Flo's birthday and this important celebration

Yes! Flo's birthday! Jump up and down folks, she's the reason why we have a profession. It's the last day of Nurses' Week to celebrate, and how appropriate it is.

But, did you know, May 12 is also a day to celebrate nursing informatics? Yes, indeed! This specialty was formally recognized in 1992 by the American Nurses' Association.

So thank the nurses who make sure your computers work for nursing work, to give you more time with patients, the nurses who make technology work for nurses (and often every other clinical staffer in your hospital).

Nuggets for May 12

Yes, it's nugget time again, and I'm blogging on my lunch break here at the Hotel. Here are a few goodies I've encountered in between reading, writing, and working.

From the blogosphere...

Just don't go there
As ER Doc points out in a recent post at Serenity Now Hospital, some people just shouldn't have an iPhone.

Finding a pearl
NYCRN has this great post of the same name on his blog about how his reasons for being a nurse are reaffirmed regularly.

Don't just sit there...
Dr Ves over at casesblog tells us we gotta get up and going while we're blogging. So do I get points for standing and blogging?

Open a window...
Kim at emergiblog got the door shut on her plans, but a window just may be opening...you go, girl!

Off I go...enjoy your day!