I like the phrase, I've used the phrase and will probably continue to. To me it doesn't mean you ignore either the pt or the monitor simply that all the monitors and technology in the world is not a substitute for a good and thorough assessment. Tha...
I probably would've signed and added the note that "I will toilet pts when I answer the call bell when I do not have other pts requiring a higher level of nursing care at the same time."
Yes but there is implied consent. If you have to hold a person down to take blood and insert a catheter you'd better have a court order or something to back you. But like brillohead said if you say I need to take some blood and urine and they willing...
Does your hospital do out patient cats as well? In our hospital we have a holding room where the out patient sheaths are pulled and any admitted pts from the tele floors go there for the sheath removal then back to the floor for their bed rest. Any i...
I live 20 minutes from work so I never get the option of calling out due to weather but I live in Canada and life doesn't stop for snow so I've driven in plenty of snowstorms. What I wonder is if it wasn't work, if it was something personal something...
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When I have a pt that talks a lot and takes a little more time I usually save them for last. I know you're probably always busy and have something that you need to do but if you do his meds last at least you know that somebody else isn't waiting on t...
Was the pt on tele? Because in our CCU when we have a pt having a lot of runs of VT we often give 1g of Mag even with out a previous level. On VTers out docs like levels better than 1 and I've never seen that on a pt who hasn't had Mg replacement. So...
It's the same at my hospital. We can still wear jackets and longs sleeves but jackets must come off before going into patients rooms to provide care and long sleeves must be able to be rolled up to your elbows for pt care and hand washing. It's actua...
I think something like day surgery or school nursing would completely stress me out. When I was a new grad I was saying that a pt made me nervous because he was so sick. He had just about every diagnosis under the sun...easier to list what wasn't wro...
I had a similar situation a few years ago when I was a new grad. I had a pt in his 40's severely brain damaged after a MVC and had been living in a NH with a g-tube for years. He was on our Med unit with asp. pneumonia and had been on O2 and triple...
This poem was posted in the nursing station of the hospital where I use to work and it was really nice to read when you were having one of 'those' days. I'm "Just A Nurse" I'm "just a nurse." I just make the difference between life and death. I'm "ju...
I was just talking to my father, my grandpa is scheduled to be d/c'd tomorrow with the catheter. He's walking on his own, doing stairs and feeling great. Now let's see if I can remember all the questions: Athomas91, I was worried and frustrated and ...