Currently Reading Beauty By Sheri S. Tepper see related

Thoughts on Beauty

Currently Listening Daughtry (+2 Bonus Tracks) see related

More adventures in nursing

I realized that I haven't updated this in a while so I decided to share some of my clinical nursing experiences with all of you.  Today I had clinical at St.Jude and although I didn't really do a lot it is something that will stick in my memory for a while.  It is hard to explain St. Jude to someone who hasn't actually been inside there.  All I can say to describe it, is that it is a very special place to be.  I know that may not exactly make sense, but it's the only word I can think of.  There is such an air of joy and hope in a place where you would expect sadness and pain and it is an incredible experience to just be there soaking it all in.  I even saw Marlo Thomas there today with a camera crew filming interviews with patients.  (For those of you who are unclear,  Marlo is the daughter of Danny Thomas the founder of St. Jude).   Today I hung out in the procedure room and watched a bone marrow aspirate and biopsy.  I must admit, I got a little quesy watching them twist that huge needle into the hip bone of that patient.  Luckily, the patient was asleep for the whole thing so she won't remember any of it!  But even after all that, I am pretty sure I do NOT want to do pediatric nursing!  After my first clincal at LeBonheur I decided that holding down a screaming, thrashing kid while you poke a needle or tube into their body is not my idea of a fun-filled work day!  I may have been more traumatized than the baby!  Anyway, that's my update for now!  Hope you all enjoyed reading about some of my experiences!

Currently Reading The Constant Princess By Philippa Gregory see related

Ok, so I got tagged by Claire to do this book thing, which I actually find very interesting so here goes.  These were the instructions and I admit...I didn't actually grab the book nearest since it was Clinical Nursing Skills and I was pretty sure you all would find that as dull to read as I do...so I grabbed another that was close by.

1. Grab the nearest book to you,
2. Open to page 123, look down to the 5th sentence, 
3. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog,
4. Include the title and the author's name,
5. Tag 3 people.

The Constant Princess  by Phillipa Gregory

"It is strange to come to England and find the world dominated by men.  Of course I have my rooms and my ladies, but any man can come and ask for admittance at any time.  Sir Richard Pole or any of Arthur's gentlemen can come to my rooms without notice and think that they are paying me a compliment."

I am tagging Ginger because she is the big reader and I figure she might have an interesting book she is reading!  For the rest of you, the afore mentioned book is a work of historical fiction about Katherine of Aragon, daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain and her marriage to Prince Arthur of England.  It's very good so far and I recommend it highly if you like British history (as I do!)

Adventures in Nursing

Currently Reading Troubling a Star By Madeleine L'Engle see related

Sara's Top Five (Installment I)

Hello to all.   Here it is....the moment you have all been waiting for.  The first installment of Sara's recommended reading!  I can hear you all cheering now...silently.  Anyway, the purpose of these lists are to introduce you to some books that you probably would not pick up otherwise, but I think you need to be exposed to.  In light of this, I am going to begin with a genre that most of you probably haven't touched:

Sara's Top Five Medical/Science and Sci-Fi Reading

(I can now hear all of you groaning, but I promise these will be good!)

1.  Author Kathy Reichs ~ This is a new discovery for me.  I just found this author this summer and I have already read everything she's written.  She is a forensic anthropologist as is her heroine, Dr. Temperence Brennan.  Her first book is Deja Dead, but since there is a lot of graphic description and questionable language I don't recommend that as your first taste.  Try Cross Bones, her latest.  Tempe goes on site in the Holy Land and there are some interesting religious controversies at the heart of the plot...makes for an interesting read.  I also highly recommend the show she produces.  Called Bones it features Dr. Brennan and her FBI partner Seely Booth.  There's always an interesting story, lots of humor and David Boreanez stars in it...what more could you ask for???  Catch it on Wednesdays 7pm on Fox.

2.  Deception Point by Dan Brown ~  Yes, he wrote the Da Vinci code, but don't hold that against him.  His books are terrific!!!!  This one features a saavy femal heroine, a goverment conspiracy and aliens all in the arctic...Fox Mulder has nothing on this!  It may not sound appealing, but it is a great book and I promise once you start, you won't be able to put it down.  And Dan Brown is the King of major storyline twists.

3.  Chromosome 6 by Robin Cook ~  Cook has been hailed as the master of the medical thriller and I would have to agree.  This is one of his better ones and it is nothing like what you would expect.  The controversies of cloning are at the center and begs the question...what does it really mean to be human?

4.  Troubling a Star by Madeline L'Engle ~ Most of you have probably read A Wrinkle in Time and if you haven't I encrouage you to try it.  However, this particular book is turning into one of my favorites.  It's about a teenage girl traveling to Antarctica and gets mixed up in a old mystery concerning her friend's uncle.  I haven' finished it yet, but I've already decided that I need to take a trip to Antarctica as well!

5.  Jurassic Park and Timeline by Michael Crichton ~ The movies are amazing, but the books are ten times better!  And for all of my french people, Timeline is right up your alley featuring a castle in 15th century France.

Well, that is all for now, but look for more of Sara's Top Five in different genre's coming soon!