The Many Faces of Home Health
Throughout our healthcare career, we cross paths with so many different lives. There's such a diverse collection of culture, and...
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Off the Chart
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Jennifer Tipton
Jan 253 min read
The Day that AIDs Became Personal
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....
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Jennifer Tipton
Jan 162 min read
Home Health Care & The Story of Millie Biddle
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Dec 31, 20233 min read
New Year's Food Traditions
No matter who you, are or where you're from, sharing food not only represents friendship but can also symbolize other special meanings....
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Jennifer Tipton
Dec 20, 20233 min read
Dorothy's Christmas Story
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....
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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
Dec 5, 20233 min read
Joaquin's Story
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Embracing Gratitude: A Thankful Welcome to the Thanksgiving Season
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Nov 14, 20233 min read
How Can Therapeutic Use of Self Improve the Quality of Patient Care?
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...
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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
Oct 31, 20231 min read
Halloween Series - Part III
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Oct 30, 20232 min read
Halloween Stories - Part II
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Oct 29, 20232 min read
Halloween Stories - Part I
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Oct 19, 20232 min read
Annette's Story
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Oct 3, 20233 min read
Beverly's Dialysis Story: Panic at Sea
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...
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Jennifer Tipton
Sep 11, 20233 min read
Brenda's Story
I know we're told not to get too close to our patients, but there are some we just have a special connection with. Val was a favorite...
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Jennifer Tipton
Aug 17, 20233 min read
The Story of Flynn
Just recently, I was talking to someone who told me, "Before I read your book, I had no idea just how serious diabetes is!" And I...
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Jennifer Tipton
Aug 7, 20232 min read
A Duty to Care for Others
When Holly Corbin, a 42-year-old registered nurse, was on her way to her job at the Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital in New York...
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Jennifer Tipton
Jul 25, 20235 min read
A Part of the Journey
Probably the hardest thing we face as healthcare providers is losing a patient. As I said in my book, we're not even allowed the time to...
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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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