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Monday 14 Nov 2016



Operating Room Nurse Day



While the surgeon may be the star of the operating theatre, without the work of a team of skilled and reliable operating room nurses vital surgical procedures could not take place. These hard-working professionals are responsible for all aspects of patient care during a medical operation, including welcoming, assessing and prepping patients, handling medical equipment, helping with procedures and maintaining a sterile environment.

It is one of the most demanding nursing jobs, as more complicated operations are known to go on for many hours on end and nurses need to maintain focus and work constantly for long periods without a break.

That’s why it can be easily agreed that these lifesavers definitely deserve their own day—just one day of every year, when people can stop and think about just how much they owe the operating room nurses who helped make their operations successful.

The History of Operating Room Nurse Day

The history of nursing dates back well over 2000 years. The Hippocratic Collection describes skilled care and observation of patients by “attendants” on several different occasions, which were most likely the first real nurses mankind has ever known.

During later historical periods, both nuns and monks tended to provide nurse-like care to the sick. Examples of this can be found in the histories of many religions, such as Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam.

Archaeologists have also discovered plenty of evidence suggesting humans have been performing various types of surgery for up to 9,000 years, with the earliest Egyptian surgical texts dating back to about 1,500 BC.

In 1989, the State Governor of Iowa, Terry Bransted, decided to help reward operating room nurses for all of their (often underappreciated) work and put through an executive order to establish an annual Operating Room Nurse Day.



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Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

“It’s nice if people can finally loosen up a little bit and just go out laugh at silliness. I mean, people take themselves way too seriously sometimes.” – Larry the Cable Guy

Every day is a new lap in the rat race, and sometimes we get so caught up in that that we lace ourselves in a little tight. Things have to go ‘just so’ and if things get out of whack we start to lose our minds a little. Routine and precision are definitely useful traits in certain situations, but Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day reminds us that sometimes, we just have to let go and enjoy the chaos that life brings us with a smile.

History of Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

‘Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it’. – Ferris Bueller

That’s right, we’re throwing out a quote from the man himself, Ferris Bueller. If you’ve never seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, it’s time to change that.The whole movie is a dedication to the concept of Loosening up, and Lightening up, and the amazing things it can bring into your life.

Stress is an absolutely killer, and trying to control things that can rapidly get out of control is just another way of bringing it into your life. Instead, Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day reminds you that sometimes it’s ok to just let things slide.

“No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.” – Tyler Durden

Words to live by right there, and it’s the key to utter freedom and happiness. It doesn’t have to be so hard, it doesn’t have to be so complete, it doesn’t have to be so utter. Just open your hands and let it all go, even if just for one day.

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November 14 Birthdays


Charles, Prince of Wales - 68



Claude Monet - (1840-1926)



Joe Kenda - 70



Condoleezza Rice - 62






November 14th

2000: Rush singer and bassist Geddy Lee released his first solo album My Favorite Headache.

1992: Judas Priest singer Rob Halford performed the first of two concerts fronting Black Sabbath opening for Ozzy Osbourne in Costa Mesa, CA filling in for Ronnie James Dio who refused to perform because Osbourne was re-forming the original Sabbath lineup as these concerts were advertised as Osbourne’s farewell concerts.

1992: Bon Jovi reached number one on the U.K. album chart for the second time with their fifth album Keep the Faith which spent one week on top of the chart. The album peaked at number five in the U.S.

1991: Aerosmith were inducted into the Boston Garden Hall of Fame.

1990: Pete Townshend revealed he was bisexual in an interview with Newsweek. In a 2002 interview with Rolling Stone Townshend would later explain that he engaged in some brief same-sex experiment in the 1960’s, he is heterosexual.

1989: Aerosmith kicked off their first European tour in twelve years at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. David Coverdale of Whitesnake joined them onstage for a rendition of The Beatles’ “I’m Down”.

1987: Billy Idol peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with his first compilation album Vital Idol which went on to go Platinum in the U.S.

1977: Kiss kicked off their tour in support of Alive II at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City.

1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd kicked off a U.K. tour at Royal Albert Hall in London.



Birthdays:

James “J.Y.” Young - Guitarist for Styx born in 1949

Frankie Banali - Drummer for Quiet Riot born in 1951

Alec John Such - Bassist for Bon Jovi born in 1956