Comments on: The Abandoned House http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/ Sanity is madness put to good use. - George Santayana Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Change of Shift – Volume Four, No. 14 // Emergiblog http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-9488 Change of Shift – Volume Four, No. 14 // Emergiblog Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:27:56 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-9488 [...] Mother Jones has been busy lately. Snowed in! Twelve hour shifts! Dogs and cats, living together…okay, not that last part. So I thought I’d dig into her archives and pull up a classic Nurse Ratched’s Place post. This is one of my favorites. See if you don’t agree after reading The Abandoned House. [...] [...] Mother Jones has been busy lately. Snowed in! Twelve hour shifts! Dogs and cats, living together…okay, not that last part. So I thought I’d dig into her archives and pull up a classic Nurse Ratched’s Place post. This is one of my favorites. See if you don’t agree after reading The Abandoned House. [...]

]]> By: Balaji http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-6575 Balaji Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-6575 Wonder struck by this moving story. Simply great and well matched with an appropriate photograph.<br/><br/>Dr. B Wonder struck by this moving story. Simply great and well matched with an appropriate photograph.

Dr. B

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5308 Anonymous Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-5308 I loved the visionary of your site.<br/>I feel we are like sistas! I loved the visionary of your site.
I feel we are like sistas!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5260 Anonymous Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:22:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-5260 I feel like this in regard to many of the oldies that I care for in our aged care section of our hospital, particularly those with communication difficulties or dementia. What threads make up the tapestry of their lifetimes? So often, they can only recall single threads; other sections of their lives has been worn away, leaving the picture fragmented and incomplete. I wish I had known them when the threads were being sewn......<br/><br/>Sorry about posting anonymously, but I am having trouble posting as I'm a Beta blogger these days, and I lose my comment if I sign in through google after writing...<br/><br/>Thank you for your continued excellence MJ. You know there is more than one book waiting. You love words too much <3<br/>Cyndy ;) I feel like this in regard to many of the oldies that I care for in our aged care section of our hospital, particularly those with communication difficulties or dementia. What threads make up the tapestry of their lifetimes? So often, they can only recall single threads; other sections of their lives has been worn away, leaving the picture fragmented and incomplete. I wish I had known them when the threads were being sewn……

Sorry about posting anonymously, but I am having trouble posting as I’m a Beta blogger these days, and I lose my comment if I sign in through google after writing…

Thank you for your continued excellence MJ. You know there is more than one book waiting. You love words too much <3
Cyndy ;)

]]> By: MadMike http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5251 MadMike Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:54:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-5251 OK! So when is the book coming out? How about the movie? You have a great talent MJ. Please nurture it and know I know from whence I speak..:-) OK! So when is the book coming out? How about the movie? You have a great talent MJ. Please nurture it and know I know from whence I speak..:-)

]]> By: The Mental http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5249 The Mental Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:32:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-5249 You are a very kind and compassionate nurse. I already see that in your posts...your patients are indeed lucky to be cared for by you. And yes, you handled the BPD patient acting out perfectly! [referenced in the previous blog post]<br/><br/>Question?<br/>"They" say that psych nurses usually go wacko themselves after several years since they are surrounded by crazy people all the time...you forget how to interact with the Outsiders. We start to rub off on you all?! (HA! I love it. It is contagious you know...) VBG So the question is: how have you stayed sane all after all these years? [28 right?]I have observed psych nurses crazier than I before so I know there is some truth to the saying. You are a very kind and compassionate nurse. I already see that in your posts…your patients are indeed lucky to be cared for by you. And yes, you handled the BPD patient acting out perfectly! [referenced in the previous blog post]

Question?
“They” say that psych nurses usually go wacko themselves after several years since they are surrounded by crazy people all the time…you forget how to interact with the Outsiders. We start to rub off on you all?! (HA! I love it. It is contagious you know…) VBG So the question is: how have you stayed sane all after all these years? [28 right?]I have observed psych nurses crazier than I before so I know there is some truth to the saying.

]]> By: Dancing on the ceiling http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5238 Dancing on the ceiling Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-5238 I love this post and the warm description of the mystery of life lived differently. I love this post and the warm description of the mystery of life lived differently.

]]> By: hipparchia http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5234 hipparchia Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:54:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-5234 i followed claude scales' link over here from his wretched refuse post. nice place you got here.<br/><br/>i adore old houses. i've lived for years now in old run-down neighborhoods. <br/><br/>twenty ro so years ago, i lived in one neighborhood of crumbling old victorian houses, with homeless people living in the basement, in the huge old shrubbery in the back yard, and in the park down the street.<br/><br/>that neighborhood has since undergone a terrific renaissance. this has been fantastic for the old houses, once again loved and lived in and taken care of. but it's become a very fashionable and expensive neighborhood. i suspect that none of these new homeowners let people live in the backyards and basements any longer. i followed claude scales’ link over here from his wretched refuse post. nice place you got here.

i adore old houses. i’ve lived for years now in old run-down neighborhoods.

twenty ro so years ago, i lived in one neighborhood of crumbling old victorian houses, with homeless people living in the basement, in the huge old shrubbery in the back yard, and in the park down the street.

that neighborhood has since undergone a terrific renaissance. this has been fantastic for the old houses, once again loved and lived in and taken care of. but it’s become a very fashionable and expensive neighborhood. i suspect that none of these new homeowners let people live in the backyards and basements any longer.

]]> By: Student Nurse Jack http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5230 Student Nurse Jack Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-5230 Beautiful. Just beautiful.<br/><br/>Thank you for the modeling you provide to up-and-coming nurses. When I grow up I want to be you. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

Thank you for the modeling you provide to up-and-coming nurses. When I grow up I want to be you.

]]> By: The Angry Medic http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5217 The Angry Medic Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:45:00 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2007/01/the-abandoned-house/#comment-5217 Another brilliant post, Mama Jones. The comparison to a Victorian house is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. And the images--I never knew you were such a good photographer. Serial Filler is right--this is book material.<br/><br/>Sorry about the delay in my response, it's a horrible week over here. Aww, thanks for your kind words! They made my day. I'd be honoured to be included in Change of Shift. <br/><br/>I'll be back! Another brilliant post, Mama Jones. The comparison to a Victorian house is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. And the images–I never knew you were such a good photographer. Serial Filler is right–this is book material.

Sorry about the delay in my response, it’s a horrible week over here. Aww, thanks for your kind words! They made my day. I’d be honoured to be included in Change of Shift.

I’ll be back!

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