MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'change of shift'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911545&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F5mAQDLFa_GY%2Fshout-outs.html Grand Rounds continues to be on hiatus.  If you would like to host a future edition of Grand Rounds send an email to Nick Genes (you can find his contact info at here).   The most recent edition can be found here at Medgadget.  Other editions can be found here on the Grand Rounds Facebook page. …………………………… Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (May 2011)! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Welcome to the latest edition of Change of Shift, the nursing blog carnival! …..Let’s get started! ********** Sue Hassmiller is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Advisor for Nursing. She is also a volunteer with the Red Cross. Abandonment Guilt, her final blog post fr... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911545 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:15:00 +0100 4911545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841483&cid=t_113717_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrlindagalloway.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F05%2F1031747_hospital.jpg At one time, a hospital would be called a 24-hour institution but now it’s a business. Within this business are shift workers that include nurses, technicians, clerical staff and even hospital employed doctors who are now called hospitalists.  In a teaching hospital resident physicians also work in shifts so the responsibility of patient care is always being transferred from one group of healthcare providers to another. Do they always communicate effectively? Regrettably, “no.” Sign-outs, handoffs, shift changes, nurses’ report. These are the multiple names for the process where a departing  provider is responsible for letting the arriving provider know what’s going on with the patient.  According to statistics, 80% of medical mistakes occur during shift changes and 50 to 60% ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841483 Wed, 18 May 2011 16:00:13 +0100 4841483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394508&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FxuBfZUw5MzQ%2Fshout-outs_25.html Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, 33 charts, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here. . ………… …………………………… Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 5, No 15)! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Welcome to Change of Shift! This is a miniature edition! The quantity is tiny, the quality is superb! Grab some coffee, kick back Change of Shift is in da house! ********** Editor’s Pick: At the AJN Off the Charts blog, Juliana Paradisi pens a fantastic post on privacy, both personal and for patients, in Nurses, Hospitals and Social Media: It Depends What Business You’re In.  ….. ……………….…………. Dr. Itzhak Brook, My Voice, s... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394508 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:24:53 +0100 4394508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3980881&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fchange-of-shift-vol-5-number-6.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, the premier nursing blog carnival, is now up and running over at Emergiblog.I'm pleased to again be included as a contributor, and my thanks as always to Kim at Emergiblog for being a champion of nurse bloggers around the world. Kim has worked tirelessly to promote the many nurse bloggers who pour out their hearts and souls to describe the joys, frustrations, challenges and rewards of the incredibly varied profession of nursing. She remains ahead of the virtual curve, and inspires us all to continue writing and sharing our experiences with the world. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3980881 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:32:00 +0100 3980881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942825&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fc_x2Kc2E_f8%2Fshout-outs.html Dr. Dino, Musings of a Dinosaur, is the host for this week’s  Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). Ah, fall. That wonderful season when the heat recedes, the leaves descend, the children go back to school…and the pennant races heat up. Once again this year my Phillies are in the thick of it, so as the host of Grand Rounds I avail myself of the privilege of dragging you all down to the ballpark with me.  …… ………………………………………. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 5, No 5) which is in its 5th year!   You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Welcome to Change of Shift! Boy, that was a fast two weeks! For those who do... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942825 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:50:33 +0100 3942825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929292&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fchange-of-shift-vol-5-number-5.html Please pay a visit to the newest edition of Change of Shift. I am very happy to once again be included in this fine collection of blogging by nurses. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929292 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:32:00 +0100 3929292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899394&cid=t_113717_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fchange-of-shift-the-best-of-nursing-shared-vol-5-no-4%2F2010.08.24 Welcome to Change of Shift! We have some old friends and some new additions. Our submissions cover the best of nursing and the most difficult moments. Some share successes, others could use some collegial support. So grab a latte, put your feet up, and enjoy…   ******************** Change of Shift: Volume 5, Number 4 I love adding nursing blogs to my blogroll! This week, thanks to his CoS submission, I’ve found Stephen at  A Nurse Practitioner’s View, where he presents Team Work. When it comes to patient care, check our egos at the door. Some teams we chose and some we’re born into, as noted in this heart-warming story from Keith at Digital Doorway, We’re All in This Together. Nurses are expected to be super-humanly objective and non-judgmental. As this honest post from Nu... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899394 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:32 +0100 3899394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899435&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FhIcfUtIPobs%2Fshout-outs_24.html Fizzy, A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor, is the host for this week’s  Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). I am proud and honored to be hosting this week's grand rounds. As usual, I'm going to open with a cartoon: And finally, Webster's Dictionary defines "grand rounds" as nothing, because it's not even in there. …… ………………………………………. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 5, No 4) which is in its 5th year!   You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Welcome to Change of Shift – a day late, but hopefully not a dollar short! We have some old friends and some new additions.  Our submissions cover the bes... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899435 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:42:00 +0100 3899435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3890517&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fchange-of-shift-vol-5-number-4.html Yet another edition of Change of Shift is up and at 'em, bringing the world some of the best nurse bloggers on the web. So, make yourself an iced tea (or maybe a gin and tonic), curl up on the hammock, and help yourself to some good summer reading! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3890517 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:28:00 +0100 3890517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3854552&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F_FcTB3ToaMI%2Fshout-outs_10.html Jackie, Dispatch From Second Base, is the host for this week’s  Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here. I once worked with a psychiatrist who called listening the most underrated skill, and his words are truer now than ever. Listening is hard work; too often, we just wait for our turn to talk. And that’s if we’re being polite. We don’t talk to each other; we talk at each other or sometimes over each other in the loudest voice possible. This trend is both sad and wrong, but there is hope, as evidenced by the thoughtful posts I received on all facets of communication. In the wonderful post The Hidden Pearls of Medicine: Stories From Our Patients, Medical Resident recalls a first patient encounter. MR calls hearing patient stories a privilege and ”has be... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3854552 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:55:54 +0100 3854552 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3848932&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fchange-of-shift-vol-5-number-3.html I am honored to report that my most recent submission to Change of Shift (everyone's favorite nursing blog carnival) is featured as the "editor's choice" at the top of this week's edition. I hope you can stop by, peruse this week's offerings, and praise Kim from Emergiblog for her consistently excellent work. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3848932 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:30:00 +0100 3848932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794836&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FLEPwttQdZWQ%2Fshout-outs_27.html Inside Surgery is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here. Favorite Post of the Week Dr. Toni Brayer has a guest post at ACPInternist about how insurance companies are killing primary care. I would like every Grand Rounds Reader to take a look at this and think very hard about what they will support in terms of insurance industry oversight. This post was first published on Dr. Brayer’s blog EverythingHealth.net. From the Surgeons – hey, what can I say, I am a homer Bongi is a surgeon working in South Africa – he shares part of his day. …….   Don’t forget LITFL is hosting next week.  They are looking for your “killer posts".”  Trawl your archive, dive deep into the soul of your writing and send us yo... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794836 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:48:05 +0100 3794836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3784328&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fchange-of-shift-volume-5-number-2.html The latest edition of Change of Shift is now published over at Emergiblog. I actually managed to submit two blog posts to this edition, and I'm pleased to have been included. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3784328 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:39:00 +0100 3784328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750082&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FV4hBCJaMDFw%2Fshout-outs_13.html Bongi, other things amanzi, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here. it's not just the soccer world cup that is on south african shores but the great grand rounds, something that some would say is far more important than the world cup (ok only one guy would actually say that and he is in a psychiatric institution in outer mongolia) is also presently hosted in south africa!!! proudly south african!!! but time to see what the bloggers have dished up for us this week. ………………………………………. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 5, No 1) which marks the beginning of the 5th year!   You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Wel... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750082 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:43:17 +0100 3750082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740676&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fchange-of-shift-turns-five.html Change of Shift, everyone's favorite nursing blog carnival, has just celebrated five years of publication with it's most recent edition. Congratulations and gratitude to Kim at Emergiblog for being a tireless advocate on behalf of the many talented nurse bloggers who pour their hearts out and share their stories time and time again.Happy 5th birthday to Change of Shift, and may there be many years to come! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740676 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:07:00 +0100 3740676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710593&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FEHgbznAE35I%2Fshout-outs_29.html Dr. Elaine Schattner of Medical Lessons is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds. It’s the “customer service in healthcare” edition. You can read this week’s edition here. Learning about medicine is a lifelong endeavor whether you’re a patient, a doctor, a caregiver, a hospital administrator or, perhaps, even an insurance company executive. In today’s Grand Rounds, we’ve an array of eleven perspectives that, directly or indirectly, bear on the suggested theme of education. If there’s a motif that emerged unsolicited this week, it’s empathy, a term highlighted in the titles of two submitted posts: In Glass Hospital, Dr. John Schumann considers what motivates health care workers in a thoughtful post, Finding Empathy. Schumann, an internist and medical educator at the ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710593 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:31:08 +0100 3710593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3690913&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fchange-of-shift-santa-fe-style.html Well, after a long hiatus, I'm finally hosting Change of Shift once again, and I'm happy to do so from the comfort of our new home here in Santa Fe, New Mexico!For those readers who are new to Digital Doorway, my wife and I sold our home in Massachusetts last summer, sold or gave away most of our things, bought an RV, and have been traveling the country for seven months and almost 10,000 miles in search of a new place to call home.For the moment, we've settled (perhaps temporarily, perhaps not) here in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and you can read about our travels here. That said, this episode of Change of Shift (that most venerable of nursing blog carnivals) will be peppered with photographs from around northern New Mexico for no other reason than the fact that they're nice to look at, entertai... Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3690913 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:01:00 +0100 3690913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662699&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F6A4BNnWfOIM%2Fshout-outs_15.html Steve, Adventures of a Funky Heart, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.   It’s the “heart edition” edition.  You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to the Funky Heart edition of Grand Rounds, featuring the latest and greatest medical writing! For those of you visiting for the first time, Adventures of a Funky Heart! is written by Steve, a 43-year-old living with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD). (My specific defect is Tricuspid Atresia) In the United States, an average of 1 person out of every 125 is born with a heart defect – almost 2 million of us at last count! Once considered just a childhood disease, thanks to medical advances and better surgical procedures over 90% of CHD patients can now live to adulthood! For the first time in history, over... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662699 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:45:03 +0100 3662699 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610388&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fchange-of-shift-at-makings-of-nurse.html The latest edition of Change of Shift is now up at blog called "The Makings of Nurse". After a hiatus, I actually managed to submit a blog post for this edition, and I look forward to hosting Change of Shift myself at the end of June. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610388 Fri, 28 May 2010 16:31:00 +0100 3610388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573727&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FNuIqzckTN8Y%2Fshout-outs_18.html Maria Gifford, Better Health, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.    You can read this week’s edition here. As newly-appointed content manager of Better Health and editorial assistant to Dr. Val Jones, I’ve been given the honor of hosting this edition of Grand Rounds — a weekly summary of the best health blog posts on the Internet. This week’s submissions cover a nice mix of issues important to health and medicine, which I’m presenting in alphabetical order (excuse my somewhat ultra-conservative ways, as I’m originally a product of the Mayo Clinic, and even after jumping ship nearly five years ago, I’m still affected due to my unchanged, self-inflicted physical location — I’ll find my social-media legs soon, I’m sure!) From geriatrics to Viagr... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573727 Tue, 18 May 2010 12:13:32 +0100 3573727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564045&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fchange-of-shift-at-muse-rn.html A Nurses' Week edition of Change of Shift is now up at Muse, RN. Please pay her a visit and read some of the best nurse blogging around. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564045 Fri, 14 May 2010 13:56:00 +0100 3564045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529821&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F2HuA8PPjV9s%2Fshout-outs.html Gruntdoc is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.   He just celebrated his 8th Blogiversary this past week!  You can read this week’s “First Non-Narcissist, Non-Personal Attention Getting Grand Rounds” edition here. I’m pleased to host this roving blog carnival, and thrilled suitably humbled to be the first 7 time host. Which is a terrible way to start this, the first Non-Narcissist, Non Personally Aggrandizing MedBlog Grand Rounds, and thanks for putting up with my first theme. 31 submissions from 23 submitters makes this theme viable, and well-attended. Editor’s Pick:  Where romance and medicine collide by Movin’Meat.  A tale you’ll retell.  Recommended by Musings of a Dinosaur. ………………………………………. Kim, Emergi... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529821 Tue, 04 May 2010 11:40:25 +0100 3529821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3522690&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fchange-of-shift-is-here-again.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, the premier nurse blog carnival, is now ready for your reading pleasure by clicking here. Enjoy, and one of these days I'll actually get around to contributing regularly again, myself! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3522690 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:09:00 +0100 3522690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487103&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FSJ6gyqRtbvA%2Fshout-outs_20.html Sterile Eye is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds Vol.6 No. 30 here at the Sterile Eye (photo credit). The theme for this edition is Visual Communication. Some of the posts address this more directly than others, so to harmonize form and content I have chosen to represent the submitted posts not by words, but by 450×150 pixels each. ………………………………………. Nurse Me is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 21) !   It is the first edition of the new year.  You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Welcome to this edition of Change of Shift. I’m sure you’ll all enjoy a little light reading after submitting ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487103 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:41:03 +0100 3487103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3475895&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fchange-of-shift-at-nurse-me.html Nurse Me, yet another nursing blog worth perusing, is hosting this week's edition of Change of Shift. Change of Shift is, of course, everyone's favorite nursing blog carnival. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3475895 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:14:00 +0100 3475895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440823&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fbh_Nlrrjukw%2Fshout-outs.html Today, April 6th, is World Physical Activity Day.  I didn’t know this before reading @DrVes’s tweet last week:  Run for your life - April 6 is World Physical Activity Day http://goo.gl/NshG This fits right into the theme for this week’s Grand Rounds chosen by the host Dave Munger, The Daily Monthly --  Fitness and Nutrition.   You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to the Grand Rounds — a weekly roundup of medical and health blogging, hosted on a different blog each week. This edition is volume 6, number 28 (click here for last week’s edition). Since this is fitness month on Daily Monthly, I asked this week’s participants to focus on nutrition and fitness where possible, and we got a great response. …………………………………�... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440823 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:33:28 +0100 3440823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3432954&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fapril-fools-change-of-shift.html Dr. Dean over at The Millionaire Nurse Blog has just published an April Fools Day edition of Change of Shift, everyone's favorite bi-weekly nursing blog carnival. And lo and behold, I even managed to submit an article this time! Pay a visit if you can! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3432954 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:01:00 +0100 3432954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420519&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FXzflWzsv2rs%2Fshout-outs_30.html Evan Falchuk, See First Blog, is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds – the health care blogosphere’s ultimate blog carnival. This week’s version is something special.  I asked for posts only about health care reform, and I am overwhelmed by the response.  Below are the leading voices of the health care blogosphere. It is the Mother of All Health Care Reform Blog Round-Ups. So, evacuate the dance floor- you’re about to be infected by the sound of health care reform blogging. ………………………………………. Nursing Student Chronicles  is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 19) ! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo cre... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420519 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:03:51 +0100 3420519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335420&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fmamatrauma-hosts-change-of-shift.html New nurse and blogger Mamatrauma is hosting Change of Shift this week. Please surf over and pay her a visit to read some of the freshest blogging by nurses on the web! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335420 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:20:00 +0100 3335420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298359&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FpjRdtQbNDdI%2Fshout-outs_23.html MD Whistleblower is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here. It’s been a while since I’ve attended a conventional medical Grand Rounds. These were events where a medical luminary would fly in to give a medical audience a state-of-the-art presentation on a medical subject. Ideally, the speaker was a thought leader and a researcher on the issue. These presentations were usually not a demonstration of the virtue of humility. We physicians, as a class, have generous egos. Academic physicians occupy a higher rung on the ego ladder. Medical Grand Rounders (MGRs), who are on the GR speaking circuit, often must bring their own ladders to assure they will be able to reach their desired atmospheric height. …………………………………�... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298359 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:39:25 +0100 3298359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298399&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2F8VitOdWnP3w%2F The ritual circle at change of shift. It’s called “giving report.” A photographer captured this image of student nurses standing at attention as they receive report from the off going shift. They are receiving report under the watchful eye of their instructor. Trust me. The students were quizzed about their patients after report. What the camera didn’t capture was the stampede of nurses running towards the elevator after their shift was over. It’s amazing how nurses catch their second wind when it’s time to go home. Giving report to the next shift is an art and it can take years to acquire the proper technique. Giving report requires good communication skills, diplomacy, and a sense of humor. Unit comedians deliver the best report. They use their witty sense of humor to ... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298399 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:42:48 +0100 3298399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254478&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FMLhNZc0L1tg%2Fshout-outs_09.html Edwin Leap is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds for February 9th.  How are you?  Sitting here, finalizing the posts, I am stricken by my utter inability to say anything nearly as entertaining as Dr. Rob did last week.  I mean, I don’t have a single llama picture to offer you!  I’m very disappointed in myself. So, I’ll try to intro this Grand Rounds with a reminder.  Let’s set the stage.  This morning, as I write this, my two cats are staring out the window at song-birds; happy not to be out in the frosty grass like their dog friends, but deep in their cat souls wondering ‘why am I here, what’s it all about?’  Later, of course, they’ll forget and bite each other... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254478 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:43 +0100 3254478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3157553&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhappy-new-year-from-change-of-shift.html The first edition for 2010 of Change of Shift, everyone's favorite nursing blog carnival, is up and running. I thought that I had submitted a post for this edition which is inaugurating the new year and new decade, but alas, I didn't make it this time. Still, there's plenty to read over there, so enjoy! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3157553 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:35:00 +0100 3157553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3126635&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FSEr_G4KevTI%2Fshout-outs_29.html  Dr. Ottematic is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). The end of the year is a time of reflection. We look forward to the years to come and look backwards, pondering our triumphs and tragedies. And, if you are anything like me, you might also look behind the dryer for that missing sock. In late December, the tradition is also to formalize our best intentions for the future, even if we know the process is futile. Though considered nearly a pointless exercise, with failure resulting in an even worse state than before we started, we make these resolutions annually. So, onto the blogs, grouped according to some of the classic New Year’s resolution themes. ………………………………….. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of t... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3126635 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:38:54 +0100 3126635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946980&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fhalloween-change-of-shift.html A thrilling edition of Change of Shift is up at Reality Rounds.....Enter if you dare..... (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946980 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:59:00 +0100 2946980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2943826&cid=t_113717_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fhalloween-edition-of-change-of-shift-is.html Change of Shift, the best each week of the nursing blog-o-sphere, is up this week over at Reality Rounds.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2943826 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:42:00 +0100 2943826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908627&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FuklqLRLFtKE%2Fshout-outs_20.html Sharp Brains  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s “brain and cognition” edition here. Encephalon (brain & mind blog carnival, edition ) finally meets Grand Rounds (health & medicine blog carnival). What a nice surprise. Hello. Nice to meet you! …………………………. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 8) ! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Greetings from Las Vegas! It’s the BlogWorld Expo edition of Change of Shift! Well, at least it’s being compiled in the same city. We have a new blogger again this edition, and an unintended ER theme seems to have arisen from the nursing blogosphere this week! ……………………... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908627 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:41:18 +0100 2908627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908685&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fchange-of-shift-direct-from-blogworld.html Here is a link to the latest edition of Change of Shift, sent from the BlogWorld/NewMedia Expo in Las Vegas by none other than Change of Shift founder, Kim of Emergiblog. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908685 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:27:00 +0100 2908685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865700&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F_A73qH287Ek%2Fshout-outs.html Pallimed is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read this week’s edition  here. Welcome to Grand Rounds, a weekly round-up of the best of the medical blogosphere.  We here at Pallimed (Drew, Lyle, Amy, Amber and myself) are honored to be hosting Grand Rounds for the 3rd time.  For the history books here are the 2007 (theme: prognostication) and 2008 editions.  The theme this week is "The Art of Medicine and Nursing" in honor of our sister blog Pallimed: Arts and Humanities. …………………………. Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 7) ! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. (photo credit) Welcome to the latest version of Change of Shift, the nursing blog carnival... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865700 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:39:03 +0100 2865700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851859&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fchange-of-shift-emerges-on-emergiblog.html Change of Shift, the blog carnival where nursing meets the web, has emerged once again on Emergiblog. Stop on over! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851859 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:05:00 +0100 2851859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2820255&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F8QVHCoe4vOE%2Fshout-outs_22.html Colin, Residency Notes, is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit).  Happy Birthday Grand Rounds! Grand Rounds is six years old. Considering things age in hyper dog years on the internet, that is a lifetime. What Nick Genes put together has been impressive. For the past year I’ve gotten to be a part of it. Today Grand Rounds, in my opinion, continues to serve an important function as part of the social network of medical bloggers. It continues to be a reference point for the medical blogosphere. It’s important; which is why I’m here putting this together at 3 am instead of sleeping prior to my call.   Medic 999 is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 6) !   You can find the sc... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2820255 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:49:54 +0100 2820255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2809724&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fchange-of-shift-at-medic-999.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, the famous nursing blog carnival, is up and ready for visiting at Medic 999. Pay a visit! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2809724 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:07:00 +0100 2809724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2803940&cid=t_113717_101_f&fid=38975&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicblog999.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F17%2Fmedic-999-welcomes-change-of-shift%2F Today I have the priviledge of hosting my first edition of Change of Shift, the blog carnival set up and run by Kim from Emergiblog, and designed to showcase nursing related blogs throughout the blogosphere. Its been a busy couple of weeks with hosting our very own EMS/ER carnival ‘The Handover’, then Grand Rounds, so I thought why not round it off with Change of Shift!! So, whats it doing here, I hear you all ask? Whats nursing got to do with Medic999 and Paramedicine and emergency care? First, I will deal with my bit. I qualified as a registered nurse in 1995 and practiced for 5 years before turning my hand to pre-hospital care. I have seen both sides of the coin, in hospital and out of hospital healthcare and I truly feel that my nursing background has given me a valuable i... Medic999 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2803940 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:09:21 +0100 2803940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796460&cid=t_113717_101_f&fid=38975&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicblog999.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F14%2Fbusy-busy-busy%2F No, not saving lives! Blog carnivals…..Who’s idea was it to host three carnivals in three weeks then??? Im working on Change of Shift for Thursday at the moment, so my usual blogging is taking a back step tonight. Talking about Change of Shift though, it’s looking decidedly short of nurse/nursing related stories from an EMS perspective. A couple of my esteemed EMS colleagues have sent in submission to join the Change of Shift family, but wheres the rest of you then?? I will accept submissions right up until 8pm Wednesday night (GMT), so get those fingers typing and lets embrace this opportunity to share our experiences (good, bad or indifferent) with our nursing, medical and allied health professional colleagues. (Source: Medic999) Medic999 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796460 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:55:15 +0100 2796460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774642&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FK315Z5sDLpk%2Fshout-outs_08.html Medic 999 is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  Next week I will be the host.  Please, send your posts to rlbatesmd@gmail.com with “Grand Rounds” in the subject line.  Include the title of the post and a correct link.  I will accept post up until noon CST Monday, September 14th.  There is no theme.  Thank you. You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). It’s the “paramedicine” edition. Welcome one and all to this weeks edition of Grand Rounds, which comes to you from the world of EMS blogs! It really is an honour to be hosting. I have only been blogging since the beginning of the year, but have been reading many of your blogs for the last couple of years, and its great to now be part of the medical blogosphere.   Amanda, this cr... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774642 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:56:25 +0100 2774642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2725052&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F22%2Fmanaging-upwards%2F Having no team to manage is often a blessing. I have to admit that I have had very few people reporting to me who have been troublesome, and the stories I hear from colleagues about the workshy, the incompetent, the people discovered working while off sick and so on are just that. I have had a few difficult staff; one who tended to cry during our one to ones without good reason, one who appeared to do little work and hated to be challenged about why this was the case and another when I was a district nurse who couldn’t understand why 4 inch heels might not have been a good idea. Dealing with people in these situations can be tricky, and what is more managing poor performance in the NHS doesn’t seem to be easily resolved – there is a balance of power that appears to lean m... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725052 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:18:48 +0100 2725052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688702&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fgpn-M3MgAAs%2Fshout-outs_11.html DrRich, The Covert Rationing Blog, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here (photo credit).  It’s the “cost containment in healthcare” edition. Critics of the Obama health (insurance) reform plan have been formally served notice that they are under observation, ……….. So, as he embarks on this week’s edition of Grand Rounds, DrRich would like to welcome any visitors who are here on behalf of such important surveillance efforts, and hasten to tell you that DrRich is on your side. Indeed, this version of Grand Rounds is dedicated to exploring the many ways in which the proposed health (insurance) reforms will succeed in all its goals, and most especially in achieving cost containment…….     The latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4,... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688702 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:49:51 +0100 2688702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670903&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fhappy-birthday-to-emergiblog.html I want to take this opportunity to say Happy Fourth Birthday to Kim and her blogging brain-child Emergiblog. Kim birthed Emergiblog four years ago, and like one of my blogger colleagues said in a recent email, she is a force to be reckoned with. Emergiblog is on the top of many lists of the best health, medicine and nursing blogs, and Kim has strengthened her spot as a top blogger by creating the inimitable and widely recognized Change of Shift, a blog carnival devoted---but not limited---to all things nursing. This is simply a moment to reflect on the gifts that Kim has given to the world with her passion for writing, blogging, Health 2.0 and nursing, and I thank her from the bottom of my heart for all she has done to advance our collective cause. Happy Birthday, Kim and Emergiblog---... Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670903 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:04:00 +0100 2670903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645327&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FBAQ03fwpb7g%2Fshout-outs_28.html Captain Atopic is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here.  He calls it the “Grand Rounds 5:45 - Le Tour de France Edition!” Where Grand Rounds is the Grand Tour of Medical Blogging, the Grand tour of Cycling is undoubtedly Le Tour de France, which concluded on Sunday in Paris. After three weeks of cycling, nearly 3,500km at an average speed above 40km/h, the peleton will ride up Paris' Champs Elysee's to the finish. Throughout the race, certain riders and teams will have reached their goals, revealed their future potential and achieved great triumphs. This week's Grand Rounds features some sterling examples of writing, all capable of Stage Victories, and some, much more. Welcome to the Tour...  (photo credit)   The latest edition of Change of Shift (... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645327 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:45:20 +0100 2645327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2588279&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fchange-of-shift-begins-year-four-of.html Change of Shift, nursing blog carnival extraordinaire, is celebrating it's third birthday and the beginning of it's fourth year of publication. I am honored that Bob the Nurse is once again featured in this week's edition, and perhaps Bob will receive more invitations to travel the country from this continued exposure. Speaking of Bob, please stop by his blog and check out his latest adventures in Hawaii. He leaves for Arkansas soon, so new travels and destinations await, and he will no doubt pop up on Change of Shift regularly! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2588279 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:55:00 +0100 2588279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2584265&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F09%2Fhappy-birthday-to-change-of-shift%2F Three years ago, Kim,  the queen of nursing blogs (as she has become know to us)came up with the most wonderful of ideas. Why not share blog posts written by nurses and others involved in healthcare across the world? As the world becomes an ever smaller place it has become apparent that while our health systems are different, many of the issues we face as nurses are very similar. Those similarities aren’t just that our patients have the same kind of problems, or that they concern us, irritate us and amuse us in the same way, but also that the professional issues we face are often similar. We all face an aging population of not just patients, but also nurses. We all have to consider the extent to which nursing boundaries can be pushed, the extent to which we celebrate the meaning of ... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2584265 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:49:15 +0100 2584265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556147&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fi5DyiLCH-EU%2Fshout-outs_30.html Dr Edwin Leap is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here. Great edition!Today is June 30, 2009. Which means, if I’m correct, that tomorrow is July 1st. And July 1st is the day that, all across the country, recent medical school graduates begin residencies in their assorted specialties. An amazing time, indeed! I remember it well. Standing around in a suit, listening to lectures, trying to figure out who was really smart and who was more like me. None of us knowing, by a long-shot, what we were embarking upon. The latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 26) is hosted by ReHabRN! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog. Welcome to the June 25, 2009 edition of Change of Shift. Many thanks to Kim at emergiblog for allowing me to host this edition.'Ti... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556147 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:20:08 +0100 2556147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473608&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fchange-of-shift-at-florence-dot-come.html There is an excellent new edition of Change of Shift over at Florence dot com. Please surf over and peruse this week's offerings from the premier nurse blogger carnival. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473608 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:26:00 +0100 2473608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447633&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FWot9zyqX3mE%2Fshout-outs.html Health Blawg is this week's host of Grand Rounds. You can read it here.  Great edition! June is bustin' out all over . . . .  Lord knows my nose knows it, thanks to all the pollen in the air these days.  Check out the classic movie rendition of this set piece (well worth the eight-minute investment), let your coffee and/or antihistamines kick in, and then let's dive into the past week's medblogging, loosely categorized into insights of patient bloggers, provider bloggers, bloggers I've met in real life (the number keeps growing), bloggers following the money trail through the health care thicket, and bloggers who are or should be dancing and/or shirtless (watch the whole movie clip . . . on second thought, let's leave it at dancing).   Having recently lost my mother,... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447633 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:42:56 +0100 2447633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2408545&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fchange-of-shift-and-bob-nurse.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, that nursing blog carnival we all love, is currently viewable at Emergiblog.I'm happy to report that our hero, Bob the Nurse, is prominently featured on Change of Shift once again, as is Digital Doorway.By the way, Bob is about to take a trip to California, where he will vacation with the kind and hospitable author of CodeBlog. We have no doubt that photos will start pouring in as he gallavants in the land of milk and honey. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2408545 Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2408545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389842&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FFD0PFuV1XeY%2Fshout-outs.html NurseAusmed is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  You can read it here. Welcome to Nursing Handover! This is my first time hosting Grand Rounds. I hope you enjoy your weekly medblog binge! I’ve chosen to present this week’s rounds without a theme, although a suggested topic for those with blogger’s block was “best (or worst) experience with inservice training, clinical education or CME”. All submissions have been included, with the best (in my highly subjective judgement) featured. Here at Nursing Handover I’ve been displaying some of the interesting images available under the Creative Commons licenses with posts. I’ve featured some more particularly evocative photography here.     The latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 22)  is hosted by Gin... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389842 Tue, 05 May 2009 15:55:21 +0100 2389842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348696&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fchange-of-shift-once-again.html The newest edition of Change of Shift---our favorite blog carnival with a nursing flavor---is up again at Emergiblog. I haven't contributed in months, and I must change that error forthwith!Pay Kim a visit and read what nurses have to say! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348696 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:49:00 +0100 2348696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2311840&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F_TM3Kci1MnI%2Fshout-outs.html Leslie, Getting Closer to Myself,  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  It is “the way life used to be” edition.  Read it here.    As I suggested in the call for submissions, the theme for this week’s Grand Rounds was loosely reflections on the way life used to be. For me, this theme was prompted by the fact that I have been a patient blogger for almost a year now, was diagnosed with lupus and rheumatoid arthritis almost a year ago to the day, and am finishing my second year of graduate school in a few weeks. When I think about the way life used to be, I automatically think about change, and the myriad ways in which my life has changed over the past few years. Based on all of the submissions I received, this theme seemed to strike a chord. Here is w... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2311840 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:56:18 +0100 2311840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2320465&cid=t_113717_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FraSHYCwTS_4%2F Three excellent new editions of these blog carnivals: - Encephalon at Neuroskeptic: brain and mind topics. - Grand Rounds at Running a Hospital: overall health and medicine, this week with special theme "when things go awry". - Change of Shift at EmergiBlog: nursing and related healthcare topics. blog, Blog Carnivals, brain, Change of Shift, encephalon, Grand Rounds, hhealth, medicine, mind, nursing (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2320465 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:59:34 +0100 2320465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2285856&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F4XX4wHiaRPE%2Fshout-outs_24.html Code Blog is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  It is a really “grand” edition.  Read it here.    Welcome!  This is fifth time I’ve hosted Grand Rounds here at code blog.  Although my previous four attempts were fairly creative, I decided to keep this edition simple.  All submissions were included - if you do not see yours here, I did not get it for some reason! The first post is one that I immediately balked at even including because the opening paragraph sounded absurd to me.  But the more I read, the more I realized there were some good points and it quickly became one of the more intriguing posts submitted.  Head over to Duncan Cross to read Don’t Walk and find out why research/fund-raising organizations are not as helpful to... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2285856 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:43:50 +0100 2285856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2287327&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fnewest-change-of-shift-ready-for-your.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, everyone's favorite nursing blog carnival, is available for your perusal at Emergiblog! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2287327 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:56:00 +0100 2287327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2211655&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FuRxd0QcwzR8%2Fshout-outs_24.html TBTAM is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  Her edition features food and medicine.  Read this edition here.   Welcome to Grand Rounds Vol 5, no 23!  We've got a wonderful pot luck menu of great posts from around the medical blogosphere, so sit right down and dig in!     The fourth edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 16) for 2009 is hosted by Amanda (This Crazy Miracle Called Life)!   It’s the “Valentine” edition. I hope you will check it out (photo credit).  You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog.    Medicine for the Outdoors has a nice post on “Naturally Occurring Toxins.” The best classification of natural toxins involves dividing the groups of toxin-containing organisms into poisonous a... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2211655 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:46:11 +0100 2211655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2160352&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fchange-of-shift-welcome-to-fishbowl.html In the days leading up to hosting this edition of Change of Shift, I gave a great deal of thought to the phenomena of the internet, blogging, Twitter, iPhones, Facebook, and the many technological advances that now keep us all connected and communicating.That said, as much as I love these manifestations of our Digital Age, I also see these forums as proverbial fish bowls in which we all stew ourselves in the waters of public communication, often rendering ourselves vulnerable and naked as the observing masses watch our every move.Over on Twitter, many of us now communicate in a "micro-blogging" format, using 140-word posts to get our message across to our myriad "followers". Twitter is, for all intents and purposes the newest digital fish bowl, and as more and more of us jump into the wate... Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2160352 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:01:00 +0100 2160352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2150760&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fchange-of-shift-at-digital-doorway-on.html I will be hosting Change of Shift, the premier nursing blog carnival, here on Digital Doorway on February 5th.There is no specific theme for this next edition of CoS, and I welcome submissions from any blogger, as long as the post has something to do with nursing, medicine, health, health policy, health care, health care reform, disabilities, social justice, human services, human relations, or the human condition in general. (So narrow, I know.....)Anyway, feel free to email me directly (my email is available through my Blogger profile), or submit via Blog Carnival, the user-friendly website for all things carnival. All submissions are due by noon on February 4th. Any submissions received after that time may or may not be included, depending on my mood, workload, and level of insomnia.Than... Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2150760 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:15:00 +0100 2150760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125288&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fchange-of-shift-is-up-at-emergiblog.html Change of Shift, the blog carnival of all things nursing, has a new edition available for your reading pleasure over at Emergiblog. Kim, the blogger extraordinaire who birthed Change of Shift, diligently keeps it going when guest hosts are not available. (By the way, Change of Shift will indeed be hosted here on Digital Doorway the first week of February!). (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125288 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:08:00 +0100 2125288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104896&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F510810207%2Fshout-outs_13.html Barbara, In Sickness and In Health, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. The theme began as “connections” and organized into sci-fi films.  You can read this excellent edition here (phto credit). The (optional) theme I suggested for this Grand Rounds was connections -- connections among people, groups, ideas, opinions, facts, devices, places, events, just about anything. ……….. One area of connection that has fascinated me for decades is the realm of science fiction films. Sci-fi films connect the past, the present, and the future; our darkest fears and loftiest hopes; the devastation humans cause and the healing we bring; the divine and the utterly outrageous. Here's a confession. For the past twenty seven years I have attended the annual 24 hour science fiction film f... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104896 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:17:23 +0100 2104896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2094801&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fcrzegrl-hosts-change-of-shift.html CRZEGRL, a venerable blogger and courageous flight nurse, is hosting this week's Change of Shift, the blog carnival of all things nursing. It's certainly worth a perusal, even if you only have time to read one or two entries. Blog carnivals are an amazing phenomenon, in that they are online magazines bursting with content and connections to blogs you might otherwise never find on your own (at least not all at the same time). (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2094801 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:02:00 +0100 2094801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2075461&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F498582848%2Fshout-outs_30.html Moneduloides is this week's host of Grand Rounds. It’s the “Darwin” edition!  You can read it here (photo credit).   Welcome to Grand Rounds 5.13: At the interface of evolution and medicine, a celebration of blogging on the myriad ways evolutionary biology influences medicine. Why evolution and medicine, you may ask? Why now? Well, in anticipation of the new year, of course; 2009 marks the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On The Origin of Species, and the one thing that just doesn’t get as much recognition as it should is the role of evolutionary biology in both research and clinical medicine.   The Christmas edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 13) is now up over at Nurse Ratched's Place !  It’s a grand ed... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2075461 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:50:50 +0100 2075461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2035583&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fmarijke-hosts-change-of-shift.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, our favorite nurse blog carnival, is ready for reading at Marijke: Nurse Turned Writer. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2035583 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:02:00 +0100 2035583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2006684&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F472437054%2Fshout-outs.html This article from the American College of Surgeons' monthly newsmagazine Surgery News pricked my interest. Dr Ernest Block, director of the trauma program at Orlando Regional Medical Center, tries to make a case for the "regionalization" of acute care surgery. In English, this means he wants to justify life-flighting acute appendicitis and hot gallbladders out of surrounding community hospital ER's and depositing them at the doorstep of the glorious Orlando Level I Trauma Center. Dr. Block rationalizes this proposed plundering with an economic argument. then check out this post (Inexorable Trend) by Movin’ Meat as he continues the dialogue I can't add much to Buckeye's commentary -- it's dead-on. This is a play for dollars and training cases, and completely unjustified from ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2006684 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:53:10 +0100 2006684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1998918&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fthanksgiving-change-of-shift.html The Thanksgiving edition of Change of Shift, everyone's favorite nursing blog carnival, is ready for your perusal at the blog of RehabRN. Enjoy! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1998918 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:28:00 +0100 1998918 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1976077&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F457139004%2Fshout-outs_18.html Dr Deb  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   The “iPod” edition! You can read it here (photo credit). Welcome to Grand Rounds 5.9 - a weekly rotation of blogposts in the medical and health fields. I am delighted to be your host again, and present to you the following for your listening pleasure.     Emily, CrzeGrl, Flight Nurse, is the host of the current issue of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 10).   You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog.  Go check it out (photo credit) Welcome to Change of Shift Vol. 3, No. 10. I have the honor and privilege to be co-hosting this edition with his excellence Zippy the Lobster! For those of you unaware of Zippy’s adventures in his quest to raise money for Children’s Bra... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1976077 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:38:16 +0100 1976077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1960635&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fchange-of-shift-is-up-at-crzegrl.html A new edition of Change of Shift, everyone's favorite nursing blog carnival, is up over at Crzegrl, Flight Nurse, complete with one video offering, a new twist on the blogging paradigm. Enjoy! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1960635 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:11:00 +0100 1960635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933493&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F442059825%2Fshout-outs.html Mother Jones, Nurse Ratched’s Place, is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   The election edition! You can read it here (photo credit). Welcome to Election Day at Grand Rounds. I want to thank Colin and Dr. Val for allowing me to serve as host. I needed the diversion. I don’t know about you, but I’m glad that this election season is coming to an end. Hopefully we will know who our next president is by the end of the night. Pray that no one finds any hanging chads!   Amanda, This Crazy Miracle Called *Life*, is the host of the current issue of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 9).   You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog.  Go check it out (photo credit) We have some fabulous reads today... a few quite creepy to satisfy the occasion... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933493 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:25:51 +0100 1933493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1924463&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fhalloween-change-of-shift.html A scary Hallowe'en edition of Change of Shift is ready to spook you over at Crazy Miracle. Visit if you dare......and Happy Hallowe'en. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1924463 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:52:00 +0100 1924463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1906399&cid=t_113717_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F430063963%2F If you are a blogger or read blogs often, you know that there are a good number of excellent blog carnivals focused on specific themes. If you are interested in medicine, you know what carnival to visit. Education, the same. Biology, neuroscience, nursing, birds, aging, philosophy...a variety of topics are very well covered in the blogosphere. What you probably haven't come across is a high-quality "metacarnival" or "carnival of carnivals", where you can read the best blog posts ACROSS topics, subjects, disciplines. This is why a few blog carnival "organizers" are launching next Monday a monthly rotating "MetaCarnival" to feature the most interesting posts from a variety of high-quality blog carnivals. Participating blog carnivals so far, alphabetica... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1906399 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:08:52 +0100 1906399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1895879&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F427408401%2Fshout-outs_21.html Christian Sinclair, M.D., Pallimed, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. Nice edition! You can read it here. Welcome to another edition of Grand Rounds (v 5.5), the best of the medical blogosphere. Below I have taken the liberty to edit down to what I considered the most provocative, most interesting, or most literary posts published in the last week. I have included all submissions in the first comment of this post so that everyone can see all the posts submitted. (As far as the topic of changing goals of care, there were not enough posts that really focused on the topic so it will be shelved until next time.) Mother Jones RN (Nurse Ratched's Place) is the host of the current issue of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 8). It is the Be True to Your School Edition! Go check it out. (photo c... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1895879 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:00:58 +0100 1895879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1891950&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fchange-of-shift-goes-to-nursing-school.html The latest edition of Change of Shift (that nursing blog carnival that we love) is up and ready for your perusal over at Nurse Ratched's Place. Please pay the good nurse a visit if you can.The home page of Change of Shift can be found here. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1891950 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:01:00 +0100 1891950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883307&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2F422249965%2F Welcome to Change of Shift. Nursing school is hard work. We all had our good days and our bad days, but we somehow made it through nursing school despite our bad hair days. Check out this picture. That’s me taking care of Snoopy back in 1977. Thank God I had my cap to cover that hideous perm! I got this picture out of my school yearbook. Pictures from yearbooks can do a couple of things.  They can come back to haunt us as well as teach us about the history of the nursing profession. The following photographs come from yearbooks from my personal collection. Come join me for Be True to Your School Week at Change of Shift.   My goodness, check out those bones! These nursing students look intense, and they are praying that they don’t bomb their next anatomy and physiology exam. Trus... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883307 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:25:28 +0100 1883307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1859915&cid=t_113717_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2F413737497%2Fshout-outs.html   M.D.O.D.  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  Nice edition!  You can read it here (photo credit).  "Outta the way, fancy boy! I'm a-commandeering this here clown car!" Thanks everyone for visiting for MDOD's first hosting of internet medblog Grand Rounds. Folks have asked if there is a theme for this week and since I'm new to this the answer is... well, maybe. I am going to post everything that was sent to me and some stuff we found. I hope you enjoy it.   Keith (NurseLinkUp) is the host of  the current issue of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 7).  It is the Autumnal Edition!  Go check it out.  (photo credit)   We are calling this The Autumn Harvest Change of Shift, and we encourage you to sit back, relax, and take i... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1859915 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:42:11 +0100 1859915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1844647&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fautumn-harvest-change-of-shift.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, hosted by yours truly over on Nurse LinkUp, is now up and running for your reading pleasure. Please pay us a visit! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1844647 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:46:00 +0100 1844647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1839426&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fblogworldexpo09-medblogger-poll-is-up-and-running.html Yeah, it’s finally up! The list of topics for BlogWorld09 is up! I voted already! Go ahead and vote now - choose eight topics you would like to see. *** How to vote: 1. Click on “Comment” at the bottom of the poll. 2. Click on the “Vote” tab. You should then be able to pick your eight topics. 3. If you are asked to enter a password (as the poll is private), it is “blog”. *** The eleventh topic, Networking Outside the Medical Blogosphere, could not be added to the list, but you can still vote for it by sending me a comment or an email and I’ll keep track. Voting goes on until the end of November The list has been placed in random order to avoid any personal bias on my part. ******************** Don’t forget that Keith (Digital Doorway) ... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1839426 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:46:29 +0100 1839426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1812696&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fnurse-linkup-to-host-change-of-shift.html Hear ye! Hear ye! Nurse LinkUp will be the host of the next edition of Change of Shift, (the premier blog carnival for nurse bloggers) which will be posted in its glorious entirety on October 2nd, 2008. Deadline for submissions is high noon on Tuesday, 9/30/08. Please email all entries to nursekeith@gmail.com. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1812696 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:49:00 +0100 1812696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1777573&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fan-applequack-grand-rounds.html I know, I know. The actual theme of this week’s Grand Rounds over at Applequack.com is “The Sound of Music”. But how could I resist a reason to use a photo of THE Apple on the blog? After all, Dr. Cris writes about Apple and medical stuff, right? And besides, I have a horrible confession to make. “The Sound of Music” is not one of my favorite movies. I’ve tried, really, I’ve tried. Hubby says it’s because it doesn’t star Jeff Goldblum and/or Will Smith. Yeah, right! ******************** The next Change of Shift makes its appearance on September 18th at crzegrl.net. You can submit by using the (very handy) Blog Carnival link on the right sidebar or send your submissions to “emily at crzegrl dot net”. If you send them to me I... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1777573 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:05:15 +0100 1777573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1768861&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fchange-of-shift-goes-pulp-fiction.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, everyone's favorite nurse blog carnival, is now up and at 'em at Nurse Ratched's Place. (Even yours truly got in on the action this time.) Enjoy! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1768861 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:05:00 +0100 1768861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1759853&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2F382931047%2F Welcome to pulp fiction week at Change of Shift. I want to thank Kim from Emergiblog for allowing me to serve as host. You may think that Dr. Duane is obsessed with his nurse, but I think the good doctor is obsessed with blogging. He’s just leaning into his nurse so he can tell her about his latest post. Or not. Everyone has an obsession. If you’re familiar with Emergiblog, you know that Kim is obsessed with Star Bucks coffee, rock and roll music, and giving excellent patient care. Check out Kim’s call to arms. She’s mad as heck, and she wants nurses to start taking back the nursing profession. It seems like a lot of people are having delusions. Doctor Sarah Reagan thought that people didn’t like her because she was a woman and a doctor. Little did she know that is was all in... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1759853 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:27:24 +0100 1759853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739070&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2F376260834%2F If you don’t know by now, I really love old pulp fiction nursing books. My favorite books are the original Harlequin Romance books. Take this one for example. Meet Dr. Luke Spencer. No, he’s not related to the Luke Spencer from General Hospital. Dr. Spencer may own his own hospital, but he really needs to modernize his healthcare facility. Maybe he can start by buying latex gloves. Those look pretty gross. Dr. Spencer and his friends are going to stop by Nurse Ratched’s Place for the next Change of Shift on September 4th. Please send in your submission to motherjonesrn AT yahoo Dot Com by September 2nd. I want to hear from you! Nurse Ratched's Place is Sponsored by allnurses.com - Where Nurses Come Together (Source: Nurse Ratched's Place) Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739070 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:56:35 +0100 1739070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1731897&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2Falas-grand-rounds-i-know-them-well.html Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt Grand Rounds. I hope Will shall pardon my paraphrase of Hamlet’s words in Act II, scene ii. Hamlet totally rocks, as does Teresa at Rural Doctoring for the Shakespeare theme of this week’s Grand Rounds! And just for the record, Lawrence Olivier gives the best performance of Hamlet I’ve ever seen ( with all due respect to Kenneth Branagh), although the critics of Olivier’s time disagree with me. I wonder what Zippy thinks? ******************** Rima from The Doctor Blogger has submitted a proposal called The 3G Project to the American Express Members Project. The projects that get the most votes will be funded. Rima does not receive the money, but the institution ad... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1731897 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:59:40 +0100 1731897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1723427&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fchange-of-shift-vol-3-no-4.html Yes, folks, it's happened again! Change of Shift, our favorite blog carnival representing the nursing profession and those who love (and hate) it, is up and at 'em. Please click here to begin your journey into some of the best blogging by nurses on the blogosphere. We guarantee that you will find at least one blog post that really speaks to you! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1723427 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:00:00 +0100 1723427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1715848&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fdewey-or-dont-we-grand-rounds-goes-to-the-library.html Ever wonder what we did before the internet? You’re looking at it. The Dewey Decimal System. If you have to look it up, you’re too young to remember it. Let’s put it this way: it gave Kerri at Six Until Me a nightmare. A nightmare that became the theme for this week’s Grand Rounds! Melvil Dewey would be proud! ******************** I’d like to thank Scrubs Gallery for their continued support of Emergiblog. You guys rock, and the site gets better and better! ***** The Healthcare Today site is growing fast! I’m proud to be in the company of some pretty heavy hitting bloggers over there, and you can easily sign up. Then, you can submit your own posts to the headlines and vote on those already there. It’s not only a quick look at the blogosphere topics,... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1715848 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:52:14 +0100 1715848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1687749&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fchange-of-shift-volume-3-number-3.html Welcome back to Change of Shift! Many thanks to those who have signed up to host CoS - the page is updated, as is Blog Carnival . If you’d like to host (don’t be shy, it isn’t hard!), drop me an email (Contact button is up top). A very fast two weeks has passed since the last edition and many contributions have been received, so let’s dive in! ****************************** Keith at Digital Doorway submits the first post of his Value Care, Value Nurses nurse blogger scholarship series with a look at The Nursing Shortage: A Global Crisis, Close to Home. Sobering statistics, and a great overview of the contribution of nurses to health care systems everywhere. Is there hope? Also, if you haven’t done so already, check out NurseLinkUp - Keith is a major part of th... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1687749 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:19:35 +0100 1687749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1688985&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fchange-of-shift-vol-3-no-3.html The newest edition of Change of Shift, that wonderful blog carnival for all things nursing, is now up over at Kim M's Emergiblog. Please surf on over and read to your heart's delight! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1688985 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:16:00 +0100 1688985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1681268&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fgrand-rounds-brought-to-you-by-cheesy-poofs.html I’ve seen some fun Grand Rounds themes over the last few years, but this one takes the cake…or the cheesy poofs! In honor of the theme chosen by Jake at Pure Pedantry , I’ve co-opted the South Park theme (with apologies in advance to Matt and Trey…) I’m goin’ down to Grand Rounds gonna have myself a time. Friendly bloggers everywhere posting perfect posts on health care. Grand Rounds read at Starbucks, gonna leave my housework woes behind. Ample parking day or night, people shouting GIVE ME LATTES! Clicking links at Grand Rounds gonna see if I can’t find, Funny, poignant, information - add my share of commentation So come on down to Grand Rounds and meet some friends of mine! ******************** Okay! I have put up the Change of Shift schedule th... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1681268 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:25:32 +0100 1681268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1652303&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fchange-of-shift-vol-3-no-2.html Change of Shift is up once again at Emergiblog. Kim gives thanks to everyone who contributed, and also to those who contributed and don't yet know it. ( I happen to be one who forgot to send in a submission but somehow Kim got me in there, anyway!)Please stop by and see what's new in the nursing blogosphere. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1652303 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:35:00 +0100 1652303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1647722&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fchange-of-shift-new-year-new-logo-vol3-no-2.html Welcome to Volume 3, Number 2 of Change of Shift! New year, new logo! I tried, I really tried, to make a logo that wasn’t blue but I just could not do it. I just love blue on blogs! Many thanks to all who have contributed this week, and to those who contributed but don’t realize it yet! As soon as I am done with this edition, I will be updating the CoS calendar to run through the end of the year. If you are interested in hosting an edition, just let me know! ******************** I’m going to start off with a nurse blogger who is so new, she only has three posts! Meet FlautoNP, a nurse practitioner who is also a flautist! She posts a hilarious video that happens to be The Best Way to Learn Arrythmias. Be sure to watch it to the very end. (She will also be rather surprised ... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1647722 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:02:22 +0100 1647722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1648979&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fgrand-rounds-celebrates-its-200th.html The 200th edition of Grand Rounds (the first and most famous medical blog carnival on the Internet) is now up for your reading pleasure at the popular medical blog, Grunt Doc.For those of you not yet acquainted with blog carnivals, they are like online magazines usually devoted to a particular subject, featuring links to posts by multiple bloggers, and usually "hosted" by a different blogger every month. Change of Shift is a nursing blog carnival founded by Kim over at Emergiblog , an award-winning nursing blog of which I am exceedingly fond. For a directory of blog carnivals, visit Blog Carnival , a clearinghouse for such online wonders. Do you want to pass some time reading some of the best writing by and about the healthcare field? Grand Rounds and Change of Shift are the places to star... Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1648979 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:14:00 +0100 1648979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1644309&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34615&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergiblog.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fgrand-rounds-grand-announcements.html The only thing missing from this picture is the coffee cup! Our one-and-only Grunt Doc takes on hosting duties for Grand Rounds for the sixth time (and yes, the April Fool’s edition counted!). This marks the 200th edition! Be sure to read from the bottom up. My post is the last one in the list. (I have no shame…) ********** Change of Shift is Thursday, and right now I have a lot of submissions from….people who are not nurses! Now, I’ve been reading and I know you all have a post you are just dying to submit, so take a moment and shoot me a link in an email! Right up top - the “Contact” button and Blog Carnival are just waiting to ferry your submission across the sea of cyberspace. You can’t hide, I know where you blog! ******************** Congrat... Emergiblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1644309 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:55:51 +0100 1644309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1446064&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F16%2Fchange-of-shift-5%2F Great news, it is time for Change of shift again, this time hosted by Dr Emer over at Parallel Universes, there are some great posts once again. I for one am looking forward to having a good read over this weekend! More from me later! (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1446064 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:23:54 +0100 1446064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1411765&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F01%2Fchange-of-shift-volume-2-number-22%2F Welcome to the May Day edition of Change of Shift where we will be exploring the different origins of this day across the world and what is more linking (sometimes tenuously) to some great nursing (and medical) blogs along the way. Sean from Nurse Sean (dot) com set the bar extremely high in the last edition with his tour around Europe, so lets see if we can go some way to matching his standards (do you sense a competitive edge here?) There are two distinct themes or origins for May Day which will become clear in the fullness of time, and it gives me the chance to start off with some of the more light hearted and frivolous stories that I have to share with you and then to move onto the more serious and thought provoking. Did you know that May Day (1st May) has been celebrated since ancie... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1411765 Thu, 01 May 2008 08:20:43 +0100 1411765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1396222&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F24%2Fchange-of-shift-submissions%2F I have had a few queries about where to send submissions for next week’s Change of Shift. Email them to me at: lifeinthenhs@btinternet.com The next edition will be published here on Thursday 1 May (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1396222 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:55:04 +0100 1396222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1377970&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F17%2Fa-european-tour-for-change-of-shift%2F What more can you ask for when you are taking a day’s rest from work? Nurse Sean, who hosting Change of Shift this week, is the answer to a girl’s prayers as not only does he have some great posts this week, but he does it through the medium of travel. I am happy to say I have visited a few of the places he features, but certainly not all. Lets hope on his part he gets the chance to do that travelling he would love. My advice Sean is 30 is a great age to take in the sights of Europe! I am the next host of this wonderful blog carnival, what a hard act to follow! (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1377970 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:08:07 +0100 1377970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349541&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F03%2Fchange-of-shift-from-a-new-dimension%2F I wouldn’t call myself a trekkie as such, but no child of the 60’s and 70’s can have failed to have noticed Star Trek. So lets do a time check - Star date, April 3 2008 and with Captain James T Kirk at the ready, Scottie ready to beam us up, nurse Chapel in the sick bay with Mr spock and his fellow vulcans it is time to get over to Nurse Ratched’s  Place for the latest Edition of change of Shift. The bad news for me is that I am hosting on 1 May (well that of course is good news) because I am now wondering how on earth I am going to come close to this one? (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349541 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:43:17 +0100 1349541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1316636&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fchange-of-shift-vol-2-no-19.html The newest edition of Change of Shift is now available for your reading pleasure. Change of Shift, the brain-child of Kim McAllister at Emergiblog, brings you some of the best blogging by nurses anywhere in the blogosphere. I highly recommend a perusal, and many thanks to Kim for keeping Change of Shift active and dynamic. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1316636 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:10:00 +0100 1316636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1215288&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F07%2Frant-alert-theres-a-hole-in-my-road%2F Whatever has happened to our roads? I am not referring here to the amount of traffic on them, though I certainly could have a bit of a moan about that, no I am talking about holes here. This morning I dropped teen son at his friends’ so they could walk together in a social matey kind of way. This particular road is long and also subject to many road calming humps (but that is yet another road story) and now it also contains many (and I mean many) large pot holes. Onto the main road and again all of a sudden numerous holes seem to have appeared. On one roundabout I have to go round most mornings there are now so many holes it is a wonder I don’t actually sink down one of them. Our roads are fixed by the county council to whom we pay more than enough council tax, but while drivin... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1215288 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:55:37 +0100 1215288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1179099&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F26%2Fthe-frustrations-of-blogging%2F Generally I have found wordpress.com to be a pretty good blogging host. It is simple and it is free. It can be very annoying when you want to sign up for particular services elsewhere (like those shoutbox things and one recent site that is meant to drive traffic) only to find that they don’t work here. But generally I am able to cope with those frustrations, after all this is simple and it’s free. But when you write a detailed post with loads of links, when you spend an hour when you should be doing something else deciding what to write and then tapping away on your computer it is very very and even another very frustrating when the post disappears into the ether with just the title of the post to let you know that it ever existed. For some time I have been wondering about buyi... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1179099 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:38:34 +0100 1179099 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1094164&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F14%2Fa-pre-christmas-change-of-shift%2F   Kim from Emergiblog has some great posts on the blog carnival, change of shift, this week so I suggest you get over there and take a look. If it is nursing you are interested in or indeed if you are a nurse then you should also go over to Nursing Voices, the great online forum. There are some great discussions going on there! I find it a great place to find out about nursing across the world and of course to join the debate. (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1094164 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:19:26 +0100 1094164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1061034&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F30%2Fwant-to-read-about-nursing-in-2007%2F Well get yourself over to change of Shift. When I started blogging just over 2 years ago there weren’t that many nurse bloggers. Kim from Emergiblog and myself started around the same time and of course hers is now one of the top nursing blogs in the blogsphere. One of the best ways to get a view of the range of what is being written by nurses and about nurses can be found in the fortnightly blog carnival hosted by Kim. One of the great things for me is to find out about nursing in different specialties but also in different parts of the world. As in pretty much all areas of life, the English spoken in different places has different meanings and interpretations and that is true within nursing. I often need a dictionary of both words and acronyms to read some of the US nursing blogs, ... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1061034 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:20:38 +0100 1061034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=819505&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Froundup-at-change-of-shift.html The newest version of Change of Shift---that venerable carnival of nurse bloggers---is now up and running at Nurse Ratched's Place, with a Western theme. Yours truly is even included this time, relaxing in a crowded tavern. So grab your lasso and enjoy the roundup! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=819505 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:22:00 +0100 819505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=818786&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F23%2Fchange-of-shift-and-other-stuff%2F This week’s edition of Change of shift, which you can read now over at Nurse Ratched’s Place contains some great posts, presented around a wild west theme. What is particularly great for me is discovering some new blogs that I hadn’t read before, and what is more learning some new stuff as well as being entertained. To think that 2 years ago I barely knew what a blog was, let alone that so many nurses, doctors and others were around sharing parts of their work and home lives with us. At the beginning of next week I reach the milestone of 2 years as a blogger and boy has that time gone quickly. I have in the past started diaries at various times but have never carried them on, and I expected that this blog would become another short term attempt. Instead I have found that ... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=818786 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:38:07 +0100 818786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707160&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fsecond-year-of-change-of-shift-begins.html The second year of Change of Shift, that most revered of nurse blogger compendiums, is now ready for your enjoyment at NursingLink, the newest cyber community for nurses. Please feel free to have a gander, and also take a look at NursingLink while you're at it.Thanks, and a happy weekend to all! (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707160 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:30:00 +0100 707160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675477&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F15%2Fchange-of-shift-4%2F This week’s edition of Change of shift is up at Nurse Ratched’s Place. This is a very special edition because Change of Shift is a whole year old. I personally would like to thank Kim from emergiblog for starting this wonderful Blog Carnival, and all of those people who have contributed such wonderful examples of nursing practice and health related stories through the year. I myself hosted last November, and found out how complicated it is to do so, but also how popular Change of Shift is. Hopefully now I am finished my Masters I will be able to contribute more, and perhaps host again in the near future!           (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675477 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:54:44 +0100 675477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675112&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fchange-of-shift-at-one-year.html Change of Shift, the blog carnival for all things nursing, has reached the venerable age of one year. While I have contributed posts sporadically, I have never taken on the task of hosting, and I salute all those who have done so, as well as those who contribute more consistently than I. If you wish to see the newest edition, which marks one year of this excellent venue for nurse bloggers, click here.Congratulations to Kim at Emergiblog for her accomplishments, and here's to many more years of nurse bloggers' voices being heard loud and clear. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675112 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:09:00 +0100 675112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620186&cid=t_113717_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fits-time-for-change-of-shift-again.html This one of my regularly irregular posts to invite you, dear Reader, to surf over to the newest version of Change of Shift, that venerable compendium of some of the best nurse-blogging around. Even so, they have been kind enough to include one of my posts for publication. Who could ask for more? (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620186 Fri, 18 May 2007 00:23:00 +0100 620186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=554449&cid=t_113717_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F19%2Fchange-of-shift-3%2F   The latest edition of Change of Shift is up at BlissfulEntropy Erica has chosen a great bunch of nursing blog posts for this weeks edition despite being involved in opening a new hospital ED department next week! (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=554449 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:21:12 +0100 554449