Happy birthday to Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel. Born March 2, 1904, Dr. Seuss wrote 44 children’s books, illustrated advertising campaigns, and worked in the U.S. Army animation department. In honor of his birthday, today is... Read More
Hiney. Tail. Rear-end. A$$. Tush. Badonkadonk. There is an ever-growing list of euphemisms for the gluteus maximus. Not too many for the colon, though. It’s not sexy. What is even less sexier? Colon, or colorectal, cancer. Yet, according to the... Read More
A recent article about robots in the operating room piqued my interest. I am a fan of new technologies, but the terminology used throughout the article bothered me. The robots were coined “robotic scrub nurses.” Excuse me? I highly value... Read More
You know what you’re in for when the charge nurse tells you, “Get your roller-skates on.” For those unfamiliar with the phrase, you can likely infer that it is going to be a busy day, so much so that walking... Read More
Like many today (okay, maybe not like many nurses), I work from home on occasion. Sometimes my children are home and other times they are not. Since I do not routinely work from home and there is no real workspace... Read More
Part three of the Nursing Research Challenge. The Article: Mann, K. (2011). Education and health promotion for new patients with cancer: A quality improvement model. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 15(1), 55-61. The Big Idea: After a complete patient needs... Read More
In honor of National Cancer Prevention Month, I am sharing one of my favorite resources – the World Tobacco Atlas. It has great information and lovely maps and infographs. Tobacco is the world’s most preventable cause of cancer. It kills... Read More
Why can’t I lead like that? Wish I had her fashion sense. I wonder what people would say if I acted like that? Maybe I should change my approach to be more like his? Remember to say it like that... Read More
I do love my iPhone. I was without it for about four hours last Friday as my husband upgraded my phone (the very first iPhone) to an iPhone 4. Hooray for upgrades (and amazing husbands)! I digress. The point... Read More
President’s Day is one of those weird holidays. The kind in which you walk out of the break room only to realize the unit is oddly calm – like a Sunday morning. Far fewer people are bustling around, scheduled procedures... Read More