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Aborted Alphabet Challenge 2022
I had fun last year with the annual Blogging from A-to-Z April Challenge 2021, so I decided to enter again this year. My theme last year was Places I Have Been. This year I planned to blog about my three years in nursing school (1959 to 1962). This would also fall under the Olden Days…
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It’s not always better to be treated by a doctor than a nurse
Five Myths about Nursing by Rebecca Simik Washington Post February 3, 2022 The pandemic has shined a spotlight on the critical role of nurses in hospitals — and the risks they routinely encounter while doing their jobs. The field of nursing, however, is still deeply misunderstood. This is perhaps no surprise: Nurses’ work is often…
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Research Supports Improving Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
Patricia Pittman, PhD, Director of Health Workforce Research Center at George Washington University, discusses the research behind improving nurse-to-patient staffing ratioson KUOW radio station. Transcript here. ************************************* A healthcare researcher weighs in on the nurse-to-patient ratio debate KUOW is the Puget Sound region’s #1 radio station for news. Our independent, nonprofit newsroom produces award-winning stories,…
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Life Review?
Yesterday, I sat on the floor of my office skimming through one of my journals. The other 19 5-subject wide ruled notebooks with 200 sheets lay scattered on the floor around me. Okay, a couple were only 3-subject notebooks. The notebook on my lap spanned from May 2002 to May 2004. I had randomly pulled…
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The root cause of the nursing “shortage” is hospital greed
An essay in the Opinion Today section of the New York Times stated that the real cause of the nursing shortage is hospital greed. It’s a bleed (nursing shortage) that began many years ago. The root cause? Hospital greed. It is the result of decades of mismanagement in a money—driven hospital system that prioritizes profit…
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Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted 