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“My mom is a nurse, she can fix anything”

by Jennifer Smith under Life

I got the biggest compliment of my life the other day. My little boy who is 10, was playing with his neighborhood friend who crashed his bike. In they come, neighbor kid with a bloody knee and a nice case of road rash. My little boy looked at his friend and [...]

  • February 28th, 2010
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Are nursing unions necessary?

by Jennifer Smith under Nursing

Are nursing unions really necessary? I am trying to look at this from all angles of medicine. The first point of view I am going to take is that of being a patient. I have been very fortunate in my times as a patient to be surrounded by amazing, educated and capable nurses. A good [...]

7 reasons I loved being an operating room nurse

by Jennifer Smith under Nursing

1)  I could go to work in my pajamas because the hospital provides the scrubs, so I got to change when I got there. I could take a cute outfit to put on after work for any about town errands or about town bar hopping afterwards.
 
2)  I did not have to fix my hair because [...]

Scrub nurse tips

by Jennifer Smith under Nursing

When I read Rachael’s new post on how to be a better scrub nurse, it got me thinking about how many cases we have done together and she left out something I thought was very important. What did she forget to mention? A great scrub nurse will learn as much as they can from their [...]

Mammogram controversy

by Jennifer Smith under Health

As a nurse who has worked in the surgical field for 11 years I am baffled by the new recommendations from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force. One of the new guidelines is women should not be taught to do self breast exams. Another is that mammograms are not recommended until age 50, instead of [...]

Cool nursing statistics graphic

by Jennifer Smith under Nursing

Nursing statistics
Here’s a great graphic representation of nursing statistics that includes the number of nurses, average salary, and other fun stats.

Image provided by Nursing School.org

Being an on call operating room nurse.

by Jennifer Smith under Nursing

Taking call is a standard part of scheduling in the operating room. I was an operating room scrub nurse for 11 years and I served my time a plenty carrying that evil, evil pager. The rules were simple in our hospital, we had the main day shifters 6:45-3:00, the lunch relievers 10:30-7:00, late shifters from [...]