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Racial Profiling: The Ghost of Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi

Jan 25, 2010 12:59pm

Portrait by Ansel Adams, 1943 My mother told me to never talk about religion or politics in public. She said it is impolite, but I have to speak up. The woman in this picture is Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi. Look at her closely. Nurse Hamaguchi is the face...

New Year’s Resolutions and Nursing Jobs

Jan 5, 2010 1:50pm

This nurse looks like she’s charting, but she might be fooling you. Perhaps she’s writing down her New Year’s resolutions. I’ve noticed a lot of nurses doing that around this time of the year when they are at work. The number one resolution during a bad shift...

Best Video Ever For Breast Cancer Awareness

Dec 28, 2009 5:32pm

I found this video over at Diary of a Trauma Nurse. The video was done at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. Put your dancing shoes on. It’s time to boogie! Best Video Ever For Breast Cancer Awareness – Nurse Ratched's Place Best Video Ever For Breast...

Happy Holidays in the Kitchen

Dec 24, 2009 11:07am

It looks like the girls have been busy cooking Christmas dinner for their patients in the hospital kitchen. Really. Some hospitals will do anything to save a buck. Anyway, it looks like everyone is having fun. Wishing you happy holidays from Nurse Ratched’s Place. Happy Holidays in...

Al Franken Shuts Down Joe Lieberman on the Senate Floor

Dec 17, 2009 2:31pm

Priceless……… Al Franken Shuts Down Joe Lieberman on the Senate Floor – Nurse Ratched's Place Al Franken Shuts Down Joe Lieberman on the Senate Floor – Nurse Ratched's Place...

Politicians Meddle with Iowa’s Mental Health System.

Dec 16, 2009 6:23pm

I took this picture a couple of years ago during a trip to Iowa. This is the old Clarinda Asylum for the Insane. The name was changed for obvious reasons a long time ago to the Clarinda Treatment Complex. I grew up in Iowa, so let me tell...

Time to Save Some Money

Dec 11, 2009 10:33am

Check these old gals out. Love the cute nursing caps. They look so dainty. Turn of the century nurses knew how to stretch a buck. They did all the work in the hospital. They cooked for their patients, did housekeeping chores, and whatever else they had...

Just One More Word About Plastics

Dec 4, 2009 10:12am

This is Dustin Hoffman in “The Graduate.” He was getting some advise from an old family friend. Do you remember this scene? Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you -just one word. : : : Ben: Yes sir. : : : Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? : :...

Pink Research: Undercutting Women’s Health

Nov 23, 2009 12:26pm

I thought I was going to hit a Jersey wall last week while I was driving into work. Yes, I drive like a Mario Andretti on the Beltway, but that had nothing to do with it. It was all NPR’s fault. I was listening to the radio at 4...

What’s New?

Nov 23, 2009 6:23am

Nurse, your patient is not a pineapple. I found this ad for a grocery store on the Internet. The new store owners wanted to reassure old customers that they would continue the store’s tradition of caring for their fresh produce. I didn’t know that nursery nurses could subspecialize in...