Partners in Patient Care

Partners: definition – “a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor.” It’s what I what I was taught that my role in patient care was when I became a nursing assistant. “Partners” is supposed to describe the goal of what a nurse and a nursing assistant should be focused…

Foggy: A mini fiction moment

She should know this room. She should know that just last week she polished the wood paneling with Old English and a clean cloth. She should remember choosing the red and black décor. But she didn’t – and they knew she didn’t. Look at them standing there staring at her waiting … waiting for her,…

Toothbrush: A tongue-to-cheek blurb

Ha! Wow! This has to be the most insane moment of my life; sitting here at my writing table trying hard to think of something interesting to write about a toothbrush. Perhaps I could write about the many different types of toothbrushes I’ve had over the years: soft, firm, electric. And the ones I would…

Nana’s Smell

via Daily Prompt: Fragrance It makes my morning when, after 12 hours of physical work turning and lifting patients, running from one patient room to another completing tasks, and hot-flashing like clock-work every two hours the night before, a patient compliments my fragrance. But nothing is more satisfying that having my grandchildren connect a certain…

Lollipop: Lil Wayne style

via Daily Prompt: Lollipop National Lollipop Day! Oh yeah! I think I’ll treat myself! But doing it Lil Wayne-style conjures up images that seriously clash with my childhood/Halloween sweet treats of delicious flavors on a stick. Lil Wayne has his own version and prayerfully, I’ll never have to explain that version to my grandchildren. The…