Nursing

nipple twist above-the-nipples

Study: Titty Twist Better Pain Stimulus Than Sternal Rub

0
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Citing expert opinion and personal experience, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has put forth new recommendations on the pain stimulus...
Turlaudidryl, BDT

Patients Love New Turkey Sandwich with Dilaudid & Benadryl: The Turlaudidryl Special

0
NEW ORLEANS, LA - In a brilliant new campaign to improve patient satisfaction scores at the expense of appropriate medical care, hospital administrators and...

Inventor of “Dimaudid” Takes Company Public, Makes Billions

0
NEW YORK, NY - An attending physician of emergency medicine at New York City Hospital recently took her private pharmaceutical company public, making a...
doctor and patient

Doctors & Nurses Agree: Everyone Is a Poor Historian

0
ATLANTA, GA - Frustrated because you can’t get the details you want from a patient?  Don’t worry, you’re not the only one.  A recent...
Chart of Death

Coroner Cause of Death: ‘Physical Therapy Note Missing Date and Time’

0
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - GomerBlog regretfully reports on a hospital death that could have been saved if the physical therapy note was dated and timed...
moon placement

Placement Tips: How to Place a Patient on the Moon

0
If there's something social workers and hospitalists are really good at it's placement.  But every once in a while a difficult placement comes along....
Ctrl+Alt+Del

Computer Resuscitated After 6 Rounds of Ctrl+Alt+Del

0
NASHVILLE, TN - Gomerblog is happy to report that a code team at Nashville Medical Center (NMC) has successfully resuscitated an old nurses station computer...

Effort in Safety: Nurse Requests Patient’s Identification 150 Times in 1 Shift

0
BOSTON, MA - Nurse Tracy Painter, RN, BSN, now holds a national record.  In the course of one ER shift, she asked the same...

Flint’s Water is Corrosive and Full of Lead: What Do You Think?

0
Flint Michigan's water has been full of lead since 2014, just recently they declared it to be a national emergency.  What are the medical...
Couple watching TV

Debtflix: View School Debt On-Demand Anytime, Anywhere

0
LOS GATOS, CA - Netflix, a leading provider of subscription-based on-demand streaming media to over 70 million people worldwide, revealed a new service called...