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disappearingjohn Description:
I am an Emergency Room / Trauma nurse in a level one trauma center in Arizona. I am a fairly newer nurse, having been a nurse for just over three years.

Nursing is my third major career,after I finally realized life is too short to hate what you do.

My blog in the "Real World" is entitled "DisappearingJohn RN" because I started it when I decided to have Gastric Bypass surgery while attending nursing school. I have seen my weight go from a high of 520 pounds to where I usually stay now, about 240 pounds lighter; so, I have indeed, "disappeared" a little bit.

Feel free to come by and see me at http://disappearingjohn.blogspot.com

A strange outbreak...

Posted by: disappearingjohn in Untagged  on Oct 17, 2008

We have been having a strange outbreak of pseudosyesis in my area lately...

You can read about this interesting outbreak in more detail on my blog here...

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How do we get the right people into nursing school?

Posted by: disappearingjohn in Untagged  on Sep 28, 2008

I have a question I am thinking about doing some research on...

 We know there is a huge waiting list for a limited number of nursing school spots; we also know that a large percentage of new nurses leave the professions for good within the first years. Despite the hysteria of the "lateral violence" crowd, I think a large part of that loss is from people getting into and through nursing school that have no idea what the job is, or involves...

How do we fix that?

Read my thoughts, and add your own on my blog here...

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Nursing Theorists...

Posted by: disappearingjohn in Untagged  on Sep 23, 2008

Oh, how I love studying nursing theory!

I am in my theory class right now in my Master's program, and my brain is awash in the various theories. I never realized there were so many.

If you want to read my thoughts on the theory that applies most to my current occupation, you can read them here on my blog...

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ED Overcrowding...

Posted by: disappearingjohn in Untagged  on Sep 18, 2008

I found a great article compliments of another blogger about the problems those of us working in ER's have with overcrowding.

Some of the paoints it makes are surprisingly refreshing regarding the reasons.

You can read the article here, or read my blog here

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I hate getting old...

Posted by: disappearingjohn in Untagged  on Sep 08, 2008

My body is betraying me!

My mind can no longer "simply ignore" the occassional bumps and bruises... You can read about my latest fight with creeping age on my blog here: It sucks getting old!!!

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