Dear Hotel Geek Squad

Yes, I realize you are under pressure to upgrade all the PCs in our building by the end of the fiscal year because the IT honchos told you to do so.

It is not, however, a good idea to not tell the nurse manager that at 0300, while nurses are writing notes, recording vital signs, etc., you guys (since there are no women involved) will be pushing PC updates over the network to many computers at the nurses' stations.

In case you forgot, nurses really do work 24/7. While you are snoring away and a computer is doing your work, nurses are doing theirs live and in person. You simply cannot do this without warning.

As my professor in nursing school used to say (because some IT guy said it to her), "If I want to break something or find flaws in how it works, I give it to a nurse." So if you disturb the night nurses, they will figure out ways to break your stuff. Off/on is not a good game to play on a PC early in the AM when updates are going over the network.

Just sayin'...be nice to the night (and really all) nursing staff.

Sincerely, really, so not kidding,

Your favorite nurse ('cause I fix the easy stuff so you don't have to),

RehabRN

Points to ponder

Yes, it seems far away from nursing to talk about insider trading, but it's not really if you read this article.

Sure, those investment types are NOT supposed to take the advice of a doctor and go sell stocks, but they did. They made huge profits.

And it just reminds me what one of my old professors said eons ago. "Take a glass of water with you to every meeting. If they start to discuss insider trading or price fixing, accidentally spill said glass of water on yourself and walk out. Make sure this is recorded in the meeting minutes, or make a note to self."

Just in case the SEC and other sundry law enforcement folks come calling...

Relief

So glad this semester of grad school is over. It wasn't horrible, but I need the break.

And yes, I rocked it with a grade of A to add to the arsenal. She allowed us to be unconventional (no APA format needed in our final project.) and I made it work. An artsy theory professor wasn't a bad thing after all.

This was just what I needed after another week of back pain. Hopefully, it'll go away soon. Stay tuned!