Happy Thanksgiving from Change of Shift! A ton of great submissions, and not a single turkey among them! Sit down, grab a hot cup of coffee, let that Thanksgiving dinner settle (all diets start tomorrow) and enjoy the best of the nursing...

Hi all! As I am celebrating the holiday with family, Change of Shift will be posted here on Friday afternoon – probably earlier but my computer access is spotty at the moment. Thanks for your patience and enjoy the holiday! : ) Happy Thanksgiving –...

I never read this Cherry Ames book. It couldn’t possibly be as interesting as working in a hospital! Nurses were supposed to work in hospitals! Where they would wear their cap! Why on earth would you want to do anything without your cap? Back in 1966...

Apparently once you remember that tuberculosis is spread by spitting… You are then allowed to spit. Reminds me of an incident. Elderly lady. Elegant, actually. Didn’t speak English. Smiled at everyone she passed. She smiled at me. Just before...

Sam Nouv runs a little donut shop about a mile from my house. When John was in the hospital, that’s where I bought the donuts for the nurses. After immigrating to the U.S. from Cambodia in 1987, Sam started working at the shop and by 1990 he owned it...