The Real Nurse Jackie by Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Social media: Good vs. Evil?
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Feb 09, 2021
With all the nastiness that has been in social media, wouldn’t it be cool to see that social media can also have a good side? Good news: We can.
Vaccine conspiracy theories abound
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 26, 2021
OK, so I am majorly stepping up on my soapbox with this one. I refuse to let the anti-vaxxers win. Not when we have a chance to deny this deadly COVID-19 virus hosts. But, yeah, I am trying to understand...
No more stinking thinking
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 12, 2021
So, I have been thinking. How do we tee up 2021 with a positive approach, when it hasn’t exactly started off with a bang? Well, maybe it started off with a bang but not a good one. To be honest, here...
The worst year ever?
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 22, 2020
Was 2020 really “the worst year ever”? Let’s take a closer look. It might open your eyes.
Depressed, angry and … thankful
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Nov 24, 2020
Every Thanksgiving it has been my habit to meditate on what I am thankful for. I thought I would struggle this year.
Can we be more?
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Nov 10, 2020
We all have it within us to be amazing, to make an impression. How are we doing?
I don’t want to turn back the clock
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 28, 2020
This weekend we’re supposed to turn the clocks back an hour? Um, NO!
The best silly nurse jokes
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 14, 2020
I bet if that movie “Back to the Future” were real, Dr. Emmett Brown would be saying, “Marty, whatever you do, don’t go to the year 2020!”
So here goes. And I am begging you, if you have...
Can’t touch this or just so gross
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 29, 2020
I am working on putting together a bunch of infection and prevention presentations and it got me thinking of all the stuff we touch in a day, as a nurse. It’s, well, remarkable.
The brevity of documentation
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Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 15, 2020
Is it just me, or is nursing documentation lacking something? I mean, I don’t expect a nurse to write a book, but I don’t want to play Sherlock Holmes when I am trying to read a nurse’s notes, either. ...