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    Tragic Humor in the ICU

    APRIL 1, 2012 2:55PM

    By Nurse PhD


    Topics: health, quality of life, medicine, nursing, intensive care

    • 1 Ratings
    • 378 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Joey on the Tightrope

    MARCH 6, 2011 3:06PM

    By Nurse PhD


    Topics: family, obesity, alcoholism, health, nursing, intensive care

    • 5 Ratings
    • 622 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    An Attempted Murder in the ICU

    DECEMBER 28, 2010 3:35PM

    By Nurse PhD


    Topics: intensive care, nursing, nurse, restraints, cancer, health

    • 34 Ratings
    • 1003 Views
    • 61 Comments
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    This Ain't Our First Rodeo

    SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 7:04AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: family, health, patient advocacy, intensive care, septicemia, sepsis, critical illness, hospitals, medicine

    • 14 Ratings
    • 578 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Long Dream

    JULY 22, 2010 11:41PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: open call, family, medicine, miracles, dreams, recovery, rehabilitation, post-traumatic amnesia, fentanyl, vivid dreaming of coma, ventilators, coma, post-surgical complications, intensive care, islet cell, whipple surgery, mayo clinic, pancreatic cancer

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    • 44 Ratings
    • 4765 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    do not resuscitate

    JANUARY 29, 2010 9:49AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: family, family dynamics, power of attorney for health care, life and death decisions, extraordinary measures, natural death, death and dying, health, medicine, hospitals, intensive care, icu, advance directives, code status, dnr, do not resuscitate

    • 8 Ratings
    • 616 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    The Day My Life Almost Changed Forever

    NOVEMBER 25, 2009 12:15PM

    By The Wright Sight


    Topics: intensive care, thanksgiving, thankful, love, family

    • 22 Ratings
    • 833 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    A Mother Dying

    NOVEMBER 9, 2009 8:50AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: love you mom, living, life, religion/belief, faith, intensive care, love, death, mother, it was a long time ago but that doesn't matter

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 24732 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Balance, Contradictions and Politeness

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 3:42PM

    By Nurse PhD


    Topics: hospitals, intensive care, nursing

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 3767 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    High Pressure in the ICU

    APRIL 2, 2009 5:03PM

    By Nurse PhD


    Topics: health, intensive care, medicine, nursing

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 1041 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    One Day in Intensive Care

    NOVEMBER 8, 2008 9:14PM

    By Nurse PhD


    Topics: hospital, nursing, intensive care, health care, medicine

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