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).

Happy, happy

Paper is done, complete, finito! Amen! I have never felt such joy for a paper to be over. This one could have easily been made into a book with the amount of material we had.

My department got a few awards, according to my buddy who read me the e-mail since I was out of the Hotel today. Joy spread around and shared is a good thing. A few of us will even get certificates and other goodies. It's nice to be recognized once in a while, even if it's by the bureaucrats.

People are going home today. Some I'll miss, some...well, they are stories for another day.

Back to work...more to come.