There was a time in my life when every day was a totally new and sometimes wonderful experience. I had come home from California to Seattle, because my grandmother was in ICU. My parents had brought a RV van over … ( read more
Tag: hospital
A day in the life of an EMS Dispatcher
Welcome to my life, a day in the life of an EMS Dispatcher. My work day usually consists of hitting the door and being bombarded with all the things that went on during the last shift, before I even get … ( read more
Hospital Transport: Don’t Fear the Reaper
A few years ago, I got a job working as a hospital transport. It was a mindless job with no real thinking required, but allowed me some time to read some books as I waited for patients to be done … ( read more
Emergency Room Manners
People, I am a triage nurse at a busy Emergency Room. I have a lot to say. . .
Do NOT come up to the front desk of the Emergency Room, fling your health insurance card at me, tell me … ( read more
Children Of Fortune
( A few weeks after tsunami in 2004 as a volunteer I made a visit to Sri Lanka to collect stories relevant to 2004 Asian Tsunami. I collected many authentic stories stranger than fiction during my short stay in Sri … ( read more
Playing Doctor with a Candy Striper
The contents of this confession have been deemed for a mature audience only.
I’m not sure what to feel. Last night I did something so crazy, so unlike me. It was a slow night in the emergency room. When I … ( read more
Security in the Psychiatric Ward
Working in a hospital is by far one of the best experiences I could have had as a Security Officer. I loved it and really felt important. I remember the day I first applied to become hospital security. Interesting that … ( read more
Mental Health Facility
This happened during my first internship, back in my medical school days. One of my professors had a friend, who had a friend, et cetera, who needed male nurse for night shift at mental health facility for young dangerous offenders … ( read more
The swimming pool
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[This story is an experience in my life, written in the third person.]
It had been a busy day at the Chemistry lab and the thought of … ( read more