silverrainbows

silverrainbows has 8 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg and now Palliative care.

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1. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

   silverrainbows replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Humor

   I was floating one day and came upon a middle aged, sound minded lady sitting on a commode chair behind her curtain. I asked her if I could help her and she said " I'm just waiting" of course this was followed by "waiting for what?"...."My autopsy" s...

2. Hurt at work....is this the hospitals fault?

   silverrainbows replied to silverrainbows's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the advice. I did fill out all of the proper papers. I have been filling these out for years with no follow up. This pt was not admitted to psych initially as our psych unit is an ambulatory one and this pt was not. They just put him there...

3. Nurses pushing a PCA pump for a patient?

   silverrainbows replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

   As a Palliative care nurse we are taught to educate the patient and their family about the bolous button. If the patient can't push it the family can. If they are not comfortable with that I would have no problem bolousing them. This would be with a...

4. Hurt at work....is this the hospitals fault?

   silverrainbows posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi....Im new to this site and have a question I'm hoping you guys can help with. I'm a LPN working in a Palliative Care unit in a general hospital. I work full time 12 hour shifts. I got report before shift and was told about a new patient that we ha...