Amethyst19

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1. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Amethyst19 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   Greensister keep writing!!!! Love your stories!!! Hope you are published soon, till then I will be looking out for more of your stories.

2. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Amethyst19 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   My mom works LTC and had a pt needing an enema. He is standing in the BR hands on the sink. As soon as she starts the enema, he burst out in song "God bless America!" sang the whole thing. A couple years later I'm in NSG school... for my "well e...

3. pros and cons of nsg home vs pt home hospice

   Amethyst19 replied to Amethyst19's topic in Hospice

   I don't know any of them yet. Maybe I will put the question to the supervisor and have her choose for me. I have always thought I would love hospice and am ready for a change from the chaos of PCU, but kind of intimidated by being out on my own. I...

4. pros and cons of nsg home vs pt home hospice

   Amethyst19 posted a topic in Hospice

   Hi everyone, I am interested in working for hospice, have interviewed, they have 2 positions. Case manager 12 pts, home visits or the same but with nsg home pts. I have 1 year pcu experience, but still find myself asking lots of questions. Not s...

5. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   Amethyst19 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

   I love it when they call, you enter the room, and they have spit a little something up and exclaim "I'm THROWING UP!!!" What do you say? "I can see that?"

6. How many nurses take antidepressants or antianxiety medication?

   Amethyst19 replied to Attheana's topic in Stress 101

   I started taking effexor during 3rd semester. It seemed to help me in some respects, my friends said I was more fun to be around, but it also made me fuzzy headed and I definately noticed a decrease in my test scores. One of the se's is anxiety, w...