Mary’s Pad

…was yesterday.
Today, those of us who had not missed a single day of clinical were given an off day to stay home, but I decided to go in anyway, mostly because I am having some separation anxiety, I think. But also because the ER is an interesting place to be.
Because yesterday was […]

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In a Trauma or Emergency situation, there’s not always time to slap on a blood pressure cuff, as I learned recently during a visit to a Trauma center. You eventually do want to get a blood pressure reading as soon as possible, but there’s a quick way to estimate the blood pressure, and that’s […]

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Back in May I posted about Microsoft’s new surface technology - some real drool-worthy stuff! I still can’t wait until these become available in public places so I can play with them, although I’m sure that will take some time, given that the price-tag is $10,000! At the risk of being redundant, I will […]

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I mentioned yesterday that we were working on the bathroom all weekend, and that we’d finally bought a nice grill (actually, it begged us to take it home and we didn’t have the heart to say no). Anyway, I meant to post some pictures last night but I got a little carried away pouring myself […]

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Today I had my very last lecture of nursing school! I walked into class, placed my bag down, and said to everyone in the room, “Can you guys believe this is our very last day of lecture together ever?” There was a slight moment of silence, not because people had forgotten, but because there […]

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