Ok, so I'm climbing on my soap box again. Over the last several weeks, a nursing site I hang out at besides this one, (http://www.nursinglink.com) many nursing students are just badgering us older nurses on what speciality should they choose. They are actually panicking because they just don't know what direction they should go towards.

I've always felt, the speciality you end up in, isn't what you choose, but what chooses you. Never in my wildest dreams did I think the Operating room would be… Continue

I can't quite figure out why people/family think because my eyes are open, my neurons are synapsing in sequence and I'm fully cognizant. Maybe because I used to have to be when I worked the OR and was on call all the time. Some of you know the drill, the phone rings at 1am, your feet are on the floor and you're heading for the bathroom where you left your clothes as you're reaching for the phone. Then you're running out the door, shrugging into your coat if it's winter or buttoning up an article… Continue