Dear Google

I got this nice e-mail below because you have an algorithm that doesn't work.

That's right.

I only link to products I actually use so people know what I'm talking about.

I don't sell space or advertise. Whatever shows up here, shows up because you make it pop up in your templates, or I put it in myself for illustration.

Consequently, I'm not removing any Allegro Medical links to any old posts I've made.

You and your engineers need to fix the problem.

Good luck! I love Blogger and have been here for years. Hope your efforts are fruitful.

Yours truly,

RehabRN

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Subject: A question about a link pointing to Allegromedical.com

Hi

Hi

My name is Marie Haynes and I am working with AllegroMedical.com.

Unfortunately AllegroMedical has been given an unnatural links penalty from Google and as a result is not ranking well on Google. We are writing to you because your site links to ours and we would like to have this link removed (or nofollowed). Please know that this is no reflection on the quality of your website. Our unnatural links penalty was not given because of spammy linkbuilding but rather because we have placed too many self made links.

This looks to Google like an attempt to manipulate their search results as they only want naturally earned links to be counting towards PageRank.

Here is one or more example of a link from your site that points to ours:

http://rehabrn.blogspot.com/2009/08/life-and-death.html

If you need a full list of links from your site to ours then please let me know.

Also, if you feel that you yourself placed this link and no one from this website was involved in its creation then please let me know and we will keep it up and tell Google that this was not a self-made link.

Thank you,

Marie Haynes

HISWebMarketing.com

Specializing in Google Penalties

Thoughts after finishing customer service training

1. You need a medical professional (or rotating staff member) to teach this class. Bonus points though to our guy who actually quoted the Readers' Digest article jo was featured in...see the civvies actually read some interesting stuff!

2. I learned more about dealing with other departments than anything. That was the most valuable.

3. Can I solve all problems? No. Will I say the right thing? Hopefully. I put that card and magnet at my desk. Heaven help me when I'm loose on campus.

4. I'm hoping I might be able to use this information to get a panic button in my office. (Just in case I get a nuclear customer, like one of my classmates. I had one in a previous clinic job.)

5. And finally, thanks to Nurse K, I got this great link to Hood Nurse and here's her scenarios on how she'll put this valuable training into practice in the ER. You go girl!

If only I could use some of those ideas...enjoy!

If you build it...

They will come. Thanks Shawn and Online Schools for featuring my blog.

Muchos gracias! Go have a look-see folks!

Thanks Grumpy!

I got this link to a cool cartoon site by a med student via Doc Grumpy. I'm sure there's a nursing student out there with similar talents...is that you? If so, send me your link.

Reminds me of my all-time favorite cartoon blog: Savage Chickens.

Health care is so entertaining!

Caregiver fatigue

There's always that patient who will wear you out...literally and figuratively.  That's what happening at the Hotel right now. A whole lot of caregiver role strain.With the myriad terminal diagnoses we're seeing, everyone's getting fried. One patient in particular is viewed with such contempt, that some people don't want to care for him/her when family is not around. It's sad.

For my own knowledge, I've dug up a few resources from here and there, to change a few views. No one may read them on the nurses' lounge table, but it can't hurt. Hope you enjoy them.

• Mayo Clinic has an entire section dedicated to end of life care.
• American Hospice Foundation has lots of articles on various topics, including a Grief at Work section.
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Reminds People, “It’s About How You LIVE”

Spring cleaning

I've made a few changes here and there, especially to blog links. If your blog was there and was inadvertently deleted, let me know.

My verification system: go check the links. No blog anymore = no link.

This is highly variable, as I am still working on my required caffeine intake this morning on my coffee break in between patients.

Wanna link here? Let me know.

Channeling Change of Shift

Yes, it's that time again, and the latest and greatest Change of Shift is up at Florence dot com.

Yours truly will be the next host on June 25, so if you're feeling so inclined, send us your nursing or nursing-related stories. Thanks Kim!

I'm looking for real people, people, so put those fingers to the keyboard and tell us about life in your world. Nursing is 24/7 and that includes holidays. While mine's not a holiday edition per se, feel free to drop in your favorite working the holidays stories, if you're so inclined.

Wanna submit? Check out the submission info via this handy, dandy BlogCarnival link or e-mail me at hotelrehab at nyms dot net.

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 October 22

Yes, it's my day off and I'm again scouring the blogosphere for some good stuff. I've had a few people send me links to their blogs, so I'm adding those as I can, to share the link love. Check out the sidebar for some from the good ol' USA to Canada and even one from the Czech Republic about a nurse who snaps photos for fun while checking out nature.

In the MIA section
I'm also lamenting the loss of Podunk Memorial. Mielikki, where ever you are, I really enjoyed your blog. I wish you the best!

Terry at Counting Sheep sold www.everydaynurses.com, so I haven't seen anything from her in eons. Good luck Terry!

Here are a few things I found meandering today. Enjoy!

From the ER (ED, or whatever you choose to call it for the moment...)

Braden from 20 out of 10 has a great post on never events. Bayer may be right and the government may indeed be idiots if they buy this renaming thing. Why call it a never event if it can get renamed? Perhaps some funding in the way of adequate equipment and staffing from CMS might help. Naw...that would be too logical.

You can get more than you bargain for if you tagalong on a ER visit. CrassPollination has this great tagalong story you'll enjoy, even if you don't work in the ER.

From transplant city...

Donorcycle is one of my favorite transplant blogs to read. While there haven't been a ton of posts lately, I'd suspect she's busy. Some days are better than others according to this post. I really like the bird imagery, TC!

And finally, in the 'tis the season category...

Awake in Rochester has this great post about ghosts. My answer is yes....maybe not seen but have heard and felt some around me, and it wasn't even scary.

Nuggets for November 6

Here are a few interesting things I've read recently on the internet:

Vicks Vaporub and feet
I just had to go to Snopes and find out why the heck K. our pseudocharge was talking about this with anyone and everyone who ambled near our nurses' station the other day. As usual, she just needed something to talk about. Your mileage may vary. If you don't like this, use Eucerin Foot Cream at night. I love it!

Historic Trauma Cases
I ran into this series at AdvanceWeb by a trauma nurse. It examines famous cases of trauma and how they were treated at the time and what would happen now. Very interesting read.

NursePower!
Author Donna Cardillo's links to great nursing resources.

Cool websites for health careers
I like this page from the University of South Carolina College of Nursing. Have your 'tween or teen check it out. A lot of resources in one page.

Off the 'net...read this book!
Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway. I found this book thanks to a post at atyourcervix. I'm not a L&D nurse, but I really enjoyed the story. It's short, so try it. Proceeds go to a very good cause.