Tag: healthcare
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The impacted nurse path.
I have been blogging since before the beginning of blogging. Before shojiwax.com, there was theNursePath (2015- to I cant even remember when it shut down) and before that impactEDnurse (circa 2002-2014). Many great memories were captured there. Documenting the highs and lows of my emergency department colleagues as well as interrogating my own experiences. All…
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Jaspers Koan.
So here is a story I wrote in 2017. I was working as an emergency department nurse, and wrote a blog about my life. Let me know in the comments if you would like to read some more. Jasper first presented to our Emergency Department one Friday evening after being found laying unresponsive on the…
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19 reasons I may not be answering my phone right now.
19 things you can do to decrease the risk of prostate cancer.
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Message to my male amigos: CHECK YOUR PROSTATE!
The author urges older men to recognize signs of an enlarged prostate, emphasizing early detection and treatment to avoid severe complications. Ignoring symptoms can lead to painful urinary retention. Seek help promptly.
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Climate situation report: May 2024.
This is fine…. You may have seen some of the news reporting of severe world weather events spread over the past few weeks. When you group them all together the situation is a little more evidentiary to the impending badness of climate change. Remember, this is only mid May. The northern hemisphere is yet to…
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Smoking in the moment.
I’m really happy with this photo. The focus is sharp. The composition is good and the contrast between the man’s white beard and cigarette, and the greyscale background pops. I’ll give myself a nine out of ten. … Smoking. It’s one of those things that despite the overwhelming evidence of its badness, is still habituated…
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Nurse as Expert.
A long, but important quote from Iain McGilchrist’s groundbreaking book ‘The Matter With Things. My review here. In the world of nursing, Patricia Benner notes that becoming an expert means shifting from abstract principles to seeing intuitively the patient before you in relation to other real-life experiences, and noting similarities and differences. She also emphasises…
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4 documents that probably need your attention too.
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” ― Isaac Asimov Kelly and I are preparing for our next road trip in a couple of weeks.We thought it was about time to button up four important things that until now we have left in a perpetual state of half-arsed incompletion. 1. Will. 2.…
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