Wildwood Flower

Wildwood Flower has 17 years experience and specializes in med surg, LTC, ER , OB, PSYCH.

Latest Activity

1. Help with coming up with nursing diagnosis for my patient

   Wildwood Flower replied to blynn9173's topic in General Students

   Why are you doing fluid volume deficit when there is nothing in the medical history about this dx? Nsg dx for pssible bowell obstruction could be keep NPO,Asthma could be manage, minimize...

2. Hostile Nurses

   Wildwood Flower replied to golfergirl17's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry you are going thru a tough time but isn't that the way life is? You can only control what you do and how you respond to those negative people.Toughen up, kill them with kindness and please...

3. Depersonalization

   Wildwood Flower replied to whodunit's topic in Psychiatric

   I hate to admit it but have also heard that, No offense to anyone but it is usually the techs that do it . I always correct them when I hear it but it keeps happening, To me, if that ever happens with...

4. Just Because You're a Nurse

   Wildwood Flower replied to Jaybird310's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, and how about when family and friends introduce you to their friends as she is an RN, so now you have even more people calling for advice.:uhoh21: Oh yeah, and how about when family members...

5. Nursing is a terrible job!

   Wildwood Flower replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

   I'm so sorry this happened to you, sounds like they were jealous to me !Please don't give up, I believe there are a lot more great nurses out there than the type you trusted.I will never understand...

6. Night Shift = Second Class?

   Wildwood Flower replied to NewNightShifter's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yeah, I know where you are coming from and to make matters worse they leave their mess and leftovers for us to clean up ! And have you noticed how staff meetings , inservices etc. are geared for...

7. This Is Not Right!

   Wildwood Flower replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, what an :uhoh21:awlful spot to be in and its so not fair! If you are sure that is what she is doing then I think you should speak up. It may not seem like a big deal to a lot of people but its...

8. Come together

   Wildwood Flower replied to ~nurse~'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

   hi, i totally agree; its a shame there are no pension plans etc for us. i don't think a union where you might be required to stay out of work and not take care of your pts is the right way to go; but...

9. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

   Wildwood Flower replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   i generally just do whatever needs done whenever there is time without paying too much attention to titles; but it is easy to become agravated when people call everyone nurse; especially if the tech...

10. When you can't leave it at work.....

    Wildwood Flower replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    i'm so sorry you are going thru this and am right there with you. i recently encountered a pt who has experienced such a tragedy , they will never be able to put it away and i'm afraid i won't either...

11. Ever had folks assume you're the Aide not the Nurse????!!!!

    Wildwood Flower replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    hi, i also just do what ever is needed and although i've had funny looks and comments for doing tech work,it doesn't bother me in the least. with that said, i do mind that people can't seem to see the...

12. Just one persons opinion

    Wildwood Flower replied to dauschundlover's topic in General Nursing

    i agree, this person has diarrhea of the mouth! another thing my old friends and i are experiencing is that it seems the more experience you have, the less eager a facility is to hire you....

13. Need Some Help

    Wildwood Flower replied to heyheyhey's topic in General Nursing

    hi and welcome, each field has its own problems and rewards and you need to follow your heart !i went into a 2 year associate program at a local community college because it was the...

14. Psych nursing interview...freaking out.

    Wildwood Flower replied to lizzlebizzle's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey there, Just take a deep breath and you will be fine, its not so scary once ya get going. Just be yourself and if you can't think of an answer right away, ask if you can come back to it....

15. Self Defense Against Patients

    Wildwood Flower replied to Jerry99's topic in Psychiatric

    I couldn't agree more, it is really becoming more dangerous all the time and man , if you can't count on co-workers....!I recently had a co-worker lock me out of the nsg station after a mild...