Ok folks. This post really doesn’t have much to do with nursing or school so much as it has to do with learning to live with change. So here’s the situation. Last Wednesday, for some strange, unexplained reason, my iPhone 3GS screen stopped accepting input. I could not get the touchscreen to respond no matter what I tried. I discovered this little “annoyance” as I was leaving work for the day. The strange thing is, it was working fine earlier in the day. I was kind of unsure what to do. It felt awful not being able to communicate with my family to tell them I was on my way home. I had, for all intents and purposes, no voice. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for the ‘Teachable Moments’ Category
Life Without iPhone
20
Mar
The Ben Franklin Effect
11
Aug
Have you ever had to work with someone that just doesn’t like you? We all have, and it can be very uncomfortable and stressful. No matter what you do to try to get on his/her good side, you just can’t find a way to connect. The good news is that you can do something really simple to help improve your working relationship with this person. Read the rest of this entry »
A Stupid Thing Happened On The Way To The Pool
05
May
I am an idiot. During our pool time with the Life Skills class today, I decided to jump off the diving board to get into the icy cold water. Bad move. I kinda’ misjudged the springiness of the board Read the rest of this entry »
Nursing School Photos Online
02
Jan
Ian Miller of impactednurse.com shared a story about a nursing school student that was recently expelled from her program for posting a photo of her with a human placenta on her Facebook profile. You can read his blog post at http://www.impactednurse.com/?p=2510. In my opinion, this is not a smart move people. Aren’t we a bit far into this whole social media thing to make such a careless mistake? Read the rest of this entry »
Mistakes…
01
Nov
Sean Dent does it again. His latest blog post, The one mistake every nurse shouldn’t make, is a must read for both nursing students and seasoned veterans. We all make mistakes. Some are small, some are huge, but all mistakes happen for a reason. What is the one mistake that a nurse should never make? Follow the link to find out.
