Archive for August 2008
My 1st clinical (Mother Baby Unit)
Posted by: WittyRuby on: August 30, 2008
Here I am, excited and stressful again to be back to school and have the 1st clinical for the semester. I think keeping my journal and sharing it with everyone is a good thing:
We all get the orientation, get to know our instructor and the facility. I have the impression that she is a good instructor [...]
The guy’s wallet
Posted by: WittyRuby on: August 30, 2008
There is a man coming to Security finding his lost wallet. He listed what he had in the wallet, blah blah, & $45. The security got his wallet turned in. He had his wallet back but the money was gone. This gave me a little thought. If it were me who found his wallet & [...]
Chicago Air Show 2008
Posted by: WittyRuby on: August 16, 2008
Forgiveness
Posted by: WittyRuby on: August 8, 2008
Pic: Nature&Human at www3.coara.or.jp/~phoenix/
“…you do not forgive others because they deserve it; you forgive others because you deserve it.” (Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Argeements, restated by Larry Winget, Shut up, stop whining & get a life, p. 159).
Wuh hu, I have done it several times, hehe, so I practised as the wise suggested. In [...]
Vietnamese names
Posted by: WittyRuby on: August 4, 2008
If you are NOT a Vietnamese, this can be an interesting article about the Vietnamese name.
—> http://www.sog.unc.edu/programs/ncmagistrates/2006Springconf/032006Vietnamese%20Surnames.doc
When I should not listen
Posted by: WittyRuby on: August 4, 2008
pic: vuk011
I feel bad that I don’t have good communication skill, as I don’t know what to say, I just listen and don’t have anything to share back. My knowledge is so limited [sigh].
This morning, I work at the library and catch another good book ^_^. Basicly, I should listen more and talk less. What a [...]
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Nursing News
- Trusts 'want better VTE management' November 30, 2009Most NHS trusts think the government should set minimum targets for venous thromboembolism prevention and management, according to the parliamentary thrombosis group.
- CQC 'sees no need to intervene' over failing hospital trusts November 30, 2009The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said it sees no need to intervene in more hospitals despite new research suggesting 12 acute trusts are significantly underperforming.
- Green spaces to improve nurses' health and wellbeing November 28, 2009A health board in Scotland is planning to develop calming green spaces at its hospital sites as a way of improving the health of patients, staff and visitors.
Health
- Taking The “Ifs” Off Cognitive Decline November 29, 2009The human brain, when properly functioning, is a complex mass of protoplasm capable of staggering mental feats. So what causes eventual memory loss or cognitive decline? The answer is complicated. Some things we know about, others are speculative. A 2009 study appearing in the journal “Neurobiology of Aging” suggests that some aspects of age-related cognitiv […]Jorg Mardian RHN, CPT
- Why Is The Most Effective And Freely Available H1N1 Vaccine Ignored By Most? November 16, 2009According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are now 6,200 deaths worldwide due to the H1N1 swine flu. The virus has spread to 206 countries and territories, with most deaths (4512 ) occurring in the USA. Canada also has reported sharp increases in rates of swine flu. People are understandably nervous, but keep in mind [...]Jorg Mardian RHN, CPT
- Anti-Aging Medicine – Hope, Hype Or Hucksters? November 8, 2009Anti-aging can be a difficult topic to address because it has a number of different common meanings and connotations. Each is championed by a particular group or coalition of interests which define their terms in ways that can make the subject confusing. For the scientific community, anti-aging research refers exclusively to slowing, preventing, or reversing […]Jorg Mardian RHN, CPT
- Sure You’re getting Older, But Are You Aging Well? October 25, 2009Someone once said that all human beings, from the earliest age, are on a slow road to death. By that it was meant that we have a limited lifespan which eventually ends, though many young people don’t seem to realize it. Fact is, everything around us has limitations – beginnings and [...]Jorg Mardian RHN, CPT
- Don’t Take A Vacation From Health October 14, 2009I just came back from a ten day seminar with a very enlightened view of travelling and health. Let me tell you, when you get 300 people in a conference room and two or three of them have a cold, an interesting phenomenon happens: quite a few in the room will get sick within the [...]Jorg Mardian RHN, CPT
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