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The Man-Nurse Diaries

Url:	http://mannursediaries.blogspot.com
Author(s):	Anonymous
Language:	English
Tags:	nursing, childbirth, critical care
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I Got the Beat!

Sweet! My wife got me an I Heart Guts! shirt for St Nicholas Day! I'm totally wearing this in the CCU next weekend.Note: I am not this guy. Nor do I play double bass. Sorry to disappoint you. The ...more

2009-12-06

Birth Control Pills and Infertility

Earlier I posted about resistance to chronically high insulin levels in diabetics. There I explained how diabetes is best understood in terms of hormones and hormone resistance. The body may develo...more

2009-11-30

The Pinning

Graduation is rapidly approaching, and even though I'm intensely busy with the semester itself (being the most grueling academic and clinical experience I've ever had!), I have to deal with all sor...more

2009-11-27

Thanksgiving

So I'm working Thanksgiving. That's fine, because I'm thankful I have a job, and one that wants to give me hours rather than take them away.I brought my wife's excellent pumpkin crumb cake, except ...more

2009-11-26

Dads Prefer Breastfeeding

A woman on a breastfeeding forum my wife's a member of told her husband to make a pie chart of why he prefers breastfeeding over formula feeding. Apparently he goes on and on about how great breast...more

2009-11-24

Why I Like Open ICUs

Recently I was visiting someone in the ICU of another hospital. There were four of us, and the guard informed us that only two at a time could visit. For various reasons (well, the other people wer...more

2009-11-23

Chest Hair and Scrubs

say you're in the hospital and a nurse comes in to take your vitals. say it's a male nurse. say he's totally got chest hair sticking out the v-neck of his scrub top. what do you think of this? unpr...more

2009-11-16

Getting All Hormonal: Type 2 Diabetes

Call me crazy, but I really like endocrinology. Hormones are up there with neurons in the category of weird, esoteric, but cool body systems. I picked up on it in Anatomy II and I've been studying ...more

2009-11-06

What's So Scary About Healthcare? Putting Strangers In Charge of Yours.

The upcoming Halloween-themed Change of Shift centers on what scares you in healthcare. I feel like half my blog is about what's scary in healthcare. It was suggested that I should submit my ER sto...more

2009-10-26

Are You Getting the Swine Flu Vaccine?

I've been mulling over whether to get the swine flu vaccine. Some hospitals in this area are requiring it of their employees. Mine are simply offering it. They almost seem hesitant to encourage it....more

2009-10-22

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