Nurse Ratched’s Place

Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times The New York Times Imagine my surprise when one of my coworkers told me that a doctor we know was arrested by the FBI. She learned about the arrest in The New York Times. (See the link above). The author discusses the murky relationships between some doctors and drug companies. [...]

I just got done with another 16 hour shift. My friends are going to happy hour, but I’m going home. My bed is calling my name. Can you hear my bed, too? It’s saying, “Mother Jones, Mother Jones, time to come home. It’s time for bed.” Wait a minute, maybe the fatigue is affecting my [...]

(Warning: I’m hot, tired, and extremely opinionated today) I think Mel Gibson is a chip off the old block. His father has made hateful statements in the press about Jews, and Mel was quoted as saying that his father has never lied to him about anything in his life. As a psychiatric nurse, I’m very [...]

Everything happens for a reason. There are days when I wonder, “Why on earth did I ever go into nursing.” Then one day I found the answer. It started coming to me the day I met Jon. Generally, when people find out I’m a psychiatric nurse, they open up and tell me all their problems [...]

Today’s book report is about this gem I picked up at a library book sale. Apparently the woman on the cover needed a court order to get a date. She looks normal. Oh my God, maybe she’s an axe murderer! To his dismay, Houston pediatrician Connor Malloy was about to find out. Stranded in a [...]

Yesterday was traumatic. I thought either my new Apple Airport Extreme, or my Mac Power Book G4, was a lemon. My sweet husband talked to a Mac specialist over the phone for nearly two hours, but regardless of what we tried, I kept loosing my Internet connection while I was blogging. That’s right, while I [...]

Pretty Meg Ryan, nurse at Whitefield Memorial, was pleased with life. She had her looks, her health—and a long series of dates with the handsome Dr. Lee Corey. But Meg’s happiness was short-lived, for one day she found out about Lee’s interest in a beautiful blonde patient. Hurt and depressed, she sought solace in the [...]

I’m one year older, but I’m not worried. Instead of a facelift, I’ll just buy a pair of sunglasses and become one of the beautiful people. How do you think I’d look in a little red sports car? It’s going to be another hot day, but I’m ready for it. I’m armed with another gallon [...]

This is me after working a sixteen hours. I work a double shift every Saturday, and I just got home. I’m sooooooo tired, and oh yeah, today’s my birthday. I’m going to pass out now, and dream of blowing out birthday candles, and eating chocolate cake. Yippee. Good night. Tweet

Merciless heat + sitting idly at the computer while eating 5 gallons of ice cream = my expanding waistline. I never could get into a itsy-bitsy, teenie-weenie, yellow polka dot bikini, but now I can’t even squeeze into my “relaxed fit” jeans. Shopping for ice cream was a great adventure. If you’re my age, you [...]