I got the shaft
Well, I got the shaft, but what does not kill us can only make us stronger. We will see where this whole thing goes. It isn’t over yet. I can’t have done all of this in vain. Surely I did not suffer...
View ArticleNight Shift as a Floor Nurse
After two years of fighting teeth and nail to stick it out, the charge nurse threatened me with bodily harm. I contacted the house supervisor, my boss, and HR. The end result… I has forced out of my...
View ArticleCan Saying “I’m Sorry” Impact Liability in Medical Errors?
boxcuttersinc: Beyond standard healthcare thinking boxcuttersinc, is Michael Wong’s blog in which he discusses healthcare topics by thinking differently—outside of the box, if you will. I have...
View Article10 Reasons Why My Coworkers Don’t Read My Nursing Blog
With so many healthcare providers on the fence about social media and the risks of liabilities associated with having an online presence, I wanted to take a some times to highlight some of the reasons...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving: Being Thankful for my Blessings
We do not set aside nearly enough time to express thanks for the many blessings that we have in our lives. I am glad that we have a day dedicated to be thankful and embracing family. Sometimes we...
View ArticleWe are Not Robots: How Doing the Right Thing Means Meeting Brick Walls in...
I’ve been talking with my friend Kate (of Girl Meets Geek) about Brick Walls, a blog post, written on wolfhirschhorn.org: THE REAL STORY ABOUT WOLF-HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME. You should read the post. It’s...
View ArticleArizona Nurse Amanda Trujillo’s State Board of Nursing Hearing Delayed for a...
Unfortunately, Amanda Trujillo cannot get back to doing what she loves yet. She just wants to take care of patients. The Arizona State Board of Nursing has delayed her case for 2 months in order to...
View ArticleLet’s Pin Arizona Board of Nursing and Banner Health: Support Amanda Trujillo...
By now you’ve hopefully heard the buzz among the nursing blogosphere and the social media community about Amanda Trujillo, the registered nurse who was fired by Banner Health after educating her...
View ArticleYou’ve Figured Me Out: I Blogged About Nurse Amanda Trujillo’s Cause for...
I’m ruined. Yep. My blogging career is over. Wordpress is going to corrupt my database. Studio press is going to take away my Genesis theme. ICANN is going to take away my domain name. The Nerdy Nurse...
View ArticleLessons Learned From My Mother
My mother taught me many lessons in life, but most of them I didn’t even realize I had learned until after she passed aware. I’m going to talk about just a few of these lessons. If she were sitting...
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