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Erica Smith Pulley
- Apr 26, 2014
- 2 min
My first septic patient-awareness of UTIs
I’m a cancer nurse… which means I can sense sepsis coming from miles away and can smell an infection long before the signs and symptoms occur. I can’t remember all my patients who have gone septic, but I can remember my first one and always will. I was in my final weeks of nursing school and enjoying my last few times of just being a quick train ride away from NYC. I was about 5 minutes away from walking out my door to the train station just a few blocks away to ride into NYC
Erica Smith Pulley
- Feb 4, 2014
- 6 min
I need cancer patients
I was debating on my blog topic for this week while sitting and watching the Superbowl. And then the Chevy commercial came on. I wasn’t quite sure what it was about, but the look on the wife’s face were tears of appreciation and joy and the look on the husband’s face of thankfulness and complete adoration reminded me of so many relationships I’ve witnessed within my job. And then came the truth, it was exactly about that. February 4, 2014 is world cancer day. And while I’m no
Erica Smith Pulley
- Sep 2, 2013
- 4 min
A Note for New Grad Nurses
I recently ran into a girl who I cheered with in high school. There is a bond between athletes from any sport that never seems to fade. It is a pretty incredible thing of what working together as a team can do to bond people together. As we were catching up, there was another bond that was found. She is a brand new nurse. She is exactly where I was 2 years ago. No matter what area of nursing or what path you have taken, the letters RN will bring you into an incredible com
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