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My Old Stethoscope

American Nurse

My stethoscope lay curled in the bottom of my bathroom drawer with other nursing tools—penlights, watches with second hands, and old badges and lanyards. I hadn’t touched my stethoscope in a while because I’d spent the last several years in quality management and patient safety.

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My old stethoscope – Reader Response

American Nurse

In Response to: My old stethoscope Dear Editor, The article, My Old Stethoscope by Nurse Maria O’Toole Corey, struck me in a profound way as I lament on how objects can became integral pieces in our nursing practice and not always in a practical way. I pray that I am able to do enough.

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The Essential Items Nurses Keep In Their Nursing Bags

Board Vitals - Nursing

If you want to read one of the very best essays ever written on handbags, (probably the only one ever written on the subject, you have to read Nora Ephron’s “I hate my purse”. Right now I’ve got a lot of hair ties/headbands, pens, old report sheets, Starbucks receipts, an old coffee mug, old chapstick…Its time to clean lol!

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Realizing a Dream: How I Earned My Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Nurse.com

Stage one: I set a goal Shelly Langley, RN I got my first stethoscope when I was six years old. It was in a doctor’s kit my siblings and I used to examine on our dolls. In my senior year of high school, I wrote my goal for the future in my yearbook: “I will obtain my bachelor’s degree in nursing.”

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The Relentless School Nurse: Do You Know The Story of Nurse DonQuenick Joppy?

The Relentless School Nurse

According to the claim , this same charge nurse allegedly told her on a separate occasion that she could “clean his house and clip his dog’s toenails.” >> Download the full case documents here It is also alleged t hat DonQuenick was falsely accused of stealing a White patient’s credit card and purchasing a stethoscope.

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Crushing Male Nurses Stigmas and Stereotypes

Diversity Nursing

In my neighborhood, especially my old friends, they always thought that being a Nurse was a job for females,” said Geovany Ruiz , who plans to work as an Oncology Nurse. “So, Some people see a Man in scrubs or with a stethoscope and assume he is a Doctor. This of course isn't true. Doctor or Failed Doctor.

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6 Tech Must-Haves for Nurses

Premier Medical Staffing

Job Information Job Profession: 6 Tech Must-Haves for Nurses Job State: Job Location: Job Specialty: Job Assignment: While many of the classic nursing essentials (stethoscope, bandages, etc.) This is how I watch my puppy, Stanley, via the Blink Mini. This mug-warming coaster can help solve this age-old problem.