Posted on July 17, 2009 by Mike
Providing providently ensures the ability to serve others without distraction. Providing providently includes fasting. A talk given by Michael J Smith in sacrament meeting at the Farmington Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Posted on November 16, 2008 by Mike
It’s an eerie sound. It’s lonesome. It’s angry. It’s a sound one doesn’t want to hear – ever. It’s a sound one doesn’t want to make. It’s a sound that is unmistakable. This sound neither belongs in your ears, nor in your heart, but we are allowed to make it. We are expected to make [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2008 by Mike
THANK YOU! I feel much better. Conference was quite wonderful and I feel like my cup is full again. So much of conference was directly aimed at me. I know…vain isn’t it? I am a firm believer that Heavenly Father knows our doings, our needs and our wants. And because he is such a loving [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2008 by Mike
I have so much to say and so little awake time to type it all. I am so tired ’cause I got up after 5.5 hours of sleep at 5am this morning. I went to clinical – which was good and I think I might be interested in substance abuse nursing. Then I came home [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2008 by Mike
I was feeling down today. More on that later. I came home from clinical and all I had the energy of mind, body and spirit to do was sleep. I went to sleep. Before that, I told kim of my woes. An hour later the whole family came up here and sang me three songs, [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2008 by Mike
This morning I realized that I needed to work on my nursing process paper, right? So I was looking for my paperwork for the patient (I’m really tired, so bear with me…I just need to get this out of my head so I will remember it forever). In looking for my paperwork in my records, [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2008 by Mike
So much of this conference was simply follow up from recent experience in my personal scripture study. Here are some of my thoughts.
I listen to a lot of talks, scriptures and the like on my iPod. I heard such things as david and goliath, the bible, prophets and the spirit of God in just the [...]
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Posted on April 3, 2008 by Mike
I found this quote on my fridge. It is about creating peace. I am a nurse and realize that we as nurses must work within a framework and timeframe. But therapeutically speaking, patients need to empty their hearts. We can assess their needs, but for patients to be helped (truly) we can show caring and [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2008 by Mike
Here are some resources from today’s lecture on Emergency Preparedness, pollution and conservation. It includes things about disaster nursing. Enjoy!
Conservation International: Neat ways to calculate your impact on the environment.
CDC: Emergency Preparedness: The Centers for Disease Control’s Emergency Preparedness Website
Maine Emergency Management Agency: Maine specific Disaster Plans
LDS Emergency Preparedness Information: An in depth look
Family Home [...]
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