Posts Tagged ‘Death’
Reality Unscripted
Jana, RN
Have I ever told you the story of why I left Pediatric Intensive Care?
I walked into work one day and one of our little patients went into respiratory arrest right as I finished getting report on her. We spent the next 12 hours saving the life of this poor little girl.
The patient had been born with problems (though all these years later I have no [...]
Reality Unscripted
Jana RN, 3/20/08
My first nursing job was as a camp nurse the summer I graduated. It seemed like a great way to spend my last free summer while studying for boards. Lots of sun, water, and friends. A week or so after boards (the whole country took a two-day written test on the same days) was the first time I considered quitting nursing. [...]
Reality Unscripted
Jana RN, 11/20/07
When I was a little girl, I always was attracted to the "injury of the day" on the playground. The more traumatic, the better. It didn't have to be bloody, it just had to be dramatic. I was literally drawn to the banged-up child, crying on the blacktop. I couldn't stay away.
Even as a child, I had the heart of a [...]
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