Just Out Of The Bag: The Grand Pinoy R.N. Upgrade

Dear Accidental Reader:

It's finally out in the open. Yeah, Pinoy R.N. had an upgrade. I was going to call it a makeover but it sounds so gay to me. Not that I have an ax to grind against anything gay. I just don't think it (the term makeover, and not gayness!) is the appropriate term to use.

By the way, I'd like to thank Lyle for including this lonely weblog to his esteemed Blogroll. Whatever made him do that?

Molla.

I don't know (As if!!!).

I'm baffled myself (Not really!).

Humbled.

Truly elated but still at a loss....

For the right words.

Seriously, I'm a big Pinoy R.N. fan. It is the only nursing info-blog I read. I know there are other blogs claiming to be the "leading resource site for nursing news and information for Filipino nurses" but I don't even bother to check them out. I just don't. So sue me. Hehe.

Anyway, if by this time, you still don't know what the hell I'm talking about, just log on to Pinoy R.N. and make things easier for all of us.

Congratulations , Lyle! Mwah!

Hunky Doctors, Sensual Nurses

And I thought J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series sold like hotcakes! And then I read that 200 million Mills & Boon are sold worldwide each year. Was I surprised? Hell, yeah! But I was even more shocked to learn that one out of the twelve Mills & Boon's novel series is dedicated to the medical profession and is aptly called medical romance.

Yes, medical romance-- the great love between doctors and nurses. And the good thing is, medical romance novels have the perfect ingredients : hunky doctors, sensual nurses, unpredictable settings charged with electricity, and happy endings amidst life-threatening medical emergencies! Bring it on, baby!

The titles, of course, are as compelling as the plots. How can you refuse titles such as The Doctor's Latin Lover, The Doctor's Longed-For Family, The Sicilian Doctor's Proposal, The Doctor's Bride By Sunrise...Hoo-hah!

So what then is the key to a long-lasting medical romance? The secret to a long-lasting medical romance is simple, critics say. The ruggedly handsome doctor should remain unfathomable, infallible, arrogant and all-knowing and the nurse sensual, provocative,nurturing, and able to anticipate his needs at all times. ;)

Boy, I'm glad my boyfriend's not a doctor!Hehe.

You Think You've Had Enough?

I'm feeling kinda beat. I'm not feeling well and I did a couple of time-consuming tasks these past couple of hours. But I'm not willing to make this physical exhaustion get the better of me so once again, I logged on to Nurstoon.Com

At least, if I'm feeling tired today, I'm in no way as tired as this nurse. I will be bidding adieu to my own version of hedonism in a couple of years but the good news is that I can still play the bum for a little more time. Neat, huh?

So who says a lump of wasted opportunities such as I am can't live life to the fullest?:)

Got THE NERVE To Look For A Perfect Match?

Good news to all lonely nurses out there! You can finally say goodbye to being the paragon of singledom by following your nose.

Dr. Laura Berman of TODAYshow.com reported that scientists have recently discovered the sex nerve-- the superhighway to the sexual regions of the brain.

This sex nerve has some really cool characteristics. First, it is not sensitive to the scents given off by our family members. Thank heavens for that! If it were otherwise, we'll end up having children who are more likely to get employment in a freakshow. Secondly, the nerve tends to "malfunction" during pregnancy. Uh-oh. So this explains why pregnant women seek out family members during pregnancy. As if your life's goal is to find a perfect match if you already look like you swallowed a whole watermelon. Besides, what stupid man would even want to date a very pregnant woman? Hehe:)

But the question is: What if the sex nerve malfunctions? Does this mean that a person starts to pick up pheromones from the wrong person? Yikes. The possibility is really shitty. I just hope those smart scientists who discovered Nerve "O" will be generous enough to teach us how to repair it in case it does.

And Finally, My Own Mini-hospital...

I decided to take cybernursing a notch higher (whatever that means) by designing my own mini-hospital. Mini-hospital.Com was kind enough to provide us nurses with a virtual dress-up game where we can make our own mini-hospital. Cool, isn't it? This make-your-own-mini-hospital flash game is just perfect for those who are ambitious in their virtual lives but for some reason slack it off the moment they're back on Earth.

Having my own mini-hospital is like playing God (sorry to all the surgeons out there...). I have a pink-themed hospital with the cutest hospital beds and i.v. stands. I even have an O.R. table complete with my own surgical team performing surgery for everybody to see! And to top it all, my pediatric patients are being chased by nurses carrying gigantic syringes! How cute is that?

This may look like a no-sweat, drag-and-drop activity but it is not! You have to decide which furniture to use and make sure that the nurses you pick give justice to nursing by looking really kawaii on the job. Truly nursing management at its greatest! Tee-hee!

If you want to experience what it is like to design and manage your very own mini-hospital, please visit Mini-hospital.Com. Just make sure not to take the task too seriously and end up sweating and nauseous like me.

P.S. For those who think that my mini-hospital sucks, get real! I'm a nurse not an interior designer or something...Chill!

Nurses Seek Changes in Grey's Anatomy's Portrayal of Nurses

I chanced upon a really interesting nursing-related website today. And I just couldn't shut myself up. I really, really have to blog about The Center for Nursing Advocacy and their efforts to shape the media's portrayal of nursing (their words, not mine).

Apparently, the men and women behind the organization do not like the way medical dramas portray the nursing profession. Their website has action pages for each "erring" medical drama wherein you can just click a link and a letter of protest will be sent automatically to the producers of Grey's Anatomy, House, or ER (didn't ER get the ax years ago?). The action pages were created to pressure the concerned producers to give frequent, accurate, and unbiased media exposure to nurses.

Furthermore, the Grey's Anatomy action page (really serious,huh!) has lots of single episode analyses of the ABC hit. I didn't read all of them but from the looks of it, The Center for Nursing Advocacy wants to end the show's alleged habit of associating nurses with STD, failure, strike, failure, to name a few.

Well, too bad. I watch medical dramas and find the shows informational and highly-entertaining, to say the least. Still, The Center for Nursing Advocacy raised some valid arguments. I just hope that nobody from their side stumbles upon this site and find the Nursing Humour and Anime Nurses posts I made last night offensive and demeaning. Inasmuch as Nurse in Cyberspace needs exposure, I do not want an action page named after it. Hehe:)

If you want to read more on The Center for Nursing Advocacy's letter-writing campaign, click HERE.

Nursing Humour: Domestic Issues

Just wanted to crack you up before I hit the sack. My heartfelt thanks to Carl Elbing Jr. of Nurstoon.Com for making me laugh.

Nurses Mai and Sayuri.......awwww!

Irresistible, huh?

I know, I know. Mai Kawasumi and Sayuri Kurata are drop-dead gorgeous. The BFFs aren't really nurses but characters of the Japanese manga and anime series Kanon but somebody from Anime Galleries was thoughtful enough to have made the upload for us.

Mai, the nurse with blue hair, is actually a third-year high school student with a bad reputation. She doesn't like small talk and spends too many nights fighting demons that plague her school campus. Another interesting piece of trivia about Mai Kawasumi is that she has unique healing powers. When she cries, her tears can raise people from the dead. Really now, this is a serious piece of nursing action!:)

Sayuri Kurata , the girl with the light brown tresses, is Mai's best friend. Albeit belonging to a wealthy family, Sayuri grew up friendly and well-mannered. She is loving towards her only brother Kazuya whom she took care of until his last days. Ack! TLC from sweet Sayuri? Kazuya is one lucky (and dead) boy!Hehe.

You may not believe this but I am not an anime fan at heart. I just found Mai and Sayuri so kawaii that I had to blog about them. So if you are knowledgeable about anime nurses in action, tell me about it. I'll be more than glad to add your recommendations (except hentai.lol!)to my Odd and Ends category (or is it Nurses in Action?). Tee-hee!

Nursing Fashion Alert: Katherine Heigl Scrubs

Nursing fashion is getting bolder nowadays. Yep, fellow netizens.There is a real cool solution to the dilemma of having to wear drab nursing uniforms. I found an online store selling hospital uniforms among them Katherine Heigl Scrubs.Yay! With Katherine Heigl scrubs, you can now bid adieu to your booooring plain scrubs and dirt-magnet whites.

This Katherine Heigl long sleeve kit tee with V-neck scrub, top, for example, features easy to wear layering pieces. It comes with a modesty panel (see the gray piece of triangular cloth near the chest area) so you won't show your twin peaks while you bend over during nursing procedures. Much to your male patients' chagrin.Tee-hee!

Each item in the collection comes in three different colors. To view the complete Katherine Heigl Scrubs collection, go to Jasco Uniform. Do not forget to check out the Fashion V-neck top which features two side pockets with side vents. I wonder if the side vents operate under the principle of negative pressure to keep body odor to oneself after 8-12 hours of duty.Hmmm...

Ta-dah!

Hi, fellow netizens. This is actually my first entry in this lonely weblog.  I decided to start this blog, Nurse in Cyberspace, so I can blog about things outside my usual topics in my nursing blog, Ward Class. Here, you will find blog entries on variety of topics-- from Micro-blogging to Skin and Hair to TV and Movies.  Frankly, I can be quite spaced-out so read at your own risk. Enjoy reading!