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  1. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    Alright then. I would refuse to care for him. Maybe that's politically correct enough for this website
  2. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    Tell the 8 year old that's dead he is "just a human being who deserves care" I'm not mother Theresa just because I'm a nurse... Sorry but I first hand witnessed this ***** actions. It's not like prisoners who I have no idea what they have or haven't ...
  3. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    Yeah... You guys live in Boston and be there that day and tell me "oh I care for everyone the same!!" "Prisoners are sometimes the best patients!!" "He isn't proven guilty yet!" That dude and his brother wrecked havoc on our world for a week.. Terror...
  4. How do you reward yourself after a tough shift?

    Ahhhahah thumbs up to the above. Love it
  5. Personal Experience after Many Years as a Nurse

    I think you acted amazingly and did everything you possibly could have. I really hope the fact that you were involved and stood witness to his treatment from beginning to end gives you some sort of closure and peace. You sound like a wonderful mom. S...
  6. [So] My hospital has banned disposable wipes...

    We used washcloths at the hospitals I've worked at. Some had the wipes at a point but both stopped using thing due to cost concerns. In definitely not buying them myself that's ludicrous. Let the patients family buy them if its that important. Sorry...
  7. Rule follower-how to survive

    You gotta be flexible... It will help you so much if you can be flexible, stay a perfectionist to a degree...But accept nothing is perfect. If you can't do the above--how about being one of those nurses that audits charts? Case management? (They lov...
  8. Bored on night shift- should I ask for transfer?

    Transfer after 6 months... You could just really be bored... Some people work faster than others. Maybe it comes more naturally for you? But you gotta see what life is like when you aren't on orientation because its also possible that your preceptor ...
  9. Would Like Input - CABG

    I was always told it would be okay to look them up if it was "forward" in their care on the same admission you had them for... So you can't look if you didn't have them that same admission... But if they got transferred to icu or simple a different n...
  10. Witnessed unsterile procedure and feeling terrible about it

    Let your unit educator know that you have witnesses unsterile/improper cath technique and suggest an inservice... Or fill out an anonymous variance and don't dont don't name the nurse in it. This is a good balance between making sure she and others k...
  11. New Nurse can't eat lunch

    HA! She expects you guys to do dressing changes and give her meds while she is on break?? Is she princess of the unit? I'm afraid she would also think I was "mean"... That's not what covering is
  12. How do you all like to start your shifts?

    I used to have 1030 meds, at that job I would do all the assessments and dressing changed or whatever I could fit in the one between 730 and 930. I would have everyone documented on and assessed well before 930 and usually ate breakfast and drank som...
  13. You might be a night shifter if...

    We had a very confused Cantonese speaking patient who was agitated. Nobody could communicate with him, had him sitting at the station with us. He tried to get up and I finally just let him... I randomly started teaching him how to do gangham style!! ...
  14. is your efficiency misinterpreted as lazy ?

    Yes yes people who are good at their jobs MUST be terrible nurses who cut corners and force their work on their coworkers!! Never answer call lights!! Just awful people.... Sorry you aren't an efficient worker, doesn't mean you have to be bitter! I h...
  15. is your efficiency misinterpreted as lazy ?

    YES! I have this problem. Not to toot my own horn but I can assess pts, pass meds, chart everything, write my notes and have some coffee and small talk with a patient or too--all before 1000.. And during night shift all before 930 (I rotate) One unus...