A little weekend fun

Bubba has gone to camp. It is suddenly quiet in our house. WildDog keeps looking at me as if to say, "Mom, where is he?" He looks in his room and around the house and sees no kid couch surfing or playing on the computer.

Alas, since I've had a few moments of quiet, not interrupted by movie reviews or the infamous game, "I'm hungry, what can I eat?" I surfed around and found this interesting article about women in economics and the next Fed chairman (or maybe -woman).

It gave me flashbacks to college, when, yes, I was contemplating going on for a master's degree in the dismal science. (Hey, I can still draw that diminishing marginal utility curve and explain it with the best of them!)

However, the best thing I found meandering around looking for information on women and economics was Economists Do It with Models. When you can use Dilbert cartoons as your lead-in for stories on long-term unemployment, you definitely have arrived.

That is all. Hope you enjoy the moments that are left of your weekend. I will, too.

Stay tuned...

Two weeks...

Yes, in two weeks, this odyssey will be over. No longer will I have to say, "No, I have to go home and study this weekend."

I am a little sad to leave, but not enough to stay. I have learned so much as I've gone along, that I still cannot believe that from the time I applied, got accepted to now that so much of my life has changed.

I am no longer a new nurse. I have grown in my practice. I have mastered much of one, and now, am learning another. My dreams from ages ago have actually come true

The genie is no longer in the bottle. The education I have has changed my job and my outlook.

Like the song says, I'm headed to the future...and I like it.

Nuggets for February 17

I'm luxuriating in my regular day off, and I feel a little better so far. Here are a few things I've encountered recently and some interesting news and sites I've found online.

Stuff from the mailbox and in my neck of the woods

Hospitals fight to keep new nurses from quitting (from www.msnbc.com)
All I have to say to this one is "Duh!". As I learned many moons ago in school, some people only respond to problems if they have a dollar sign (i.e. how much money will it cost you) attached.

And if you stick around...
Nurses Have Many MSN Choices to Advance Their Career (from www.nursezone.com)
I'm pondering this myself, and happily, the number of online choices is quite large.

One of our patients was on methenamine hippurate. I had to look that one up, but alas, my Nursing Central didn't have it listed in my Palm's Davis Drug Guide reference.

We had an interesting case of staph epi on our unit. BTW we don't isolate people for this bug.

From the blogosphere...

From www.aboutanurse.com I found out that Fat Doctor got downsized. Go apply at your nearest VA, doc! We need you!

Head Nurse always has her interesting neuro What to Expect articles (the latest is lumbar drains). In addition, I am very much in agreement with this post on nails. And some people wonder why people don't take nurses seriously!

More later, folks! Have a great day!