
The Adventures of Nurse Niki
- Maria Nicola Rosetti, aka Nurse Niki, a nightshift pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurse, and the narrator of this blog
- Maddie, Niki’s daughter
- Simon, Niki’s husband & Maddie’s father
- Liz, a nightshift nurse coworker of Niki’s in the PICU
- Kathy, another nightshift nurse PICU coworker
- Kris, a dayshift PICU nurse coworker of Niki’s
- Gerald, the nightshift respiratory therapist assigned to PICU
- Corey, the nightshift ER nurse
- Dr. Polk, the PICU intensivist
- Raquel, Niki’s sister
- Grant, Raquel’s husband, an attorney
- Amber, Simon’s wife
- Wade, Amber’s young son
Like this:
Like Loading...
The Last 30 Posts
- Make Sure You Spell It Right (Introduction) - June 26, 2013 - 5 comments
- A Good Shift (Niki introduces two coworkers) - July 3, 2013 - 4 comments
- Myopia (What happens when a Child’s Only Access to Health Care is The ER) - July 11, 2013 - 0 comments
- Call 911 (Niki comes to the aid of a family in distress at the grocery store) - July 18, 2013 - 1 comments
- Little Earthquakes (Niki has a stress dream and learns about earthquake kits) - July 25, 2013 - 1 comments
- It Should be Magical (Niki contemplates her marriage) - August 1, 2013 - 1 comments
- The Center of This Body’s Universe (Niki needs caffeine and meets a nice family in the PICU) - August 8, 2013 - 1 comments
- Something Goes Wrong (Nice families always have the sickest kids) - August 15, 2013 - 1 comments
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (Niki gets a speeding ticket) - August 22, 2013 - 1 comments
- For Whom the Phone Rings (Niki does ‘wine by phone’) - September 5, 2013 - 0 comments
- Beer for Breakfast (The night shift goes out for breakfast) - September 12, 2013 - 1 comments
- A Happy Shift (Niki explains PICU pain management) - September 19, 2013 - 0 comments
- Collusion (Niki coaches a parent on talking to doctors) - September 26, 2013 - 1 comments
- It’s Not Like You Work Five Days a Week (Twelve-hour night shifts are hard on marriages) - October 3, 2013 - 0 comments
- Two Separate Worlds (Corey tells Niki how he feels) - October 10, 2013 - 1 comments
- The Most Important Thing (Niki makes a decision) - October 17, 2013 - 0 comments
- Is Everything Okay? (Niki’s nursing assessment saves a baby) - October 24, 2013 - 0 comments
- Return Policy (Niki comes home to a surprise) - October 31, 2013 - 0 comments
- Different Sides of The Family Room (Niki talks to Simon) - November 7, 2013 - 0 comments
- Small and Scattered (Niki makes another decision) - November 14, 2013 - 0 comments
- Simon’s Turn (Simon talks back) - November 21, 2013 - 1 comments
- After The Flood (Nothing angers a PICU team like child abuse) - December 5, 2013 - 0 comments
- It Makes Me Shudder (When the line between victim & perpetrator blurs) - January 2, 2014 - 0 comments
- Follow Me Home (Niki changes her mind) - January 9, 2014 - 0 comments
- He’s Not Here For Omelets (Eggs are broken) - January 16, 2014 - 0 comments
- A Mid-Tone Grey - January 23, 2014 - 0 comments
- Buy Yourself Another One (Foraging for food on night shift) - January 30, 2014 - 1 comments
- Sins of Omission (Niki keeps a secret & learns another) - February 6, 2014 - 1 comments
- Is There a Doctor in The House? (Niki’s & Raquel’s Evening Out is Interrupted) - February 13, 2014 - 1 comments
- Call Lights Magazine: Looking for Real Nurses (Niki & her friends apply for modeling) - February 20, 2014 - 1 comments