I have to admit, no matter how much I love being a nurse, there are just times when Continue reading
suicide prevention
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 ...
When they just want you to know they’re still here.
She told me she doesn’t remember the day we met. Honestly, I don’t see how she could, she had been so sick when I had admitted her the week before. I had been floated to the PCU that day, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On circling helicopters, broken hearts, and peace-breathing.
I’m listening right now to police and news choppers hovering overhead. The sound is relentless. Ominous. Heavy with heartbreak. Distinct with the rumble of grief. Apparently there was a suicide this morning at the high school near my home. A student. At 7:48 AM.
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On something to ponder.
Don’t you think it would do humanity some good Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
From me to that lady at Target.
For some reason, I haven’t told a single person about you. I’m sure it’s a little bit due to embarrassment on my part, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When you’ve been promised BBQ, but you have to do this first.
Clearly little Ruby Wren was having none of it. She was tired. It was cold. And she’d heard we were going out for BBQ. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On being a real pain in the honesty.
Rocky in his devastating handsomeness.
Authenticity. Honesty. Substance. Realness. These words keep fighting their way to the surface this morning as I struggle with my jumbled-up thoughts. Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
On the interrupted lunch of a nurse.
As a nurse on a fast-paced telemetry unit, each and every shift is a blur of call lights, monitors, meds, rounding doctors, ringing phones, and endless beeps. There are ECGs to read, Continue reading
Sharing is just so incredibly beautiful ...
When Christmas and puny collide.
There wasn’t even a hint of daylight yet, but I was wide awake with an aching body groaning to get out of this bed. I’ve been fighting to remain at “baseline” Continue reading
Growing Nurse Debi 