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  1. Thanks Cin for contributing your experience in witnessing what happens with a person removed from the vent. I was so afraid she would suffer from air hunger, and that being medicated, and unable to move, she wouldn't be able to ask for help. I pict...
  2. Just an update to this thread. Thanks for the thought provoking opinions! The students discussed this at length too. One said this woman's condition hadn't declined enough, if this was her mother, and still able to communicate like this lady could...
  3. We didn't have this lady as an assignment today. I did visit with her before I left, and I also spoke with the staff, it was hard because everyone was so busy, but I managed to ask a few questions. She will be transfered to a Hospice, supported by...
  4. I agree too, indigo girl. Again, this board has helped me deal with something I encountered in nursing that I couldn't do very well on my own. I honor you who helped me here. I'll see my lady tomorrow. It might be the last time I see her, but I'...
  5. Thanks for your opinions. It is indeed a very tragic situation, and has become harder as I got to know her more personally. I really like this lady and never have cared for an ALS patient before. She still has limited movement of one arm, that is ...
  6. Hi gr8rnpjt, I avoided saying in my original post how I came to be slightly involved here, and did present myself as her primary caregiver but I'm not. I apologize to anyone who reads this. I'm not an employee and it's not within my scope to be coo...
  7. I have had limited occational contact with a 50 yo patient who has been brought to the facility with ALS or Lou Gerhigs disease. She is ventilaor dependent. She communicates by writing on a board, very slowly and hard to read. My heart goes out to...
  8. Rant-I was called 'unprofessional'

    Thanks guys, today, after asking about this, I went about my day and didn't think about it in the same way. Sometimes I have to really stop myself from thinking I did something wrong, no matter what or how stupid. Now that I have my head around thi...
  9. Rant-I was called 'unprofessional'

    Absolutely, even though I wasn't REAL upset, I realized it was on my mind too much, feels good to just talk it over a bit. Nurses pay, though better than lots and lots of jobs out there, doesn't reflect what we think we go through. I always said i...
  10. Rant-I was called 'unprofessional'

    Well! I just had a visit from a friend, who lives next door to the respiratory therapists sister. What a coincidence. Turns out he tells me that there has been arguing between these two sisters. Their father was very ill for a long time and the o...
  11. What everyone else said. Sounds like you could use a bit of Xanax to smooth the rough edges too. We're all on your side!
  12. I'm still a bit upset since Friday. I teach clinicals to PN students. We were at a skilled floor of a LTC facility. There is a new respiratory therapist there, I've been learning from her and she is helping my students learn about aerosol treatmen...
  13. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    Well, I heard a cute one in report Friday. Night nurse gave report on cute Mr Jones, who had been A&O in the hospital before being transferred to LTC. She said he had been confused all night. Several times he had been trying to get out of bed....
  14. Steps of a wet to dry dressing

    AnnemnRN, bless your heart for going to the trouble to help me with my little problem! I really, really appreciate it very much!
  15. Steps of a wet to dry dressing

    Hi and thanks for the comments. Well, the order is to irrigate the wound, I guess it is to both flush and clean it both? I need to make this care plan for students who need step by step instructions? Order is irrigate with normal saline and pack ...