“Pain is what the patient says it is.” These words are first spoken to us very early Continue reading
Lupus Life
On hoping for sometimes.
I usually feel it first behind my right eye. I suppose it could be described as an ominous little nag of ache on the back of my eyeball when I blink. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On panic and door cracking.
Someone had closed his door. He woke up all alone in there – old and confused. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On feeling what no one can see. Until someone does.
My recliner view.
There it was again. That look. A person walking towards you innocently glances your way as they pass by. But then you see that very subtle little double-take, their eyes lingering on you just a bit too long to be natural. Or comfortable. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On waiting and the harshing of my peace bubble.
One of the challenges of nursing is that every, single thing we do is time-sensitive. Each task has a deadline, and many can have serious consequences Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On crooked walls and needing to be saved from more than your closet.
Believe me, I realize how trivial my closet woes are in light of Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On getting your heart unbroken on a Monday.
I have to admit, no matter how much I love being a nurse, there are just times when Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When we just get all tangled up.
The first thing I do when I get to the hospital each morning is look over my patient assignment for the day. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On entertaining the troops and those miserable nurses in the waiting room.
After spending the last few years working in the hospital, I’ve come to realize just Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When a nurse just has a moment.
I don’t necessarily think you have to be a nurse to experience these, but that’s when I first started noticing them myself. They’ve been with me through my first five years of practice, Continue reading
