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Shift Observations: That First IV Start After Vacation
photo: jparadisi 2012 Why does that very first IV start on the first shift back from a vacation always cause just a little apprehension? My patient waits silently while I collect the supplies I need: a...
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Shift Observations: The End of The Dinosaur
photo: jparadisi 2012 With the care of an archeologist sifting for fossils, I hold his right arm for a second time, turning it to and fro, sliding my fingers up and down searching for a vein suitable...
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The Sacred Space of Patient Care
One of my hands is soaking in a shallow bowl of soapy water, while a nail technician holds the other, turning it one way, then the next. She files my chipped and broken nurse’s fingernails into a more...
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