Off the Chart

Everyone needs a friendly reminder now and then of why we do what we do - here's mine. After carefully reading the printed handwriting on...

Love is in the air, but I'll admit there were many Valentine's Days when I wanted nothing more than to shoot Cupid with his own arrow....

It is believed to be one of the most extreme cases of bad luck on the football field. The incident occurred in 2015 when Seattle Seahawks...

Throughout our healthcare career, we cross paths with so many different lives. There's such a diverse collection of culture, and...

by Katy Hoover RN I was an LVN working staff relief. It was the beginning of what would eventually be categorized as the AIDS pandemic....

Here is a shortened version of a story from my book: Off the Chart A Nurse's Journey of Heart and Humor. When I wrote the book, there...

One of my favorite moments in my career occurred during my pediatric rotation in nursing school. I was assigned to a newborn with an...

Bear Suit Gone Wrong! Dr. Rob Gunther, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, said one of his most memorable New...

This is a story that I went back and forth on whether or not to include in my book. It's a most remarkable story, a Christmas miracle....

I was on call for the OR one night when the phone rang at 2:47 am. There was a trauma case; a gunshot wound to the head had just come...

There's a special trust between a patient and the Home Health nurse. Here's a favorite story from my book, Off the Chart A Nurse's...

Here's a story I'll never forget... I was working in the ICU and caring for a young woman with Guillain-Barre syndrome. The young woman...

With Thanksgiving just days away, it's so easy to get swept up in the hectic hustle of planning, shopping, and preparing a feast. But...

The Stories of Shelly, Amy and Nate by Chris Ouderkirk O.T. First, what does Therapeutic Use of Self even mean? Simply put, it’s...

My favorite story is when the ICU night shift nurses advocated for a twenty-five-year-old woman with cardiomyopathy. Her heart was so...

This one is my favorite — a trick gone wrong! Happy Halloween! Brandon's Story At my old hospital, one of our older EM docs, Dr. Lang was...

This one from an ICU nurse is the spookiest of them all. Thanks a lot Truman! (I may have to sleep with the light on tonight.) Truman's...

The spookiest night of the year is nearly upon us, and although I don't do spooky (not well anyway), I'll admit some weird stuff happens...

For those of you that have not yet had a chance to read my book, Off the Chart A Nurse's Journey of Heart and Humor, here's a story from...

We started off our day with a drive from Santa Maria, California to Long Beach, California to board the cruise ship sailing to Cabo San...