November 21, 2009 – 12:59 AM
As the mammography debate is raging on, I want to take a moment to tell a personal story.
Three years ago, during a self breast exam, I found a lump. I happened to have a routine OBGYN visit around the corner and through a simple clinical exam, my doctor also found the lump. My doctor was [...]
November 13, 2009 – 9:27 PM
As we all are well aware, one of the pitfalls of nursing is the holiday schedule. During most of the year, it’s bearable. We take our weekend shifts and night shifts in stride, but when your 25 closest relatives plan to be camped out at your house for turkey and football, well, it gets a [...]
November 13, 2009 – 1:07 AM
As the flu season ramps up, hospitals and doctors’ offices are once again being inundated with potential flu patients. This season, however, the influx is greater than ever. Patients are nervous about H1N1, and their fear is filling waiting rooms. Waiting rooms full of people who don’t have H1N1u.
The CDC has created a laundry list [...]
November 6, 2009 – 11:08 PM
Oh what stories you could tell! Well, here’s your chance. Each month, The Pulse wants to hear your best anecdotes. We’ll give you a topic of interest, you give us your best quick thinking, and you get a chance to be heard here on The Pulse. The writer of our favorite wisdom will receive a [...]
October 27, 2009 – 11:02 PM
I just came back from a much needed, and rarely had treat – a manicure and pedicure. Part of the fun in blocking out the world while someone else tackles my hands and feet is the chance to indulge in magazines I never have time to read. As I sunk into the massaging [...]
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