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I had a patient with C. diff, bottom so sore from going thousands of times, tells night shift his butt hurts. The nurse assumes he must be constipated and gives him milk of mag, even though there are four BM's of diarrhea marked on his chart from the previous day. I come into work to a holy sh!t storm. And nurse passes in report that we need to get something ordered for his sore butt (mycolog cream laying at bedside to be used q shift, signed off by same nurse). I am certainly not saying I don't make mistakes, because I know I do, but come on! Poor pt. was in pain and nursing made it 10x worse! Just had to vent.....

Specializes in hospice, pediatrics.

No new grad here. This person has been a nurse for 30+ years!

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Hmm...Must be senility creeping up on her then. ;)

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

Howdy yall

from deep in the heart of texas

There they go pickin on us older nurses again. I will just go file for my retiremnet and social security now

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