MISCELLANEOUS
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Top 12 Signs You Are An Operating Room (OR) Nurse
12. You have dry hands and you fear imminent varicose veins eruption in the very near future. 11. You can sleep while standing up then snap awake at a sound of an instrument’s name being called. 10. You already have glove and suture brand preferences. 9. “Mayo” is not a condiment, as “Army Navy” is [...]
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Open Letter To Those Who Failed The Nursing Board Exam
I may not know how you feel, but I can empathize with the hundreds of thousands of exam takers who didn’t see their names in the list of passers of this year’s NLE. It’s an endless cycle, twice a year thousands of new nurses rejoice, put RNs after their names and happily wait for their PRC [...]
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A Day in the Life of a Nurse, MISCELLANEOUS
This is a Happily Sad Goodbye From Ate Renah
The sound of my vibrating mobile phone woke me up this morning. A sad text message from my colleague brought me to tears. “Rena, expired na si Charles,” and that was it. I felt a strong sense of guilt and shame to my little stupid self. Remembering him yesterday, a day before and the six [...]
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Humor, MISCELLANEOUS, Nurse-Patient Relationships
A Nurse Said That?- a collection of nursing quotes
This is a collection of nursing quotes. Sometimes irreverent, mostly funny, maybe sad, hopefully uplifting. Always from a nurse. Some words to live by.
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Health, Medical Information, Medical Related, MISCELLANEOUS
Broken Heart: More Than Just A Figure Of Speech
I submitted this article last February 2013 in Ezinearticles website. After days of being subjected to screening, the article went live last February 14, which, coincidentally, was Valentine’s Day. Ironic how a topic about broken hearts should be published on the Love Day! It was my intention to publish an article, but never my intention [...]
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Career Insights, EMPLOYMENT, MISCELLANEOUS, Personal Stories, STORIES
Caring Heart
Hi, my name is Jason. I’m a registered nurse since June 2006, but on my license its since 2007. I guess you have heard of what happened that year, but that’s not what I’m writing about. I am writing about what being a nurse really is all about. It has been seven months now since [...]
