chisgirl

chisgirl has 33 years experience and specializes in family practice.

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1. She - A Sexual Assault Story

   chisgirl replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was 20 and I thought I was invincible. It was the middle of the day on a gorgeous Saturday in the early fall. I waited by the bus stop when a gang of bikers decided I was "it". My recollections, 30 plus years ly ater, are of being assaulted and thr...

2. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

   chisgirl replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've been on both sides of the "fence"...I've been frustrated as an RN at patients who see me as a servant at their personal beck and call... I have no other patent but them and have all the time in the world... and I have no real training... I'm onl...

3. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

   chisgirl replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

   Woody... you expressed it beautifully. Thank you.

4. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

   chisgirl replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

   Please...stop playing judge and jury where it comes to deciding who's disabled and who is not. Yes, there are too many people who abuse the sticker/parking space. BUT... there are a lot of people with "invisible" disabilities. It does not make them a...

5. Beginnings and Endings

   chisgirl replied to End Game RN's topic in General Nursing

   Eeka End Game RN.... Wow... you write beautifully. In addition to being able to picture the scene, I could also hear it. I will always think of this story whenever I hear the song, Butterfly Kisses. Thank you for letting me be a part of this story.....

6. any nurses out there with back injuries

   chisgirl replied to rehab nurse's topic in Disabilities

   I was kicked by a patient coming out of anesthetic back in 1975... it's a long story. Additionally, that evening shift I was the only person working a floor with 24 patients... talk about being short-staffed, even that far back. I had no orderly, LPN...

7. The language of pain

   chisgirl replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

   Shadchan... without diagnosing....have you been investigated for fibroids?

8. How to Command Respect

   chisgirl replied to 43RN20's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for a great article. I've dealt with a lot of residents who've admitted that it was the nursing staff who guided him/her through their internship. They may not all thank us, but I DO know that many a doctor knows that nurses rule!!!

9. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

   chisgirl replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

   PattycakeRN... I AM in Canada. To let you know how screwed up we are... my doctor has been visited by the RCMP investigating the amount of pain killers he prescribed to me. Because of that, he wouldn't write me a prescription and I was lucky because ...

10. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    chisgirl replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    I've got to ask... have YOU dealt, personally, with having/sufferting with chronic pain??? Until you do... you really have NO idea of what we go through. I try really hard not to let my pain define me as a person/nurse. If anything, I go too far th...

11. The language of pain

    chisgirl replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for saying what so many of us know. I've been at both ends.. as a nurse watching a patient dying of terminal, late-stage colon cancer, and as a patient in chronic, unrelenting back pain. The doctors are TERRIFIED to provide adequate pain me...