Brave Nurse Delivers Baby in Jersey Traffic
As if Jersey drivers (and the stress of bumper-to-bumper weekend beach traffic jams) weren’t enough….just imagine what would happen if you were facing a medical emergency. One couple trapped in Jersey Shore traffic just found out firsthand Saturday night… Trevor Abbud, 23, said “I think we’re going to hit some traffic” as he drove his pregnant wife, Rose, to the hospital shortly after her water...
The Horror of VT
It is during horrific tragedies like the shootings at Virginia Tech that I find myself thinking about, and appreciating, the medical teams on the front line. All the training in the world can’t prepare you to come face-to-face with the results of this level of inexplicable violence. In an emergency of this magnitude there is no time to digest, interpret and comprehend the incident. All these professionals can do is kick into...
Ex-Travel Nurse Fuels Major Controversy. Big Nut or Bigot?
I am always intrigued when some strange news story hits the wires and someone in the story either is now, or has been at some time, a travel nurse. In this story a gay white man who impersonates a black woman in a comedy act is accused by many of being racist. I wonder if this is really a matter of racism as much as it is a case of racial sensitivity. And, yes, there is a difference. Charles Knipp is a comic performance artist. One of...
The Newest Superhero? “The Nurse Avenger”
An intruder made a bad choice when he broke into emergency room nurse Susan Kuhnhausen’s house. Check out the fate of this hapless criminal right here.
A Vote For Travel Nursing From “Dear Abby”
I can’t stand advice columns. I think there is too much advice given out based on too little information. Plus the letters that make the best headlines are usually the ones that get answered. However, in this particular issue of “Dear Abby” I think the columnist gets it right. A recent nurse grad writes stating that she can’t stand nursing. Abby (whoever she is at this point) tells the young lady to consider...
Travel Nurse Cheerleaders
This article in the Boston Herald presents a very positive view of travel nursing and the benefits associated with the industry. The interviewees are great ambassadors for travel nursing and travel nurses. Check it out!