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Entries from January 2009

Quote of the Day… and other stories

January 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Because all health care treatment and decisions are made based on the data you gather during assessment, it is paramount that your assessment be factual and complete.
Jarvis, C (2008). Physical Examination & Health Assessment

No pressure there, no pressure whatsoever!
So classes have started with a bang! I am currently taking three classes at Temple as a [...]

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Tags: Books · In real life · Nursing · Random Medical Posts · Random Postings

Views of the Office

January 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In the last year we had a lot of work done on the house, and you may have read about it all in my previous posts. Well, today I thought I’d give you an idea of the space where I spend most of my time outside of work and sleeping. This is the [...]

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Tags: In real life · Random Postings

Themes for the Coming Year

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

2009 is well on its way to being a year full of challenges and changes. Instead of making specific resolutions this year I’m going more with the idea of themes, and then attempting to do the actions that are congruent with those themes.
Because my employer has more or less broken faith with me (AKA [...]

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Tags: My Life · Thoughts and Reflections

Looking Back at 2008

January 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

This post comes a day or two late but it’s been stewing in my head for the last few days, I just couldn’t post it because I was either working or sleeping. But here I am.
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2008 is over, hard to believe. As we say in my native Kamba… we are aging even [...]

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Tags: In real life · My Life · Thoughts and Reflections