As a nurse, I loved to work 3-11 shifts. One of the tasks we were responsible for was PM care. PM care was the time when we would help our patients get ready for bed. When I worked in ICU, many of our patients were sedated or unconscious, so PM care was when we would...
As a nurse case manager for over 35 years, this is an exciting week as the practice is honored during case management week. Social media is erupting with posts from case managers celebrating who they are and the value we bring to the healthcare system. Case Management...
As a nurse who has been in practice since 1973, I have witnessed many of the successes of our healthcare system and many of the failures. The most challenging has been how we manage pain in our country. It seems we went from one side of the pendulum where we...
As I sat down to write for this week’s blog post, I thought of nothing but Hurricane Ian. The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane warning for the region on Monday evening, indicating hurricane conditions are expected in the next 24 to 36 hours....
I usually start my day scanning various e-letters and reading articles that are of interest to me. From time to time I hit the the comment button to leave a comment as the article struct a cord with me . In addition to the content in the article, I find the comment...
