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23. Dear CP - How did I not know that you are a nurse? What kind of nursing did you do?

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:58 PM

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When I was stationed in Japan with the Air Force nurse corps, digital watches were all the rage, so I got one. Big mistake. It was impossible to count heart rates with the damned thing. No sweep second hand. There were 6 little dots that blinked - first just one, and then every 10 seconds another one would start until all 6 were blinking by the end of each minute.

I couldn't watch the dots and count a pulse at the same time. Too confusing. As you would know, with the sweep second hand you don't have to count the seconds, just watch for the second hand to move 1/4, 1/2 or all the way around the watch face.

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