My niece Miranda is a nurse, actually a very specialized nurse. I must admit I really do not know what her specialty is but, from what I know she is very good at it. I thought it might be fun to see if there are blogs about nursing written from the point of view of the nurse. It was not hard to find one.
Codeblog is a blog that fits that bill quite nicely. The stories are from nursing professionals patients and other persons who have contact with people in the various health care facilities ranging from the hospital to the local clinic.
One story that caught my attention was the one where a patient had a crushing chest pain. In the end they found a dead cat under the patient. Yes I said a dead cat and it is apparently a true story. Having worked as a security guard for two years at a hospital I can attest to some weird things so it is no surprise to me in the least that this was true, strange but, true. Another was one that got a nurse fired, for making a quip to a cop that pulled them over for speeding. She said she hoped he would never end up as her patient, not a good idea.
Nursing is a challenge at times. That said there are some pretty funny and odd things that happen during the shift especially a night shift. This blog gives the reader an insight into a world that is serious, challenging, sometimes funny and odd. Gina the author of the blog has put together an interesting collection of stories from the medical world from a nursing perspective that I think you'll find educational as well as entertaining.
If you know of a blog that is noteworthy submit it to me at cjames5a@gmail.com.
C. T.
With the utterance of the phrase If you touch my junk I'll have you arrested. John Tyner of Oceanside CA may have lit a fuse to a very large powder keg. The statement and video that contains it have gone viral. The battle lines have been clearly marked and at this point no one is backing away from the positions they hold, the TSA on one side defending the very intrusive pat downs and the passengers fed up with the security checks they have to deal with when they fly.
