Scotty

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1. I p****'ed off a coworker

   Scotty replied to BuffaloLPN's topic in General Nursing

   Clear the air. It's obviously bothering you so you can't forget it yet, even if you try. Let your co-worker know you feel bad about it, but explain why at the time you didn't sort the IV for him/her. And tell them what you told us about them being a ...

2. GETTING WRITTEN UP: What is the most ridiculous thing you have been written up for?

   Scotty replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

   Thankfully I no longer work in places where this crazy writing up occurs. We do have adverse occurrence reports, but they are supposed to be blame-free and to highlight problems and improve future practice. I do wonder how long they are held and whet...

3. I need advice

   Scotty replied to Scotty's topic in General Nursing

   He's out of hospital now. :)

4. I need advice

   Scotty replied to Scotty's topic in General Nursing

   He's still doing well. Thanks so much for your support. He thinks the staff in the hospital are wonderful and he's tickled pink that nurses from all over the world are wishing him well.

5. I need advice

   Scotty replied to Scotty's topic in General Nursing

   He's had a Grade I subarachnoid haemorrhage. The CT showed a little blood, but the local hospital didn't see that, so he had a LP which showed a lot of blood. He's now been transferred to a specialist neuro centre that can do 3D radiology. I know it...

6. I need advice

   Scotty replied to Scotty's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much to all of you, Hubby saw three more docs, then the consultant said he should have a CT scan and a lumbar puncture in case it is a warning bleed - what I'm fearing (He smokes, he's 42, the pain came on suddenly after he moved his bowels...

7. I need advice

   Scotty replied to Scotty's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your replies guys. I am just trying to get him up because he is scared to move his head. I will let you know how I get on.

8. I need advice

   Scotty posted a topic in General Nursing

   10 hours ago my usually stoical husband complained of very sudden onset of the most severe headache he has ever had in his life. He does not usually get headaches, and has had none recently. He took paracetamol/ acetaminophen. After half an hour ther...

9. bed making class?

   Scotty replied to twarlik's topic in General Students

   Todd, I thought the bedmaking class was patronising in the extreme...and I fully appreciate that I have to make beds. I make my patient's bed at least once a shift in the ICU.

10. spooky spooky spooky

    Scotty replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe in ghosts but..... 10 years ago on nightshift in a surgical ward a bath tub tap gushed water just seconds after I had checked bathroom lights were off etc. No-one could have got in or out of that bathroom without going past me and I a...

11. Can a person live forever on a vent?

    Scotty replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric

    Keeping someone alive on a ventilator indefinately does not happen very often in the UK. There are some patients in the community on home ventilation, but they are not in a persistent vegetative state and do have some quality of life (some of them pr...

12. Will someone please check my math?

    Scotty replied to twarlik's topic in General Students

    The book is wrong. But that's a heck of a big dose of capoten. Textbooks should use believable examples.

13. Low rider pants on nurses

    Scotty replied to Celiabs's topic in General Nursing

    If it were compulsory to show my midriff at work I might have an incentive to lose 4 stone. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

14. Nurse Anaesthetists

    Scotty replied to jjjez's topic in International

    I wonder if you will get paid more than E Grade for that? It does sound like a great career option though.

15. 6th sense...

    Scotty replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Activism

    My friend is a nurse tutor and she says this is not a sixth sense, but "pattern recognition" because of your wealth of experience. You may not be able to say why something is going to happen, but you recognise the pattern.