MTK

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1. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

   MTK replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   actually, dying on the toilet is not that unusual. That old valsalva maneuver can be fatal in some compromised patients (age, heart disease, embolic disease etc)

2. My husband works for me- is this ever going to work?

   MTK replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Unless you own your own business, this situation is loaded with potential HR issues.

3. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

   MTK replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like a "no good deed goes unpunished" scenario to me. You probably should have checked with the family since the presence of long term facial hair is generally an identifying characteristic for men. However, stop beating yourself up!!!! If t...

4. Be Careful What You Say...

   MTK replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe you ought to re-examine the issue. I don't know the nature of your comments in terms of what you said, how you said or how many people you said it to, but you were invited into someone's place of business and then spent time complaining about h...

5. What's the weirdest baby name?

   MTK replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   years ago before breast feeding made it's big comeback, sometimes an androgenic drug called deladumone in the dr to suppress lactation. the doc would usually just give the orders for the dose out loud to the circulating nurse. you guessed it. ther...

6. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

   MTK replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

   Does this person work in the same facility as you do? IF so, does this facility have an ombudsman or Integrity Office? If not, does your state licensing board have an ombudsman program for nurses with addictions? You are beating yourself up over how...

7. We lost a mom

   MTK replied to LauraLou's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When I was 19 and working as an aide in a small community hospital OB unit, we also had an experience with a post partum Mom (of twin boys) who died of a cerebral aneuryism. Those boys are now 31 year old men and I will never forget their mother.

8. How do I wear this?

   MTK replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

   I believe that the cap is actually a remnant of the earlier days when nurses wore hats (caps) to keep their long hair from falling in front of their face as they worked. Housekeepers, maids and cooks also wore hats or caps for the same reason. It ma...