jmsrn

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1. Question regarding nursing care...

   jmsrn replied to KatrinkaRN's topic in Hospice

   I have used small doses of atropine also to help dry up secretions or those death rattles. I have also heard that the more you suction a dying pt the more secretions they produce. I agree that all patients should be treated with the same level of ...

2. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

   jmsrn replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

   In my jobs we have always been told that sleeping on the job was grounds for immediate dismissal. If a staff member can't make it through the shift without sleeping then maybe night shift is not the shift for them to be working. If it was a new beh...

3. Calling in Sick

   jmsrn replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

   When a nurse calls in sick at our facility we have to ask if they have anything reportable. They keep track of contagious illnesses but we are not suppossed to ask for any other details.

4. Nurse Humor

   jmsrn replied to CEN35's topic in Humor

   Reading these I actually related to almost all of them at one time or another. I once was sitting at a restaurant when the waiter brought out the chicken we had ordered and I blerted out, "it looks like a new born laying on its side" I looked aroun...