Carolina Parakeet

Pulling into the Frustration Station!

I had a patient recently that had an interesting hospital course of action. To the nurses, it was clear what was going on. The residents and MD disagreed – and did not share this information with the nurses. This patient, who was an octogenarian, was Covid-19 positive. She was admitted for altered mental status andContinue reading “Pulling into the Frustration Station!”

Wherever you are in your nursing journey – I want to encourage you –

I have noticed a running theme in the last 9 years I have been in the nursing world. And that theme seems to play out in everyone I meet: you must be better than all of your peers. I see this time and time again. Almost every nurse I meet feels like they must impressContinue reading “Wherever you are in your nursing journey – I want to encourage you –”

Another hard day at my dream career

I am in a small hospital ICU as the resource nurse. Now when I took this position, the unit I work in was quite different from what it is today. Then we had 4 beds, with 2 patients per nurse. Our days while sometimes very busy and sometimes quite hard, but they were always –Continue reading “Another hard day at my dream career”

MIROCO Light therapy unit

***THIS IS A REVIEW OF A PRODUCT. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION*** Miroco Light Therapy Unit I purchased this neat little light therapy unit the other day. Every year I tend to suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affect Disorder), and I thought I would try to stave it off this time. IContinue reading “MIROCO Light therapy unit”