stumpy1

stumpy1 has 33 years experience and specializes in ICU/CCU,peds,UR,rehab.

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1. Would you look at your friend's bottom if they asked you to?

   stumpy1 replied to Sash123's topic in General Nursing

   I am happy to say that I did have a friend look at my bottom while camping as I inadvertantly sat on a stinging nettle. MY BUTT WAS NUMB and I needed someone to remove it. Luckily the friend was also my husband:yeah: and he had a first aide kit.......

2. Back-stabbing in nursing?

   stumpy1 replied to Iflew's topic in General Nursing

   I would hope you don't have any discharges at 2,000 feet:uhoh3:

3. Back-stabbing in nursing?

   stumpy1 replied to Iflew's topic in General Nursing

   In my opinion, "back stabbing" results from insecurities that are not related to only to nursing. Many people who choose nursing have come from backgrounds from which they feel a need to care for other people. For myself, I needed to "rescue" peopl...

4. who has time?

   stumpy1 replied to stumpy1's topic in General Nursing

   :yeah:Bravo! You have assessed the situation accurately. My question is how do we encourage others to deliver the same care you are. The computer is a tool that older nurses steer away from. My concern is we are overlooking assessments that will s...

5. who has time?

   stumpy1 replied to stumpy1's topic in General Nursing

   Amen to that. I would like to condense information and only concentrate on the information that is essential in a court of law showing excellent nursing care. The rest is superfulous and will eventually burn up anyway. Thank you. :typing

6. who has time?

   stumpy1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   :(I am concerned we are leaving a large knowledge base of patient care behind as we move forward electronically. It is very easy to "show off" technology and how we are "experts" in nursing. My concern is helping older nurses and those of non Engli...

7. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   stumpy1 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   Are we making the assumption that when we make fun of those we care for, we are better than they are? Christ only heals when we are humble and meet every patients needs as a servant. Not with arrogance or with lewd remarks. I have always ignored a...

8. What is your most memorable interaction with a Doctor

   stumpy1 replied to lpnflorida's topic in General Nursing

   I had been having years of infertility problems. At one point, I developed petechiae on my chest and made an appointment with an internal medicine specialist to have him evaluate the reason they had developed. Of course, by the time he examined me,...

9. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   stumpy1 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   I have always wondered how/why/ and what are they thinking? Thanks for answering all of those questions. Its' amazing what we are exposed to as nurses.

10. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    stumpy1 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

    The first pediatric patient I cared for with a trach was good as gold the entire time he was trached for epiglottitis. It was a metal trach, if that tells you how long ago it was. He allowed us to suction him, change the dressing, and administer ox...

11. promoting use of computer system

    stumpy1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am currently employed teaching use of the computer and moving forward towards total documentation in the computer from paper. One half of our hospital has already been documenting the majority of patient care on the computer. Those departments lov...

12. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    stumpy1 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    The majority of my nursing experience has been in critical care (20 years out of 33). When I started my initial training in ICU/CCU, I was berated for not wanting to inject air into a central catheter. I did not know it was a Swan Ganz catheter (or...

13. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    stumpy1 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked for over 30 years as a nurse. I had to take a year off at one point because I felt I needed to do EVERYTHING for my patients. It is called burnout. Now as a charge nurse, I make staff take breaks by taking over their tasks so they ca...