Off the Chart

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...

No matter who you, are or where you're from, sharing food not only represents friendship but can also symbolize other special meanings....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...