http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/ Get a Second Opinion Thu, 13 May 2010 02:04:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-3747 100 Blog Posts You Should Read Before Going to Nursing School | My Strong Medicine Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:35:49 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-3747 [...] *UPDATE* It seems I missed another fellow blogger who made the list. Please be sure to also read Reality Rounds contribution under the sub-section of Nursing Challenges titled : Sinking. [...] [...] *UPDATE* It seems I missed another fellow blogger who made the list. Please be sure to also read Reality Rounds contribution under the sub-section of Nursing Challenges titled : Sinking. [...]

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-3182 realityrounds Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:35:20 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-3182 Erica, Thanks for your comment. I have actually never seen the "Nurse Jackie" show. Not sure if my stories would fit. Erica,
Thanks for your comment. I have actually never seen the “Nurse Jackie” show. Not sure if my stories would fit.

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-3171 Erica Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:31:51 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-3171 Have you thought about getting in touch with the new show "Nurse Jackie" on Showtime to write an episode for them? Have you thought about getting in touch with the new show “Nurse Jackie” on Showtime to write an episode for them?

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-2302 realityrounds Thu, 07 May 2009 12:50:13 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-2302 Chick Mama (great name), thanks for reading! Good luck on your nursing career. I would love it if you would keep us posted on how everything is going. I often forget how it feels to be a new grad. Chick Mama (great name), thanks for reading! Good luck on your nursing career. I would love it if you would keep us posted on how everything is going. I often forget how it feels to be a new grad.

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-2300 ChickyMama Thu, 07 May 2009 03:53:16 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-2300 A friend of mine sent me the link to your blog, and I love your perspective on Nursing! I'm currently in nursing school and I will graduate in 5 1/2 weeks (not a moment too soon!). Love reading Reality Rounds! A friend of mine sent me the link to your blog, and I love your perspective on Nursing! I’m currently in nursing school and I will graduate in 5 1/2 weeks (not a moment too soon!). Love reading Reality Rounds!

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-2291 realityrounds Wed, 06 May 2009 19:05:22 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-2291 Of course you can! I would be honored. I am thrilled that I am "tweet worthy"! Of course you can! I would be honored. I am thrilled that I am “tweet worthy”!

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-2289 Barbara Olson Wed, 06 May 2009 18:57:06 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-2289 Can I tweet a link to this as part of nurses' week conversations, to show what front line nurses face? Great example of norms, especially the chain of command aspect. Can I tweet a link to this as part of nurses’ week conversations, to show what front line nurses face? Great example of norms, especially the chain of command aspect.

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-2284 midwest woman Wed, 06 May 2009 12:25:09 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-2284 Pediatrics was the one rotation that scared the bejezus out of me. Between the frail sick little babies and just the general sadness I felt seeing young lives so disrupted by illness, I knew it wasn't for me. Hats off to the NICU nurses...you're a special breed. Pediatrics was the one rotation that scared the bejezus out of me. Between the frail sick little babies and just the general sadness I felt seeing young lives so disrupted by illness, I knew it wasn’t for me.
Hats off to the NICU nurses…you’re a special breed.

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-2267 realityrounds Tue, 05 May 2009 21:01:02 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-2267 I actually did not keep it together. I sunk. If the day shift had not shown up when they did, I would have packed up my marbles and went home :) I actually did not keep it together. I sunk. If the day shift had not shown up when they did, I would have packed up my marbles and went home

]]> http://realityrounds.com/2009/05/02/sinking/#comment-2266 midwest woman Tue, 05 May 2009 19:01:59 +0000 http://realityrounds.com/?p=1877#comment-2266 How you kept it together is beyond me. You're my hero. Will think of you on my next crazy day. How you kept it together is beyond me. You’re my hero. Will think of you on my next crazy day.

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