Celebrating Nurses’ Monumental Impact
There is a myriad of ways to participate in National Nurses Week, which is celebrated May 6-12, from honoring your staff RNs with a gift or event to taking steps to let...
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By: Paula Watkins
Published: 6/11/2008
It's amazing how much the weather governs our lives, especially around this time of the year. "Should I take an umbrella along to work?" "Can I get away with short sleeves?" "Is it time to pack away the wool sweaters and break out the shorts and T-shirts?" In the spring, our lives revolve around "if weather permits."
Weather's dominant role in our lives has also made it an automatic step for us to equate climate conditions with personalities, such as when someone "is in a sunny mood" or "storms into the room."
Keeping those two factors in mind, if you work in the perioperative arena it's usually helpful to figure out what kind of weather you're going to be facing that day. Luckily, you don't really need a meteorologist to gauge the conditions; most of the time all it takes is a glance at a co-worker's face — especially on a Monday morning — and you've got your forecast right there. Here are some weather patterns you might be familiar with.
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