nurse log: June 2013

  Hello my friends! I have been a little quiet around here of late and a few people have emailed me to ask if I have dropped off the edge of the earth. Thanks for your concerns…and all is well. I am well and truly right side up. Here is a quick post to let you know what I am up to.  The Nurse: I am getting well stuck into writing my fist book. And, for me at least, it is a slow but eminently enjoyable process. The working title is ‘The Nurse‘, and the time I am spending writing it is the reason why the posts here have become a little sparse (a temporary pause I promise). I’m not going to tell you what it is about right now…but I will let you know when I am ready to look for a publisher (a process I know absolutely nothing about just yet) and how all that pans out. Work: Big changes for me in the emergency department right now. I have decided for many reasons to resign from my position in clinical support/education and return to working out on the emergency department floor. Hardcore bedside nursing. Working with the doctors, nurses and other staff I admire the most. This gives me opportunity to really improve & re-envibe the quality of my nursing care and to strengthen my contextual skills and knowledge. Every shift when I walk out on the floor, I aspire to be a great nurse. Some shifts I do better than others. But even on a bad day…..I think I do OK. More to follow shortly……. Ian.   PS: I am still pret...
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