Rehab nurses sure know it!

While I'm resting on my break (i.e. meaning I'm done with heavy lifting for a few minutes), I noticed an interesting e-mail.

I like to tell the nursing students who come to our unit at the Hotel that rehab nursing is really about bowel, bladder and skin (the physiological part).

Needless to say, I'm glad I was done drinking my Hefeweizen when I got this e-mail:

You have a new follower on Twitter

Kegel Universe

@kegeluniverse

We promote and support Kegel exercising! Our main purpose is to educate and remind individuals of the benefits of Kegel Exercising!
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Never a dull moment with us at the Hotel. Hope you enjoy!

Exercises

Yes, as the title mentions, I've been doing a bit! I now have a pedometer, so I'm counting all my steps around the Hotel and the SU. I get in extra ones whenever I can.

Today was a lot of different exercises. At first, it felt as if a lot of my day was an exercise in futility, but eventually, I saw that my work was paying off. Patients got updated orders and the MDs on the unit were happy I got them what they needed.

I also had an exercise in compassion. I had the pleasure of sitting with one of our confused characters and calming him/her down. It took a little while, but worked. So well, in fact, that I would have fist bumped anyone walking down the hall had they been there.

And finally, the real exercises come out. Dumbbells and bands and medicine balls, here I come!

Stay tuned...

Nuggets for August 25

Oh, it's been a long time, but I went meandering about the web and found these goodies. Hope you enjoy!

Chug, chug, chug
Think Gatorade is great after a marathon? What about near beer? A recent German study says non-alcoholic beer may be the best drink after you run. (from www.nytimes.com)

Sad, but true
The cancer bogeyman is back visiting Steve Jobs of Apple and he's decided to call it quits. (from www.nytimes.com)

ER is the real deal
Emergency nursing was recently recognized by the ANA. Kudos to all those ER nurses out there, especially Maha, Kim and Nurse K. (from www.nurse.com)


Pot calling the kettle...
Yes, I'm guilty. I do exercise to look better, but I feel better, too. (from www.latimes.com)

Thank you Susie

Who ever you are. One of our patients owns a bakery and liked the care he got on our unit so much that to repay the nurses, he brings in pastries of all sorts regularly.

The latest one: one of his bakers made a mistake on a huge, chocolate-covered strawberry birthday cake. He put "Happy 50th Birthday Susie" on the cake. Lo and behold, Susie was only turning 40 at her birthday party...oops! It would have made CakeWrecks proud.

So one of our nurses, who's getting ready to retire, volunteered to be Susie (and pulled out the plates), so we could cut the cake. We even sang to her. If only they didn't ban video at the Hotel, or we'd have had a fine one for YouTube.

It was absolutely divine, and as a result,  I'll still need to work on doing more 30 minute workouts this week. The agony!

More to come...when Sam brings another cake...stay tuned!