June 2013
21 posts
When Nurses Make Mistakes →
well.blogs.nytimes.com
Even when a medical mistake is caught and a potential crisis averted, the health care worker who made the error is left with the knowledge of almost harming a patient he or she was trying to protect, writes nurse Theresa Brown.
I stumbled across this article a couple of years ago. Interesting read.
“It’s never easy, and if it does become easy… it’s time to quit”
—Nurse jackie (s1e4)
A Nurse's Muse: How One Patient Made a Difference →
huffingtonpost.com
Now, nearly 30 years later, thoughts of Edith and her psychosis, her time with me (and my time with her) on an inpatient psychiatric unit, my attempts to understand her and care for her, have affected my work today. I struggle with this question: How can we do better?
Read more…A great example of nursing inspiration. Where do you find yours?
Best wishes!
I wish my fellow nursing graduates good luck for writing the CRNE tomorrow! We’re all cheering for you :)
“Labor and Delivery Nurse and a Hospice Nurse: The exact same thing yet completely different.”
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(via rnratched)
I could not agree more
One of the most difficult patients I've ever taken care of came to visit today and thanked me for everything I did.
