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- Unless YOU make a big deal of it, the nursing staff will never know whether you have excellent insurance, pay cash for your...9
- Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
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- To me it sounds like they are putting the nurses in an untenable position. Why is management making you do their job? It...8
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- As an afterthought, I am reminded of one patient who whined that it was hard for her to "reach back there" because she was...31
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- I work in an ICU. I lay out the plan for the night right up front. I tell them I will be in the room at least every hour to...19
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- I am not sure what area you work in......or if you deal with the transfer of patients to other facilities....or work in...8
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- I usually tell patients goodbye and if I really liked them then I'll spend a few minutes talking to them if I know I won't...7
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- The thank you notes/cards need to come from the hospital administration, not the bedside nurses, IMHO.15
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Yes, I'm sorry, but this is strange. Now if the hospital wants to send home a brochure that says, "Thank you for using THUS...8
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- I think reorientation has its place, like for meals and bedtime. "You had breakfast this morning, right now we're having...2
- Forum: Geriatric Nurses / LTC Nursing
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- Lie to me. Tell me I am being held in safety from all my fans who would overwhelm me. But whatever you do, please don't...7
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- What the OP did is called therapeutic lying, which is recommended in middle and late stage dementia. It is much more humane...10
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- We have a former DON patient who is a high fall risk, especially overnight ,so the nurses give her a clipboard and she goes...18
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- Have a little compassion. While screaming back was not the ideal response (which the OP recognizes), the OP did not do...76
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- Ditto what MInurse says. We get lots of NG tubes (adult floor) and those are our orders as well. I've not heard of using...1
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- Worked at one time with a doc who had a bad case of "small man syndrome". (He was about my height - 5'3") I informed him...10
- Forum: Nursing Humor / Share Jokes
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- Yeah, that question is your opportunity to showcase things about you that can't show up on a resume. A story about why you...1
- Forum: Nursing First Job Hunt Assistance
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- BTW just to clarify, I didn't mean answer every single question even if you know that you don't know the answer. I meant,...1
- Forum: General Nursing Student
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- CNA work? Come on. Put the patient on the freaking bedpan already. Do your assessment while you're at it. (butt, skin,...51
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- If a nurse has time to leave the room, wash her hands and then go find a CNA to tell her a pt needs the bedpan, she could...29
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- I agree that there's nothing like the home throne advantage - but when ya gotta go, ya gotta go!5
- Forum: School Nursing
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- Did you mark yourself excellent on everything? Or just the things you feel you've gotten good at? I rated myself harshly...6
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- Before I worked LTC, I was on an 80 bed med surg unit. We also gave 10 am meds at 8am and when taking vitals, we did a quick...4
- Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing
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- Wow, I have so much to learn. Thanks for the support and helping me put things into perspective. I reviewed Cushing's...3
- Forum: Nursing Student Assistance
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- I Was helping another nurse change out a pt in the ER. Once we had him changed he said, "oops, sorry!" The nurse I was with...62
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- This is really weird because I've never had any cause to do it, but one of my biggest quirks is that I always draw up iv...4
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- Your baby's health is the most important thing here-Talk to the director and find out exactly when you can re-join the...9
- Forum: LPN / LVN Nursing Student
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- we've added the following new forums. we hope you find them interesting. under students teas exam help teas exam...24
- Forum: Information Center
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- I will reiterate what a previous poster just replied, very few of the abusers are actually paying their bills. I am paying...13
- Forum: Ob/Gyn Nursing
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- There's two kinds of nurses. Those who've made a med error with disastrous consequences, and those who've made a med error...35
- Forum: Nursing News
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- I've decided to take time off from being an angel and am going to be an angle instead - hard, pointy and unyielding. Who's...24
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- People are, I know none of us is surprised to learn, morons - I had surgery a couple of years ago to pin a couple of broken...8
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- i always back up my coworkers. if they are talking about them to you then they are likely talking about you behind your back...14
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- Without knowing her medical history it's impossible to know it can be a psychotic break to a drug reaction to a seizure to...6
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- confident professionals know their strengths, limits, and goals. that comes across as, well, confident and professional, not...10
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- These caps are nifty, and hopefully will reduce CRBSI's, however, they don't completely negate the use of alcohol pads. If...1
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