer (via thenotquitedoctor)
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Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
Pathophysiology A common congenital defect caused by persistent fetal circulation that accounts for 5% to 10% of all congenital heart defects. When pulmonary circulation is established and systemic vascular resistance increases at birth, pressures in the aorta become greater than in the pulmonary arteries. Blood is then shunted from the aorta to the pulmonary arteries, increasing circulation to...
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I am one big walking chemical reaction.: 5 Ways to... →
bandagesandneedles:
The strain of nursing school may end when you pass your certification, but the career itself holds many stressful moments. Nurses constantly deal with the pressures of helping the ill, working long hours and possibly being exposed to harmful diseases. However, the benefits greatly outweigh the…
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That’s it for now! Have a great night, for those of you like myself with Saturday clinicals—it’s time for bed. Have a great weekend of fun/clinicals/studying!
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