The learning.
Working in healthcare I have seen and experienced much more than I ever expected when I started out in thisContinue Reading
Category: Nurse, Unfinished
Beets & Signs
When I met D she had already passed her 100th birthday a few years prior. As her newly assigned hospiceContinue Reading
Pink spandex, wide open roads
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when almost everyone was trying to stay at home and no oneContinue Reading
About dirt.
G was a rancher from a small town in the middle of nowhere. A town surrounded by fields and farmsContinue Reading
About going home.
I remember the very old, thin, papery skin hanging on angular bones. So pale you could see the veins snakeContinue Reading
About dentures.
Over twenty years ago, when I was a brand-new nursing student,, I did not know what dentures were. I hadContinue Reading
About cycles.
It was my first day in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). It was my first patient as a nurse, notContinue Reading
Dignity. Humility.
It was one of those days in the clinic when I had back-to-back appointments scheduled all day and extra peopleContinue Reading
About love.
We were wrapping up the business of healthcare when the question came. After a number of years in healthcare IContinue Reading
About questions and answers.
One of the reasons I have seen patients in clinic is for management of warfarin. Warfarin is an anticoagulant (aContinue Reading
