My tweets

[hillarygayle]

• Thu, 12:55: #ARNA2012 luncheon awards. Lots of people did lots of great things for nursing in Arkansas this year. :)
• Thu, 12:56: We had a fashion show. Nursing uniforms from the first nursing school in AR to present day. #ARNA2012
• Thu, 13:17: As noted by new tweeter @rebmatt, tweeting during a speech or discussion can actually help you pay attention. Been doing this for years.
• Thu, 13:20: Now I'm in a focus group on nursing education! #ARNA2012
• Thu, 13:24: @rebmatt @Quiara is obvious. :) @thejessone is ER nurse in Little Rock.
• Thu, 13:26: @rebmatt @hostagenurse is an ICU nurse in CA (wait, is that right, C?) @Nicurnmama is NICU RN in CA.
• Thu, 13:27: Nursing shortage isn't because ppl don't want to be nurses. We turn away qualified candidates (119k!) bc of faculty shortage! #ARNA2012
• Thu, 13:28: @rebmatt @buddhaphish is EMT in J'boro area. (Brandon, I'm officially recommending you!)
• Thu, 13:32: @rebmatt #stopcock is a silly hashtag Twitter nurses use to get silly & call for a support system.
• Thu, 13:34: @mishaRN & @GrimalkinRN are two of my very favorite twitter nurses. Ladies, @rebmatt is nursing instructor, new to twitter. Very cool.

• Thu, 13:36: Digging this focus group. Bolsters my desire to go into nurse education. #ARNA2012
• Thu, 13:39: @rebmatt #RNchat is a hashtag we use to discuss issues. RNChats are organized & timed so we all know we're participating.
• Thu, 13:46: Going over reasons nursing faculty remain in their jobs. Someone mentioning creating RNs who will change nursing culture. Love! #ARNA2012
• Thu, 13:48: Something that needs to change about profession: emphasis on image. My tattoos, hair, piercings DO NOT change my nursing skills. #ARNA2012
• Thu, 13:51: Nurses & medical folks, I am recommending you to @rebmatt & in turn, her to you. Nursing instructor (taught me!), new to Twitter.
• Thu, 13:53: Talking about "aha!" moment that attracts us to nursing education. I have already seen those moments only 2 classes into clinical! #ARNA2012
• Thu, 13:54: 2/3 of faculty influenced by role models. I DEFINITELY am. Am sitting next to one of them! #ARNA2012
• Thu, 14:22: Okay! On to traumatic brain injuries! (TBI) #ARNA2012
• Thu, 14:27: Of course we're talking about good old Phineas! https://t.co/emI6QbWU
• Thu, 14:29: Also Bob Woodruff, a journalist embedded with a unit in the Middle East, & a construction worker in Rio de Janeiro. #ARNA2012

• Thu, 14:32: WOW. 43k military service personnel with TBI since 2003!
• Thu, 14:47: OH GEEZ we just looked at a picture of an NG tube placed INTO THE BRAIN I'M NEVER PLACING ANOTHER NG TUBE DO NOT WANT #ARNA2012
• Thu, 15:01: Diffuse axonal injury. This one sucks particularly, bc it rarely kills but very often disables entirely. http://t.co/4Er8K8aj
• Thu, 15:13: So Jon Hubbard is now comparing his critics to Nazis. Check it out, y'all! I'm apparently a Nazi! http://t.co/U00TfL1O
• Thu, 15:38: RT @BarackObama: POTUS: “You can agree to turn back the clock 50 years for women, immigrants, gays, and lesbians—or you can decide to ke ...
• Thu, 15:39: and we're on to talking about sepsis! Presentation by Brenda Anderson RN CCRN of Astate. Another of my role models/former instr! #ARNA2012
• Thu, 15:40: Very timely for me. Recently had a patient CLEARLY septic that one phys missed bc unaware of sx. Collaboration with another phys handled it
• Thu, 15:44: SIRS > Sepsis > Severe Sepsis > Septic Shock.
• Thu, 15:44: SIRS: Temp (higher than 100.4 or less than 96), WBC increased or decreased, high resp rate or high CO2.
• Thu, 15:47: Learning right now that sometimes sepsis has been worse than i thought, even when I thought it was BAD. #ARNA2012

• Thu, 15:52: This is hilarious. I love it, & I frickin hate zombies. http://t.co/2Ki3VkeV
• Thu, 15:53: RT @kingdomofwench: Oh, my god: Death toll rises to 14 in meningitis outbreak linked to Framingham company http://t.co/KgcSr9Zu
• Thu, 15:57: RT @RobyBrock: #arleg #arpx UPDATE: Hubbard Accuses Democrats Of Nazi Tactics. Local @ArkDems call for Hubbard resignation. http://t.co/ ...
• Thu, 17:24: Arg. Checked in, but turns out I need to check out tomorrow instead of Sat. Maybe @priceline will work with me? They've been good so far!
• Thu, 17:29: Thanks very much to Stan at @priceline customer relations! Got my 2nd night refunded, & I'll be using Priceline again!
• Thu, 18:41: SRIRACHA chicken at PeiWei! My lips are numb! It's so yum! #nothotenoughtillyoulosesensation
• Thu, 22:05: The Arkansas Capitol building tonight. http://t.co/JXDd9jup
• Thu, 22:22: Heading to bed. Getting up early so I can have breakfast in the River Market Hall!
• Fri, 08:42: The view from my poster presentation spot! (@ Statehouse Convention Center) [pic]: http://t.co/7zistTN6
• Fri, 08:42: ARNA Convention 2012! 100 years of nursing in Arkansas. (@ Peabody Hotel Little Rock) http://t.co/YlR7z7kw

• Fri, 09:26: Focus group on IT in the clinical setting. Super interesting info, some surprising. #ARNA2012
• Fri, 09:27: Clinical providers weren't concerned about the complexity of software as long as it was USEFUL. #ARNA2012
• Fri, 09:29: Significant difference btwn phys & nurses on whether it was useful. #ARNA2012
• Fri, 09:35: ACH's issues with finding policy on IT sound like my own hospital's. #ARNA2012
• Fri, 09:41: Of course I blinged up my name tag. http://t.co/zZdqgfaz
• Fri, 11:27: I'm at Boulevard Bread Company (Little Rock, AR) [pic]: http://t.co/tk7mqPPE
• Fri, 11:37: Local unemployed single mom makes $338/w. work from home jobs. More at http://t.co/8cztr6Vl
• Fri, 11:49: My almond latte at Boulevard Bread in the River Market Hall. @ Boulevard Bread Company http://t.co/LtXLfMG5
• Fri, 11:52: Autumn in Little Rock @ River Market District http://t.co/sZFtoHvL