Archive for April, 2008

You must be joking!

Posted on April 30, 2008.

In a recent edition of the ”Nursing Standard” they had an article about laughing…  It’s the kind of article that defines why I don’t subscribe to the Nursing Standard - very little clinical benefit.  Laughing is natural and not something that can be considered in great detail.  Either you act in a strict professional manner, or [...]

Huey Prescott and the News. The Power of Lunch.

Posted on April 24, 2008.

In the news this week…broke the amazing story of two jag’s, secretary shagging, member of the public punching ex- deputy prime minister John Prescott’s eating disorder.
Flippin’ fried food.
Mr Prescott states: “With my weight, people wouldn’t suspect it. I wasn’t a very successful bulimic, in that my weight didn’t really drop.”
My only thoughts on the issue are this….
Aren’t [...]

Urban Legends.

Posted on April 17, 2008.

As part of my unending mission to find amusing nursing stories, I recently received an email from Melanie Herson telling a funny nursing story… 
About a someone who…”was doing a shift with a student nurse, and looking after a patient on complete bed rest. The student nurse took this word for word & when the patient needed a commode she [...]

The Bare facts….

Posted on April 10, 2008.

It’s been another frantic week.  So I am going to give you the bare facts…
1: Polar bears are a potentially endangered species living in the circumpolar north.
Eh!?
2: Brown/grizzly bears are found from the islands of southeastern Alaska to the arctic.
What!?
3:Black bears inhabit most of Alaska’s forests.
Hang on a minute……
4: Polar bears frequent the [...]

Do you believe?

Posted on April 2, 2008.

A hectic week….My predictions we’re right.  It just got busy…

Normally when it gets busy, I have plenty of “material” to write about.  However this week it has been so bloody hectic, I could scarcely write patient notes, let alone sketch a few things down to blog about, and with a memory the size of a dust [...]