leem

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1. Difficult patients and families

   leem replied to bunky's topic in Safety

   TweetieRN, and Bunky Regarding your characterization of IV stick being a "ridiculous area of complaint". You would be of a different mind if when getting and IV you were stuck 10 or 12 times before the nurse got it right. Blaming someone as just be...

2. Difficult patients and families

   leem replied to bunky's topic in Safety

   Nancy, Granted, some families can be unreasonable. I fully agree that the patient should always be the focus. It is absurd that family members would make personal requests to the staff. However, is some of your frustration really more the result of ...

3. Socialized Medicine/Nursing

   leem replied to PPL's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Bunky, Just a few things. The well off don't let their "loved" ones pass on more quickly because they are better educated. Its really more of a practical matter. Money. Who gets it. Them... or the doctors. Clearly, you have seen who wins that ...

4. Do you feel you have enough time to safely care for your patients?

   leem replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Well Boys and Girls, I am not a nurse, but I have spent about 3-4 hours every day since July '93 in either an ICU, sub-acute, rehab hospital, or nursing home, advocating for and supporting a relative who was very seriously injured in an auto acciden...

5. family presence at bedside during resuscitation and or invasive procedures

   leem replied to JWV's topic in Emergency

   I think it depends on the family members. Some individuals can handle crisis better then others. I feel they have a right to be present so long as they are not interfering with the measures being taken. I have, as a family member, been present a numb...

6. Drug errors

   leem replied to chrisgidney's topic in Safety

   Ditto!! Well said!!!!

7. Drug errors

   leem replied to chrisgidney's topic in Safety

   Clearly you or a loved one has not been the recipient of such an error. Feeling "bad" is little recompense when an error has been made which causes injury; particularly if this is because the nurse was just not paying close enough attention to what ...