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03/04/2015

Erase the "R" Word. Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities public service announcement.

02/26/2015

02/06/2015

Find out how you can give back to a shelter in your area here: http://www.agrm.org/agrm/Locate_a_Mission.asp A big thanks to Union Rescue...

01/28/2015

When God Created Nurses
When the Lord made Nurses He was into his sixth day of overtime.
An angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."
And the Lord said, "Have you read the specs on this order?
A nurse has to be able to help an injured person, breathe life into a dying person,
and give comfort to a family that has lost their only child and not wrinkle their uniform.
They have to be able to lift 3 times their own weight,
work 12 to 16 hours straight without missing a detail,
console a grieving mother as they are doing CPR on a baby
they know will never breathe again.
They have to be in top mental condition at all times,
running on too-little sleep, black coffee and half-eaten meals.
And they have to have six pairs of hands.
The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands...no way!"
"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," said the Lord,
"It's the two pairs of eyes a nurse has to have."
"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.
The Lord nodded. "One pair that does quick glances while making
note of any physical changes, And another pair of eyes that can look
reassuringly at a bleeding patient and say,
"You'll be all right ma'am" when they know it isn't so."
"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this tomorrow."
"I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model
that can talk to a 250 pound grieving family member whose child has been
hit by a drunk driver...who, by the way, is laying in the next room uninjured,
and feed a family of five on a nurse's paycheck."
The angel circled the model of the nurse very slowly,
"Can it think?" she asked.
"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the symptoms of 100 illnesses;
recite drug calculations in it's sleep; intubate, defibrillate, medicate,
and continue CPR nonstop until help arrives...and still it keep it's sense of humor.
This nurse also has phenomenal personal control. They can deal with a
multi-victim trauma, coax a frightened elderly person to unlock their
door,comfort a murder victim's family, and then read in the daily paper
how nurses are insensitive and uncaring and are only doing a job."
Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the nurse.
"There's a leak," she pronounced.
"I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model."
"That's not a leak," said the Lord, "It's a tear."
"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.
"It's for bottled-up emotions, for patients they've tried in vain to save,
for commitment to the hope that they will make a difference
in a person's chance to survive, for life."
"You're a genius," said the angel.
The Lord looked somber. "I didn't

01/25/2015

Hundreds of hats and scarves have been spotted in cities that are experiencing freezing temps this winter. The message attached to one scarf says: "I am not lost! If you are stuck out in the cold, please take this to keep warm!" Who thinks we should start something like this across VA, WV and NC?! You're loved, Michael and Erica

01/11/2015

Craig Lewis, 55, pictured, was the first human patient to receive a 'continuous flow' device which allows blood to flow throughout his body without a pulse.

01/07/2015

“I’m thinking I’m going to be doing chest compressions and working to save this man’s life,” said Van Meter, recalling the 2002 incident.

12/24/2014

Merry Christmas from the Nightingale Family to yours!!!

12/19/2014

The holidays are upon us and I'm sure all of you are looking forward to spending some time with friends and loved ones over the next couple of weeks. The last gift you want to give (and definitely the last one you want to receive) this holiday season is the flu.

12/11/2014

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults age 65 and older are at increased risk of serious complications from the flu. In fact, the CDC estimates that 90 percent of seasonal flu-related deaths and between 50 and 60 percent of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations in the Un…

12/05/2014

What do you want for Christmas?

What an amazing brother