<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from topofmyhead.blog-city.com</title><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 topofmyhead.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:34:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from topofmyhead.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>UTERINE FIBROIDS - MY STORY</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/uterine_fibroids__my_story.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/uterine_fibroids__my_story.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=uterine%5Ffibroids%5F%5Fmy%5Fstory</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I had noticed peri-menopausal changes since turning 49 approximately 2 years ago. My mother had never talked about her experience with this so I did not know what to expect except from what I had learned as an FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner). The las]]></description></item><item><title>I Am Still Here</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/i_am_still_here.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/i_am_still_here.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fam%5Fstill%5Fhere</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am still here. I have been debating about whether to delete the blog or to wait a bit and see how things go. I have had a job change as well as other &ldquo;usual stressors&rdquo; of life going on. I have decided to continue posting because I do ha]]></description></item><item><title>ALZHEIMERS ONE LINERS #7</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_7.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_7.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alzheimers%5Fone%5Fliners%5F7</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was walking down the hallway into the common area of the nursing home. The music of John Denver was playing in the background. One of the elderly female residents was talking to one of her friends. When they were talking I thought I heard something]]></description></item><item><title>ALZHEIMER&apos;S ONE LINERS #6</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_6.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_6.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alzheimers%5Fone%5Fliners%5F6</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Marie&rsquo;s daughter Joan liked to take her mother out for lunch every month. Marie was a resident in the long-term care facility in the wandering Alzheimer&rsquo;s unit. She was a mellow Alzheimer&rsquo;s patient and did not have many behaviors. &]]></description></item><item><title>CUP INSPECTOR</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/cup_inspector.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/cup_inspector.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cup%5Finspector</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[THERE IS NO CUP IN THE HOUSE BLEU WILL NOT STICK HIS HEAD IN]]></description></item><item><title>NEW WEB LOOK</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/new_web_look.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/new_web_look.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fweb%5Flook</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A new web look is happening. I need to get used to it. I have more things to post in the near future. I have interesting things to tell you about.]]></description></item><item><title>ALZHEIMER&apos;S ONE LINERS #5</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_5.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_5.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alzheimers%5Fone%5Fliners%5F5</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mrs. J was pushing another resident in a wheelchair in the hallway when I walked up to her. She looked at me and smiled. She then let go of the handles on the wheelchair and proceeded to walk towards me. As she walked towards me she stated, &quo]]></description></item><item><title>ALZHEIMER&apos;S ONE LINERS #4</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_4.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_4.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alzheimers%5Fone%5Fliners%5F4</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mrs. M was sitting in her wheelchair in her room. I was there to see her because she was on antibiotics for a urinary tract infection (UTI). I asked her &quot;how do you feel?&quot; Mrs. M sat there for several seconds staring ahead. I could tell she]]></description></item><item><title>HOSPICE HELPS DYING MAN LOSE HIS VIRGINITY</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/hospice_helps_dying_man_lose_his_virginity.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/hospice_helps_dying_man_lose_his_virginity.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hospice%5Fhelps%5Fdying%5Fman%5Flose%5Fhis%5Fvirginity</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ Here is an article about a young dying man requesting to have sexual intercourse before his death. What do you think?]]></description></item><item><title>Fighting for the Nurses</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/fighting_for_the_nurses.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/fighting_for_the_nurses.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fighting%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fnurses</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Arizona Nurses Association is trying to get the Heart Attack Grill located in Tempe, Arizona to close down because of their "waitress" wearing sexy, skimpy nursing clothes. The nurse's association advocates in order to use the word]]></description></item><item><title>Something To Say</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/something_to_say.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/something_to_say.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=something%5Fto%5Fsay</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here is an Ausie with something to say:http://www.beccycole.com/albums/videos/poster_girl.shtml&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>THE DASH</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/the_dash.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/the_dash.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fdash</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp; I attended one of my patient&#39;s funeral services today and a friend read a poem I wanted to share with you.&nbsp;The Dash...by Linda EllisI read of a man who stood to speakAt a funeral of a friendHe referred to the dates on her tombstoneFro]]></description></item><item><title>Hillary and Condi</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/hillary_and_condi.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/hillary_and_condi.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hillary%5Fand%5Fcondi</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Look at Hillary and Condoleeza at the Grand Old Opry]]></description></item><item><title>ALZHEIMER&apos;S ONE LINERS #3</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_3.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_3.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alzheimers%5Fone%5Fliners%5F3</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mrs. G&nbsp; was an 75-year-old woman who had a significant history of dementia with paranoia and behaviors was sitting in her room one day. She resided in the locked down wandering unit of the facility. I was there that day to examine&nbsp;her. I as]]></description></item><item><title>ALZHEIMER&apos;S ONE LINERS #2</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_2.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_2.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alzheimers%5Fone%5Fliners%5F2</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mrs. G resides on the wandering locked-down unit with a history of Alzheimer&rsquo;s. Usually she cannot have a conversation with the nurses or residents and has a history of frequent behaviors with yelling and screaming. One day she was in the commo]]></description></item><item><title>ALZHEIMER&apos;S ONE LINERS #1</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_1.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/alzheimers_one_liners_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=alzheimers%5Fone%5Fliners%5F1</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After listening to Mrs. B’s bowel sounds I started to palpate her abdomen and asked her if she had any pain. Her response: “Oh I have been trying to get rid of that baby for years.”]]></description></item><item><title>BIPHOSPHONATE LINK TO OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/biphosphonate_link_to_osteonecrosis.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/biphosphonate_link_to_osteonecrosis.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=biphosphonate%5Flink%5Fto%5Fosteonecrosis</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recently I was at a talk about the link between the use of biphosphonates and osteonecrosis. I found this very interesting because I have patients on biphosphonates for osteoporosis. I thought I would share the information I had gotten since this was]]></description></item><item><title>Acute Renal Failure</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/acute_renal_failure_1.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/acute_renal_failure_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=acute%5Frenal%5Ffailure%5F1</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mrs. W was a 92-year-old female patient who normally did not take in a lot of fluids and food. She weighed 90 pounds and over the past several months was losing an average of 3 pounds per month. Mrs. W did not have a good quality of life in the nursi]]></description></item><item><title>ABU-AL-ZARQAWI IN HEAVEN</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/abualzarqawi_in_heaven.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/abualzarqawi_in_heaven.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=abualzarqawi%5Fin%5Fheaven</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Abu al-Zarqawi died.

 

George Washington met him at the Pearly Gates. He slapped him across the face and yelled, "How dare you try to destroy the nation I helped conceive!"
 

Patrick Henry approached, punched him in the]]></description></item><item><title>IN LOVING MEMORY</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/bc.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/bc.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 06:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bc</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We woke up Wednesday morning as usual to get ready for work. Suddenly my husband came into the bedroom telling me B.C. cat was not looking well. We looked at our beautiful black long haired cat and he was gasping for breath. He tried to meow but]]></description></item><item><title>NO POSTS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/no_posts.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/no_posts.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Fposts</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I will be posting something in the near future. Have writers block I think. Please stay with me.]]></description></item><item><title>WE&apos;RE SINKING!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/were_sinking.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/were_sinking.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=were%5Fsinking</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It is important to be able to speak good English.]]></description></item><item><title>TEMPORAL ARTERITIS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/temporal_arteritis.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/temporal_arteritis.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:21:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=temporal%5Farteritis</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mrs. J was an 89-year-old resident in the nursing home who was an avid reader. Every time I saw her in the facility she would be sitting in her wheelchair with a book in her hand. One day the nurse called me on my cell telling me Mrs. J had been comp]]></description></item><item><title>WONDER DRUG</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/wonder_drug.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/wonder_drug.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wonder%5Fdrug</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The pharmocological aspect of my job has changed since January 1, 2006. This was when the Medicare D plan began and made the drugs that were nonformulary last year now available. They are now either a Tier 2 or need prior authorization. So now the ne]]></description></item><item><title>NEW GOUT EXPERIENCE</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/new_gout_experience.htm</guid><link>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/new_gout_experience.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://topofmyhead.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fgout%5Fexperience</comments><dc:creator>J.R.</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I walked into the long-term care facility and set my bag on the table where I usually charted about my patients medical histories. Not a minute later one of the LPN’s came into the room and said, “You need to see Mrs. O’s hand. It i]]></description></item></channel></rss>