Author: Alice

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Restricted Access

Access at the hospital is tightening. Certain doors that I’ve walked through every day for years now require an approval…
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Revised Routine

The phrase of the week at the hospital is ‘revised routine.’ It sounds so professional, so managed. We perform the…
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Ongoing

I was thinking today about how this blog started. It was meant to be a joke—a way to poke fun…
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Professional Distance

The atmosphere at work has shifted again. It’s become something quieter, more rigid, and deeply impersonal. There are fewer discussions…
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Naming Things

I caught myself today almost using a word I’ve been avoiding since I first started this blog. I stopped myself…
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Careful Words

I’m choosing my words with extreme care this week. I’ve seen things on the ward that I simply cannot contextualize…
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No Update

There should have been a post here from Charlie this week. He was quite vocal about going out to ‘prove…
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Normal Words

I’m starting to think that if this blog ends soon, I’ll be genuinely relieved. It was meant to be a…
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Same Reassurances

I caught myself reassuring a junior nurse today, and as the words came out of my mouth, I realized I…
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No Appetite

Here’s an odd detail that probably means nothing, but it stuck with me. We had a patient today who simply…