Nurses, rightfully so, have one of the highest trust/respect ratings of any profession in society. But like any profession, they're not immune to frustrations with their patients.
Here's a humourous look at some of them via a forwarded e-mail my mom (a nurse) sent to Shea (also a nurse):
Oscar turned 20 weeks today. Happy birthday uteroversary, baby! Jill recently pointed out my love of lists (if you ask me, lists are the letters of the 21st century) and so here's another one for the collection…FIVE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT PREGNANCY1. Nobody ever tells you how scary the first trimester is. You hear […]
Amanda Etches Johnson did a post today where she mentioned the “Top 10 Blog Usability Mistakes”. I'd seen this before and intended to do something in response but never got around to it. But there's no time like the present.1. No Author BiographyWell, contrary to some people who think this blog is purely an exercise […]
This site is one I rediscovered looking back through my MetaFilter comments. The author makes excellent use of brief MP3 clips to illustrate the various points. (Make sure you click through to Part Two linked at the top of the page as well.) And here's a list I compiled a long time ago as the […]
Here's a big surprise – I love lists! And the end of the year, is the absolute best time for them. A web site called Fimoculous has compiled links to various online lists of best movies, music, books and various other categories for the past few years. Here's a direct link to the Books section […]
A former classmate sent me the following: “I know that education issues are sort of behind you now, but I came across an interesting article on “What`s wrong with the standard undergraduate computer science curriculum”. On the one hand, it appears that FIMS is doing quite a few things right (lots of presentations and group-work, […]
We Made It!Well, we made it. Our last couple days in London were pretty hectic with packing and last minute stuff but, like anything, it got done. Dumpster Diving ReduxAt the start of the year, I couldn't believe how many people threw out perfectly good stuff but by the time we left, I understood why. […]
LISNews.org names The Top Ten LIS Stories of 2006 (via Stephen’s Lighthouse) The list is a bit tech-heavy and a bit US-centric but otherwise, provides a good overview of the year in libraryland. (That's kind of a goofy phrase but since a prof used it recently, I've started using it too!)I didn't do this when […]
I'm on a roll with the mega-long FIMS-related posts this week so here's another one…a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the MLIS program.
Here is another massive list – “50 Good Things About FIMS” to complete the “95(+5) Theses of FIMS” I started yesterday with my “50 Ways To Improve FIMS” post.
