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Handling Coworkers' Bad Moods
September 21, 2009 2:42 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

Going to work, I notice a lot of people sharing. We share a laugh, share lunches, and share good news. These are wonderful ways of sharing. The downside of a share-friendly environment is the sharing of bad moods. I used to work with a girl that I'll Read More...

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RTs vs. RNs: A True Story
June 2, 2009 5:16 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

So how do you handle it when there's that one nurse that takes the whole mile when you offer her an inch? We have one in particular that is the queen of taking more than you can give and then wanting more. We were having maybe the craziest night ever Read More...

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How Many RTs Does It Take?
April 21, 2009 1:51 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

I am happy to say that I have five days off. They are so earned after last night. I'm pretty sure that we may have had the craziest night I have ever seen. We had seven RTs in NICU, and we could tell at shift change that it wouldn't be enough. Now that's Read More...

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Caring Isn’t Just Limited to Your Shift
March 30, 2009 4:35 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

There is a family at work that I have gotten close with. Understandably, they want nothing but the best for their baby. Their daughter is five and a half months old and has had one of the rockiest starts I have ever seen. So far, she has defied the odds, Read More...

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My Treatment
March 5, 2009 7:37 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

I recently had the honor of taking care of a 4-year-old CF patient. While we did her treatment, she took the time to “doctor” me. All the while she was shaking away with the Vest on, she was giving me “shots” and then bandaging them back up. She wore Read More...

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It's Not You, It's Me...
February 11, 2009 12:31 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

I think of myself as a nice person. My co-workers describe me as bubbly, friendly and funny. Being very easy-going, I get along with most people right off the bat. But that all changed when I had treatments on a child we'll call Norman. Norman is a sweet, Read More...

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‘Tis the season for peace on earth, good will towards all men, and…
January 2, 2009 1:54 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

Complaining about holiday rotations? Why is it that even though we know we'll have to work holidays as a hospital RT we still complain about it? I am not exempting myself by any means. I was very upset to have to work the first Christmas after I got married. Read More...

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My Night in a Grey’s Anatomy Episode
November 12, 2008 4:38 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

On a recent episode of Grey's Anatomy (I try to avoid hospital dramas at all costs but my husband has been working for a year-and-a-half to get me hooked on this one), one of the residents, Dr. Yang, found an area of the hospital that was like heaven Read More...

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Reaching Out
October 30, 2008 12:33 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

We’ve all had points in our careers when we were lost. Needed help. Wanted guidance. I was the beneficiary of quite a bit of this wisdom early in my career. I was poked and prodded into becoming the therapist that I am today. Now the time has come for Read More...

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Starting Over
October 23, 2008 5:42 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

I'll never forget what it was like to be a new grad. Every day at work was a new experience, and the being on the floors seemed like a whole new world. I learned the fine art of time management there. It's where I encountered my first real trach change Read More...

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A Special Person
September 24, 2008 5:51 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

It really takes a special person to work in pediatrics. We get to see the best of the best and the worst of the worst. It's one of those things that you either love or you hate. I never thought I would love it, but I do. No other specialty allows me to Read More...

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I couldn’t do what you do. Not kids, no way!
September 10, 2008 1:03 PM by Stephanie Scarbrough

I hear this all the time. I was meeting a neighbor the other day when we discovered that she was also an RT, had been doing adult critical care her whole career. Those were her exact words to me. I felt the same way once upon a time. Let me give you a Read More...

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