Nuggets for May 12

Here are the latest and greatest goodies I've run into in my various voyages on the internet. Enjoy!

Blind, miscellany

Being blind, 'you have to be adventurous' (from www.cnn.com)

BTW did you know that the VA is one of the leaders in blind rehabilitation? If not, check out the information here at the Blind Rehabilitation Service.

C. diff infection rate rising among US hospital inpatients (from www.nursezone.com)

And from our friends in ED land...

ImpactEDNurse has a great post on mouth-to-mouth resucitation on his blog. I'm so glad our policy forbids mouth to mouth in certain instances, such as this. I'm with you on the compressions, Ian...at least you can dodge the flying bits!

DisappearingJohn is on the way up. Good for you!

Finally, Happy International Nurses' Day May 12

On the birthday of Florence Nightingale, don't miss this op-ed piece by Sandy Summers today on solving the nursing shortage.

The welcome mat's always out...

Many thanks to all of the Change of Shift folks stopping by lately. I really appreciate your visits.

Come over anytime and visit some of the other folks noted on the sidebar to the right. DisappearingJohn and Dr. Wes have sent me a whole bunch of folks in the last couple of days, so if you haven't visited them already, go click on their links and visit.

More goodies later...gotta run!

Nuggets for May 16

Here are a few interesting and silly tidbits I've found on the internet and in some of my favorite blogs. Enjoy the ride!

In the rehab and sports category:
Disclaimer: I love reading the New York Times. I've been a reader since the 1980s (yes, I'm dating myself!) when I discovered it in my high school library. I'd read the Sunday Magazine from cover to cover each week.

I particularly enjoyed this story about wheelchair racers called A blur of hands, spokes and determination (from www.nytimes.com)

As a spinal cord rehab nurse, I'm always thinking about what Dr. V. used to say about wheelchair athletes and clothespins...that some athletes use them to increase their blood pressure during events.

Some fun and some sobering facts:
JustCallMeJo of Sinus Arrhythmia, an escaped from rehab to ICU nurse, has had some great posts of late. Here are two of my favorites:

The fun:
...and then there are good days (about the patients you enjoy)

The sobering:
If you haven't seen this you need to discusses medical triage and what might happen in here in a pandemic or other mass casualty situation.

For silly stuff:
In the e-mailed joke category, DisappearingJohn has a good one this week. Let's just call it...
Going to third grade.