Do You Disinfect Your Steth After Each Use?
Do you disinfect your stethoscope after each use?
A recent study revealed that the contamination level of a stethoscope diaphragm after a single use is...
How Do I Deal With Over-Involved Families?
How many times have you wished for responsive family members? You know, the kind who will stay with the patient when you can’t, help...
Disaster Codes – Are You Prepared?
In this day and age, terrorism, bioterrorism, hazardous material and disasters have become common nomenclature to all of us. As nurses and health care...
May I Have Your Attention, Please? The Hospital Will Be Closing Shortly.
Ahhh. Doors shut. Lights off. Hospital closed for the night.
If only this were true. (Insert dream sequence…)
We all know the hospital doesn’t function like...
The Dark Side Of The Shift
I’ve always envied those who can flip flop back and forth between day shift and night shift. How do they do it?
I think I’ve...
5 Surprising Facts About Hand Washing
If you’re a nurse, you probably spend quite a bit of time every day washing your hands. Hand washing is the single best way...
Let’s Talk Nerves
The other day at work, during a particularly bad hemorrhage in the OR, I went to open a package of laps and then “throw”...
5 Things That Make Life Easier For New Nurses
Okay, you’re done with your internship and orientation and now you’re a real, grown-up nurse. You’re almost used to waking up at oh-dark-thirty, and your parking...
Skip The Soda, Opt For The Stairs To Feel More Energized
We've all done it -that moment during a shift where you are seriously lagging and all you can think of is caffeine, caffeine, caffeine!!!...
Survival Mode Time!
I had a rough shift the other night—you know, the one where you start off with a BIG assignment, run behind on everything the...
