Eleanor's Story - Making a Difference
"Friday you go in for a fight ... then it happens ..." It had been a horrible week. Wednesday the patient who refused her TED hose...
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Jennifer Tipton
May 61 min read
It's Officially Nurses Week 2024!
Celebrate with gifts! / decorations! / for yourself! (my favorite) / for your boss! Published by Jennifer Tipton / This post may contain...
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Jennifer Tipton
Feb 264 min read
Marcy's Story
As a new RN in a large midwestern hospital, I started on the 8-hour night shift of a busy MedSurg telemetry floor. Inexperience led me to...
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Jennifer Tipton
Dec 14, 20232 min read
Trauma in the night -Linda's Story
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Nov 6, 20231 min read
Carolyn's ICU Story
My favorite story is when the ICU night shift nurses advocated for a twenty-five-year-old woman with cardiomyopathy. Her heart was so...
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Jennifer Tipton
Aug 22, 20231 min read
Nurse Lucy Letby
Let's take a break from Covid to talk about this - the latest on our Hot Topics in Healthcare page. 32-year-old British nurse Lucy Letby...
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Jennifer Tipton
Jul 14, 20233 min read
The Story of Adam's Worst Shift
When it comes to Off the Chart stories of Heart and Humor - this one's pretty funny! This is the story of my worst shift on a Med Surg...
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Jennifer Tipton
Jul 4, 20232 min read
4th of July Tales from the E.R. / part 2
More Independence Day mishaps as told by E.R. staff. ENJOY and have a FUN and SAFE 4th! Firecrackers and cake. Some years ago, a Fourth...
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Jennifer Tipton
May 15, 20232 min read
Melanie Advocates For Her Patient
Advocating for our patients.
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Mar 12, 20231 min read
Sunday Funday
Who else goes home with a pocket full? ... and alcohol wipes, and ...?
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Mar 4, 20231 min read
Snickers for Saturday
My caption would be, "Oh my gosh, I forgot to clamp the foley bag!" (Cause I've never done THAT before!) How would you caption this?
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
Friday Fun
Have a great day everyone! Hope you "roll" right through it!
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Mar 2, 20232 min read
Easiest Appetizer Ever!
I usually do these for Christmas -they're called "Cranberry Brie Bites", but last weekend I changed it up when I hosted a game night with...
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
Your Daily Chuckle
Thanks to #SueKulpaca for sending this one in!
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