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To: MaryFromMichigan; SunnyUsa; bad company; RobFromGa; doodlelady; Slings and Arrows; NonValueAdded; ..

ER Nurse Stories Ping. I had this essay sitting around and thought y'all might be interested.

(email me if you want to be un-pinged.)


2 posted on 11/06/2006 8:01:21 PM PST by 60Gunner (ER Nursing: Stick 'em, Shock 'em, and Save 'em.)
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To: 60Gunner

"How long have you been a male nurse?"

4 posted on 11/06/2006 8:08:07 PM PST by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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To: 60Gunner
25. Learning how to give an intramuscular injection so smoothly that when you finish, your patient says, "Ooh, you're good!"

That is a rare and valuable skill.

Could you please add me to your ping list?

35 posted on 11/06/2006 11:06:06 PM PST by Huntress (Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual attack cat.)
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To: 60Gunner
not an ER nurse but a hospital nurse with tons of years behind me......

I know we're not in the "cool" fields, we're not the elite, we're not the big money makers or the big movers or shakers....

but all in all, I feel great satisfaction over what I do, even if some of it is mundane.....

because there is no replacing the gratitude you feel when you help people, or their families, or usher patients thru the death process, or hug families who are torn up, or hold a very lonely and confused man's hand when he doesn't know where the heck he is.....

working with the very great people in the health field is the ultimate....the great doctors, the fellow nurses, the RT's and the social workers......we all have this unwritten language.......we feel the pulse of life every day.....you just can not beat that.....

41 posted on 11/06/2006 11:37:29 PM PST by cherry
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To: 60Gunner

Please ping me. (Am I already pinged?)

Your writing is sublime. You really should get published.


48 posted on 11/07/2006 1:21:06 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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