by Marty Coleman | May 4, 2012 | Nurses - 2012 |
I couldn’t think of a better thing to do to save my life but draw #3 of Nurses Week at the NDD!
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Daily Darwin Awards
I think being a certain type of nurse would be hard, mostly because you have to take care of people whose wounds and illnesses are often self-inflicted. Basically you have to watch the Darwin Awards in action every day. Funny to talk about but probably not funny to witness all the time since even the dumbest person still deserves care and you are the person who gets to give it.
If you are a nurse, what is the dumbest self-inflicted thing you have ever seen a patient do and then have to seek medical help?
Drawing by Marty Coleman, whose nickname when he was very young was ‘stitch’.
Quote by Anonymous
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by Marty Coleman | May 3, 2012 | Nurses - 2012 |
No, you aren’t dreaming. It IS day tw0 of Nurses Week at the NDD!
Nursing Would Be a Dream Job If... a Nursing School Graduation Card by The Napkin Dad
What is going on in the battle between nurses and doctors? Is it about ego? expertise? competence? fairness? resentment?
I think nurses do a pretty darn job of hiding any animosity they feel towards Drs. I haven’t seen that resentment in action in the hospital or Dr’s office even though I have heard nurses talk outside of work about certain doctors in less than flattering terms. I think that says something good about nurses.
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Drawing by Marty Coleman, who has never liked the look of scrubs and thinks they should be replaced with something much more stylish.
Quote by Gerhard Kocher, 1939- not dead yet, Swiss health economist and journalist
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by Marty Coleman | May 2, 2012 | Nurses - 2012 |
National Nurses Week is coming up in May. Because of that I am nursing a desire to do a series on nurses.
I REMEMBER THE NURSES
I was in the hospital for 7 weeks way back when due to a boat explosion and subsequent burns. I remember the old Irish nurse that made Alfie (the Puerto Rican gang member who was in the ICU burn unit with me because he had botched an arson fire) and myself recite the Lord’s Prayer every night. I remember the nurses that listened to how I wanted my dressings put on, and those who didn’t give a hoot.
Honestly I don’t ever remember seeing a doctor (even though I know I did). I couldn’t tell you anything about them and their way, good or bad. Not to diss the doctors, they did the skin grafts and they checked up on me. They would have been there if I had taken a bad turn for the worse. But the truth is the nurses were the ones who were there for everything and it’s to them I give the credit for saving me again and again day in, day out.
Do you have a great nurse story? Let us know.
Drawing by Marty Coleman, whose favorite nurse was named ‘Cookie’.
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