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  1. The Voice of God

    This man was usually compliant and oriented during the day but nighttime was a different story. But at least he was "pleasantly confused". As in, if he pulled out an IV or began yelling at the characters on TV, he would apologize when I asked him to ...
  2. Dealing with a patient who verbally threatens you

    I am so proud of you! I think you reacted in a most professional and calm manner. It is high time that patients are given the message that they are not allowed to treat health care workers as their punching bags; verbally or physically...this type ...
  3. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    here are a few I've heard; not necessarily from nurses or at work: - Drinking coffee as a child will stunt your growth - Never have surgery during a full moon...it will cause you to bleed excessively (have had ortho patients check the moon's status w...
  4. staph/mrsa

    Community acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) is definitely on the rise. It used to be an organism that was isolated in hospitals, but in the last 5 years or so, it is being seen more and more in people that have not been chronically ill or had frequent hospita...
  5. CIC certification- practice requirement

    I've been an Infection Control Practitioner for almost 13 years. When I started this job, I came from being an ANM on an orthopedic surgical floor for 6 years with no experience (other than direct patient care and management) in IC. Most positition...
  6. Most easy job in Nursing?

    There are hospital-based 8 -5 nursing positions that do not require nights, weekends or holidays...down side is that they are ususally 'salaried' positions and so the pay starts less than you make now, no shift differential, and you make the same pay...
  7. African American Care

    I'm from NC and have heard of people eating clay or PI-CA; but not "dirt". I don't know if that's exactly how you spell pica; I spelled it that way because that's how it is pronounced.
  8. Funny patient names by nurses

    A unit secretary I used to work with was named "Vienna Switzerland" and her sister was named "Montana"....both were born in NC.
  9. Oh yes! There was about a 6 month period on my unit where myself (working 7p-7a shift) and another nurse lost 3 DNRs after we assisted them back from the bathroom; once they hit the bed; they were gone. The worst one was a man whose wife had spent ...
  10. What Gets to You??

    I feel your pain! I never have been able to deal with vomiting...I remember one time; after ambulating a college student who had lost one testicle playing LaCrosse; he became nauseous and vomited when he got back to the bed. After making sure he wa...
  11. "Your servers today will be..." Opinions please!

    Wouln't it be more professional and appropriate to say "Your primary healthcare workers today will be" ? If they've got to say something, at least, that's what we all are and its not sooo degrading.
  12. Methinks thou doest protest too much. As an Infection Control nurse of almost 15 years, I can tell you from study after study and from personal observations of staff, that staff DO NOT wash their hands nor do they clean equipment from patient to pat...
  13. Teaching staff the importance of handwashing

    I've been an ICP for almost 12 years now and this has got to be the most frustrating action to get staff to do...maybe because it's the simplest thing to do! One action we've implemented is "thio broth bag handwashing". Our lab prepares 2 bottles o...
  14. To determine what you need to do to prevent the transmission of MRSA or VRE, you must understand WHAT it is. MRSA is transmitted no differently that Staph aureus would be...that is, on your unwashed hands or contaminated equipment or clothing. It i...