Tag: your grannys nurse
member name: donna f.
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June 07, 2009 10:09 AM EDT --
This is a story of love. True, honest-to-God, death- do-us-part-love. You know the kind of love I mean, the kind that we all hope to find one day, and that some never do.
This is the story . . .
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April 08, 2007 09:13 AM EDT --
Good morning, and Happy Easter to all. On this Easter Sunday, I am sitting here pondering the many blessings in my life, and I thought I would share my latest blessing with all my Gather pals.
Trent . . .
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December 11, 2007 09:41 AM EST --
I'm doin' it, and its about damned time. Tomorrow I reenter the work force. I had been laid off in late July, and while I have enjoyed the time off, its time to get a real paycheck coming in again. . . .
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June 16, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
According to a congressional study, one in every 25 Americans over the age of 65 has been a victim of abuse. In research conducted by Beth Hudson Keller, Director of Education and Training . . .
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September 14, 2008 09:11 AM EDT --
Dateline: 2027
Life in the Nursing home sure has changed a great deal since I first started writing this column, way back in aught six. For me, the most major change has been in the Nursing . . .
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September 20, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
As some of you may remember, I spent last summer, the summer of 2007, that is, unemployed. The Nursing Home I had been working at closed due to being sold to a local University for the purpose of renovating . . .
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October 11, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --
"Hi Donna, Sorry to bother you on a Friday night, but Mr. Jones is freaking out. He is wandering into other people's rooms, and hollering about finding his platoon . I have already given him a . . .
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April 15, 2007 09:16 AM EDT --
I received this as an email this morning, from a friend, and thoguht I would share it with my Gather pals. The author is unknown, but whoever he/she is, Thank you. I plan on using this as a teaching tool . . .
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September 23, 2007 11:15 AM EDT --
A row of bottles on my shelf
Caused me to analyze myself.
One yellow pill I have to pop.
Goes to my heart so it won't stop.
The little white one that I take
Goes to my hands so they won't shake. . . .
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November 07, 2007 09:46 AM EST --
**This piece was originally posted last year, but I have tweaked it a bit
Holidays in the nursing home can be a time of great joy, but YOU have to make it happen. No one wants to spend their . . .
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September 12, 2008 09:10 AM EDT --
I am having a hard time getting my mind around this one, folks, and I need your help.
In my almost 30 years as a nurse, I have some across some pretty interesting patients. I do my best to show empathy . . .
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October 18, 2008 08:48 AM EDT --
This is a story of love. True, honest-to-God, death- do-us-part-love. You know the kind of love I mean, the kind that we all hope to find one day, and that some never do.
This is the story . . .
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December 29, 2008 11:26 AM EST --
As many of you know, my job was eliminated last week due to "downsizing"(Merry Freakin' Christmas to me). Actually, it was eliminated because the new administrator wanted to hire her friend . . .
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March 10, 2007 09:23 AM EST --
Hospice , or the concept of hospice has changed a great deal in the last twenty or so years. Most people equate hospice care with imminent death, but that no longer is the case. Twenty . . .
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March 27, 2007 06:38 PM EDT --
It was 1991. Christmastime. I was working in the nursing home that I had called my second home for the past nine years. Everyone was in great spirits, as our annual Christmas party was that night, and . . .
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April 14, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
In eighteen short days, I will be having my first public speaking engagement. I have been chosen to give a presentation on "Compassionate Care of the Elderly" at the annual OCHA (Ohio Health . . .
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February 20, 2008 08:44 AM EST --
The U.S. is planning a counter attack on one of its own. A spy satellite, which was launched in December, 2006, and almost immediately losing power and going out of control, is reported to be falling . . .
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February 12, 2008 08:33 AM EST --
Every so often, every nurse gets a patient who touches her (or his) soul in an unforgettable way. Dave was one of those patients.
I loved that old coot, and even ten years after his death, think . . .
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October 14, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
It's getting to be that time of year again, when thoughts of the holidays begin creeping into our thoughts, especially when walking the aisles of any number of d epartment stores. (Don't get me . . .
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December 21, 2006 06:24 PM EST --
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Home
Not a creature was stirring, not a mouse nor a gnome
The dentures were soaking in the sink, with great care
In hopes that by morning, you could . . .
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