bellcollector

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  1. Calling in for no sleep

    I have trouble understanding why there are so many nurses/healthcare workers who are so seemingly proud of consistently over working themselves or working with little to know sleep. It makes no sense to me. We are in the field of science yet we ign...
  2. Oxygen

    I am a 3rd shifter and every place I have worked save for private duty it is our job to make sure things are done with our pts. and clean and restocked for the next shift. Personally I feel it is each shifts job to have things ready to go for the ne...
  3. Loss of son and finding a future

    I have completely isolated myself except for the 2 nights a week that i do private duty. I have been an LPN since 1998. I worked in geriatrics and special needs and spent two years doing Excelsior for my RN. I didn't find the book work particularl...
  4. Loss of son and finding a future

    Thank you for the kind wishes. I am an LPN doing private duty had experience mostly in geriatrics before the injury. Yes because of WC I would have to continue to work but I only work 2 days a week.
  5. Loss of son and finding a future

    Hello Everyone, It has been a couple of years, I think, since I have posted here. This might be kind of wordy so I apologize in advance. I got injured in 2004 and was off work until 2014. I am back now with restrictions. I have a son with specia...
  6. Why don't nurses bond?

    I apologize for not acknowledging all the posts. I have had a rough few months. In and out of hospital a few times. Thank you for your thought provoking posts. I think I probably just haven't hit on the right work place yet. I never meant to imp...
  7. Why don't nurses bond?

    I have been marathon watching Chicago Fire. I have always heard that fire fighters bond and become like family and so far that is what the show portrays. I am just curious, why is it that we nurses (for the most part) do not stick together and bond...
  8. red and raw bottom

    Thank you for your replies.
  9. red and raw bottom

    Hi, I am in desperate need of advice. My client is a 5 yr old with many medical issues. Our current problem is that she is on total parenteral nutrition. She gets probiotics and prune juice when needed. Her stools are always liquid and she has f...
  10. ? about my peds patient

    Thank you justbeachynurse I will do that.
  11. ? about my peds patient

    I just watched video on the Farrell bag as well I will show it to guardian's in the morning. I am giving the simethicone every 4 hours, have vented tube before each dose, have HOB elevated as high as is comfortable for her and am frequently positio...
  12. ? about my peds patient

    Hi all I am a PDN but this is a peds question. I am caring for a little girl and I do mean little. I won't share anything identifying just in general. She just turned 4 but because of her condition she is very small about 20 pounds. She has sever...
  13. Christmas ethics?

    I know it is unethical to receive gifts from clients or their families but is it acceptable for us to give them Christmas gifts?
  14. Good Nursing Books

    "Bed Number Ten" Was mandatory reading in our program and is a true story. "And If I Perish" and "We Band of Angels" are a couple of my favorites also true stories. If you like fiction Echo Herron(not sure I spelled that correctly) has some pretty...
  15. How many days off are appropriate?

    Now this is the mom that reminds me of myself and how I would react. My youngest son, the one with special/complex needs, is soon to be 27. He now lives in a group home he is high functioning but has a very complex medical case. He has lived there...