madness: tales of an emergency room nurse

After many years in the ER, I have developed certain talents. I would say one that I have perfected is the ability to keep a st...

Don't even get me started on the gun debate.  Grrrrr... The thing that irritates me the most is talking about the mentally ill.  Doing a...

Whitecoat , one of my favorite bloggers has an entry about how the state of California is realizing that it won't have enough doctors to...

Subject #1: Hell week.  Thats what we call it when you work 60 hours in a week in the ER.  Five 12 hour shifts. Usually its the week of your...