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1. Help, 4yo grandson killed my finches

   catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

   Also :killing and beheading 5, yes f-i-v-e, Finches goes way beyond acting out. This is the crap serial killers did when they were little.

2. Help, 4yo grandson killed my finches

   catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

   You can't talk sense into a woman who has none. If you could it would have happened years ago. I am more concerned with my grandchild than her. I even wonder if one of his Uncles or his cousin could be doing things to him. This was an act of rage, do...

3. Help, 4yo grandson killed my finches

   catrn10 posted a topic in General Nursing

   He tore their heads off. When I asked him why, he told me, with a flat affect, that he didn't do it. I told him their blood and feathers were on his hands and he looked me straight in the eye and said" they didn't like me so I tore their heads off." ...

4. What would you do?

   catrn10 replied to RnAngl's topic in General Nursing

   I wouldn't recommend taking that job if I already knew I wouldn't like it. And the 1:9 ratio isn't good either. Pediatric patients can be very tricky. Wait for a better offer. There is a Nursing shortage after all.

5. how do you feel about RN covering for LPN on the floor?

   catrn10 replied to GN1974's topic in General Nursing

   Many hospitals in my area require that an Rn co-sign the LPN's. I refused to do it and actually got written up for it! I was agency. so I refused to work outside of the units ever again. This same hospital would also leave an LPN as the lone nurse in...

6. This is sick

   catrn10 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with fergus51 and plumrn. I was told to give morphine to a dying patient, in significant pain and discomfort. I was warned by the doctor that it was possible she might die as I titrated for pain relief and not to be upset. I was a newby nurse...

7. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

   catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

   I had really meant the post to be an educational experience. Oh well. I appreciate the support I've been getting from everybody. I want to plug how good this kid is one more time though. During this whole mess, she and she sister both took jobs and b...

8. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

   catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't call her a liar, I said she lied about not having symptoms and denied, to me and herself what was really going on. At least that was what I was trying to say. She is a good kid and had not been prone to lying in the past. Which is why I acce...

9. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

   catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

   And Oh but she had had a Neuro consult, right after the accident. He is the one who gave her the nerve blocks and she lied and said they had worked. Teenagers can go to extraordinary lenghts not to be different and this kid is the Queen of denial.

10. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I was not worried about a tumor as she had CT scans post MVA that were negative for everything except the "Brain Bruise" (The report actually said that":

11. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

    Mom WAS there all along. But the child was hiding important symtoms because she thought she was going insane. She thought she was going to end up in a nut house. I could only tell what I knew and observed. As she rarely spends time at home,(she is VP...

12. What to do about a bad instructor?

    catrn10 replied to luv4nursing's topic in General Students

    She sounds oddly familiar to me. I had several instructors behave in such a manner. None taught for more an a couple of semesters as the College I attended had little tolerance for such behavior. I favor the tape recorder, only I would take a copy to...

13. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    catrn10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok ladies and Gents, try this one on for size. See if you can correctly guess what is wrong with the patient before the Doctors finally figure it out! Real Life scenario: 17 y.o.w.f. presents to her GP's office with her mother, a disabled former ICU ...

14. I really need help

    catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

    Well, things didn't get better, they actually managed to get worse for a while. I finally had surgery on my lt hip May 5. Unfortunately, it took so long to get it done that now I have to have my rt. knee replaced and I have carpal tunnel so bad I can...

15. Have mercy on me, I am supposed to be the strong one

    catrn10 replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

    Khaia passed away peacefully during the night of December 31, 2003. She had lost weight dramatically over the course of a two week period, and the vet could find no cause. I had resorted to feeding her by hand for the last several days and she rallie...