Archive for the ‘Nursing’ Category

• The saga continues

  Thursday, November 17th, 2011

  The verdict in the trial in the death of Michael Jackson has been in a little more than a few weeks old and now there is new drama. For now Dr. Conrad Murray is on suicide watch! I watched, with a large portion of the world, the trial of Conrad Murray, the personal physician of [...]

• Facebook is not for dummies

  Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

  Growing up and becoming a nurse during an age when there were rules for appropriate behaviors, I often cringe when seeing how people refuse to act in a well thought out manner. This age of social networking has left people thinking any and everything is alright to post for the world to see.   Four [...]

• A Stop along a Nurse’s Journey

  Thursday, September 16th, 2010

  MY career in nursing has taken many twist and turns. Some stops are as vivid today as the day they happened and many increased my knowledge in nursing. Others thought me life lessons which helped me in all areas of my life. As a nineteen year old student nurse, I was assigned to a patient [...]

• Social networking brings me an unexpected gift

  Thursday, February 25th, 2010

  Retirement and a chronic illness has left me searching for an alternative method for renewing friendships or forming new ones. This last month I have renewed a friendship with a young woman who was an integral part of my youth. I became a member of Classmate.com on a whim. I got a shock as I [...]

• My look Back at 2009

  Thursday, December 31st, 2009

  I am going to take a last look at some of the events of 2009 that have affected me. As an African American, I have to first and foremost mention the election of a Black man, Barack Obama, to the world’s most prestiges position, as president of these United States of America. I, like most [...]