I am an operating room nurse

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Where is the operating room?

Not all of my nurse experiences stem from my work. I have been a nurse for 20 years and I am not yet forty. When I was younger, being a nurse for 20 years seemed like a lifetime away. Now I know that I will be a nurse forever. There are many different kinds of nurses. My family is full of them. My... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

I never knew how important it is to poop

We all do it. If we don't, it will kill us. Operating room nurses don't worry much about poop unless it is obstructing something that is going to get cut out and even then we have all these fancy tools that keep it packaged up so that we don't ever see it. When the patient poops the next time, they... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 2, 2008

What happened today?

I am an operating room nurse. How did I end up taking care of all of these developmentally disabled people? Who told all of them my name? I enjoy sarcasm. It gets me through my day. I also really really enjoy the people I am taking care of. I go from house to house and if I am lucky, get to stop off... Sign in to see full entry.

He saved me

He is my favorite. There should be no favorites among the 30 developmentally disabled adults that I organize healthcare for but he will always be my favorite. He saved me. Funny enough, many people think I saved him. They all thought I was so smart and devoted to my profession, which on some level... Sign in to see full entry.

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