Nursing Novellas

a blog by Amy Glenn Vega

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Ray What?

Feb 25, 2010 7:48am

My day got off to a bad start. On the way to work, I pinched a nerve in my neck. It was excruciating. I couldn’t turn my head or lift my arm. In the office, I made my to-do list for the day and tried to figure out how and...

Santa Fe Chicken: A Tale of a Free Bird

Feb 16, 2010 7:34am

My home state of North Carolina is one of the largest producers of poultry in the nation. There is a big packing plant near my home, and I often see trucks hauling broiler hens by the hundreds off to slaughter. Santa Fe Boulevard is a particularly precarious area for those...

GRIN AND BEAR IT: FUN AT WORK

Jan 20, 2010 6:25am

I had lunch today at one of those delightfully tacky restaurants. Things were a little bit slow at this place, which I’ll just call Joe Schmoe’s. I think there were, at most, four tables occupied. How happy the wait staff seemed each time another one of those tables filled up! ...

Old Pictures, Old Stories

Jan 11, 2010 11:13am

My grandfather died around three o’clock on a Friday afternoon. My grandmother sat at his bedside, clutching his hands as he took his last breath. My father and uncle stood stoically in opposite corners of the room. They grieved in their own quiet way. My aunts sat at the foot...

Confessions of a Mean Girl

Jan 5, 2010 6:26am

(*Names have been changed) Her name was Teresa.* She hovered in front of the double doors each morning while waiting for the school bell to ring, always alone. Just like me. As an overweight kid with glasses, frizzy red hair, freckles and an albuterol inhaler permanently attached to my hand, I was...

Miracle: A short story by Amy Glenn Vega

Dec 21, 2009 6:22am

MIRACLE A short story by Amy Glenn Vega The morning comes, and I awaken to the sound of heavy panting and the smell of kibble breath. I turn my head to find a big, black dog lying next to me. “DOWN!” I shout fiercely. He looks at me with sweet, pleading eyes. “I got you...

Nursing Novellas Review: Mary Holtschneider

Nov 30, 2009 7:42am

by Mary E. Holtschneider, RN, BSN, BC, MPA, NREMT-P Amy Glenn Vega’s two nursing novellas, “Lions and Tiger and Nurses” and “Broken Heart”, take us through the lives of nurses at the fictional North Carolina Dogwood Regional Medical Center, Med Surg South nursing unit. Each of the nurses is at a different...

The Nursing Site Blog: Nursing Novellas Offer Unique Teaching Tool

Nov 19, 2009 12:31pm

by Kathy Quan, RN BSN PHN Two issues that are major players in the nursing world are loss and grief and lateral violence (aka nurses eat their young). For new nurses, these can be problems that make or break a career. For those who are burned out and having trouble coping with...

Lateral Violence and Conflict: What’s the difference?

Nov 2, 2009 10:32am

Here’s a little experiment for you to try out: Walk into any setting in which nurses work, and say the words lateral violence. Then watch what happens. If your experience is anything like mine has been, here are some of the responses you’ll get: “I hate that term.” “We...

Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown

Nov 1, 2009 11:37am

AMEDNews:Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown A survey of physician and nurse executives raises questions on how to implement zero-tolerance policies required by the Joint Commission. By AMY LYNN SORREL, amednews staff. Posted Nov. 16, 2009. One group of nurses banded together to try to get a physician unfairly disciplined, while another...