Verbal Cacophony

16 Apr

i need a break from healthcare.

Clinicals are over!! Thank the gods. That said, all I do these days is health care. All week long, all weekend long, healthcare healthcare healthcare healthcare.. during the week, nursing school/lab/etc. During the weekend, more healthcare, albeit much less medical. Rinse-lather-repeat. ACK. And what did I watch tonight having made myself something edible? Grey’s Anatomy. [...]

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14 Apr

More Adventures in Clinical Training

One week down, one to go! Well technically, one day left since we only have clinicals on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. We hit the floor today and went about the usual morning stuff, wheeling patients into breakfast, running around the dining room with coffee, being grumped at by crabby patients needing to go somewhere RIGHT NOW [...]

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07 Apr

On the Lighter Side…

… I have been a functioning non-smoker for two solid months now. I lost count of how long it had been by the beginning of March (quit @ beginning of Feb.). Go me! I still have days that I would loooooooove a smoke.. just one to take the edge off the stress. NO! *goes off [...]

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06 Apr

Of medical dilemmas: when to fight, when to give up.

This is one of those seemingly emo, somber entries. Sorry in advance. I had quite possibly the most traumatic weekend in the history of my working for [the senior services co. I work for which shall remain unnamed to prevent them suing me for defamation of character, lol]. I’ve been working for this company in [...]

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