the Nurse is In

Friday, April 29, 2005

little kittens for all

From Harper's:
"Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who belonged to the Hitler Youth before he became a priest, won the papacy by a landslide and styled himself Benedict XVI. The new pope dislikes homosexuality (he moved quickly to condemn a Spanish bill that would permit gays to marry), abortion, and the death penalty, but he loves little kittens. In 2001, he ordered Catholic bishops to hide allegations against pedophile priests from the public."

"The Mesa, Arizona, police department applied for funding to buy and train a tiny monkey that they can dress in a kevlar vest and send into dangerous situations."

"A woman in Burma was breastfeeding three tiger cubs, Zimbabweans barbecued nine elephants, and German toads were exploding for unknown reasons."

I'm done my preceptorship now! I'm officially a staff nurse - hurrah! It was a great experience though, I lucked out with an outstanding preceptor. The last 4 shifts I have cared for two ventilated babies on my own. Aside from one of them turning blue on me, it was okay - nothing I couldn't handle. The baby did recover after we bagged him, but it was a bit of a heart-pounding situation!

The weather is GORGEOUS. I ask myself in these pre-summer days, why would anyone choose to live elsewhere?

Tomorrow is my dance recital! I'm so nervous! We got our outfits back from the tailor yesterday, they're very pretty.

Learn more about Kathak, a form of classical East Indian dance:
http://www.pathcom.com/~ericp/kathak.html

1 Comments:

  • At 1:08 PM, Blogger HypnoKitten said…

    I've got your link up on http://mediblogopathy.blogspot.com now. There is even a nurseblogs button if you want to get it. If you'd link back to me, that would be cool. -HK :)

     

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