lady constance

lady constance has 27 years experience and specializes in neuro med, telemetry, icu, pacu.

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1. Calling in for no sleep

   lady constance replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

   I would like to remind all of my fellow nurses, that at home we CAN do 18- 20 hour days ( because we CAN and DO go pee when we have to, we can grab a snack, drink a beverage), WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO EVER be forced into that kind of slavery at wo...

2. ever seen this? false accusations about your mental health?

   lady constance posted a topic in PACU

   ACCCCKKKK! I thought i was smart enough to know all management tricks--( been a nurse 32 years). Nope. The disorganization i work for quickly placed a mandatory 24 hour work week to qualify for benefits. LOSE YOUR VACATION ! ( mismanagement c...

3. Funny things patients say !

   lady constance replied to TAM's topic in Humor

   and one more..... a young lady had just had some surgery on her insides... the doc said " demerol and dilaudid for her" when the patient had sufficient presence of mind, she said " why did that man come over her and say damn-it-all and dildou...

4. Funny things patients say !

   lady constance replied to TAM's topic in Humor

   here are a few for yah.... eons ago, i had a dementia patient on a neuro floor..... as i did my rounds, checking each patient and room , i heard this constant HISSSSSIng sound...thought. " well that is odd"...and checked the flow of O2.... it wa...

5. Battling back injury

   lady constance replied to melisgood's topic in General Nursing

   tell me that you had an MRI.... sounds like a pinched spinal root to me... you need a micro surgeon who can spot in impinged spinal root.... forget PT.... pay for the MRI out of pocket.. you are too young for this kind of debilitation................

6. New nurse in PACU??

   lady constance replied to sungrl01's topic in PACU

   i am showing my age, but when yah get a patient from the OR who comes to you intubated or sucking any plastic device, yah need to be able to know when it is a good time to pull plastic.... and unless you understand weaning parameters,NIF,neuro/...

7. Suicide and nurse's reaction

   lady constance replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in Relations

   there is a saying in alanon.... look where you stumble, NOT where you fall.... what this saying means is that, we all do fall... but if yah desire to stop falling, LOOK WHERE YOU START TO STUMBLE... all the clues and signs that you can look bac...

8. Seasoned nurse, asked to shadow for new job??

   lady constance replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

   yah wont get paid. yah get a chance to see if you can stand it. they get a chance to eval you.... some places do this even to current employees seeknig a job in a different department....

9. How to deal with +++needy and loud pts

   lady constance replied to Aeterna's topic in Relations

   personally, i would get your manager involved in these cases....they could be a litigation issue.... your manager needs to step up to the plate.... ask her for suggestions.... and on a side note, when i have a patients like this, i ask before l...

10. Time to call a duck a duck?

    lady constance replied to eriksoln's topic in Professionalism

    the ADN programs will not go away easily...why? because the cost factor... in the locale where i live the salaries of starting nurses is 40,000/ year... the cost for the education of an ADN is about 10,000 here..... if your education costs ...

11. Ever been physically attacked by MD? What have or Would you Do?

    lady constance replied to artistnurse's topic in Relations

    ericsoln--- i love reading your posts.... :) cant say i have ever been in danger of physical assault.. unless we are talking about patients who are out of their mind or simply cant reason ( either because they have never been able to, or we have re...

12. Gah! So much judgement on all nurses.......

    lady constance replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

    do yah want to stay annoyed? what can YOU do to remedy the current problem... and i mean changing yourself --because you cannot change another..... what needs to happen so that you are not so annoyed????

13. Does bullying really go on in Nursing?

    lady constance replied to R_Clemens's topic in General Nursing

    do yah plan to stay a victim? or become a victor?

14. Time to call a duck a duck?

    lady constance replied to eriksoln's topic in Professionalism

    truth..... but people will be able to say " i know ONE professional nurse" and hopefully they know you by name...... take the challenge for one week and put your heart and soul in it... then get back with me....LOL

15. Your Most Challenging Experience?

    lady constance replied to septvirgo03's topic in General Nursing

    ummm quite a few.. one stands out..... sick icu patient--17 year old ... pressure so low, we emergently placed a venous line femorally----- and once the levophed was going, BLOOD was pulsing up the tubing.... probably the only reason the patie...