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  1. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    One last thing: For those scoffing at mentally ill nurses working (and for the mentally ill ones in the trenches!), I recommend you read "A First Rate Madness." The author posits that in times of calm, the best leaders are the sane ones. In times of ...
  2. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    Here's how I see it: If you had physical pain that made it hard to do your job, you would take a pill. Joints ache after 10 hours, do you quit? All of these people scoffing how they'd never take a pill to do a job....have you toughed out every work-r...
  3. Satisfaction from wiping POO? GASP!

    I'm with you. There's something wonderful about a nice, clean, lotioned patient resting on neat fresh sheets. People underestimate what a difference it can make.
  4. Simple and quick nursing interventions to show patients we care

    Love this! Thank you. What a great thread!
  5. What to do with an aspirating, bedbound pt?

    Per protocol, they must have cleared a swallow test to get a diet (that's where I worked as a tech, so I know that much is done). She was in high fowler, soft mechanical.. There wasn't suction in the room, which was a problem, especially since this w...
  6. NPs practicing as DRs

    Nothing wrong with people with their doctorate to practice as "Doctors." They just can't practice as PHYSICIANS.
  7. Has anyone worked as a tech on an IMC unit?

    Yes, before school, and LOVED it. I didn't have an tech experience, and I worked under an EMT license, didn't have a CNA, so there was a steep learning curve, but it was doable and exciting. I was in a 14-bed medical IMC in an inner-city hospital, ...
  8. At clinical the other day, we had an aspiration-precaution pt. have some dinner go down the wrong pipe. The student working with her was watching her like a hawk, doing everything right, and the pt. was fine-- coughed it back up. I wasn't working wi...
  9. Weird question about poo....

    I worked as a CNA before nursing school, and not only did I get used to poo, I actually grew to appreciate it. Poo can tell us SO much about a patient's condition, and you'll hopefully be proud of just how much poo tells you. I've found that while th...
  10. Am i fully to blame for this or did my mentor act complacement.

    Very glad to hear you are going to go talk to the university. PLEASE do so. Even if it means you finish a semester later, or something like that...you need to get your feet under you and get a firmer foundation. Please also let this make you very awa...
  11. So I guess it is true...

    I just wanted to chime in and say that I'm sorry for all the harsh criticism you've received. I understand why you've become increasingly defensive and I think people are being very unfair. Not really sure why this is playing out this way. It is un...
  12. Am i fully to blame for this or did my mentor act complacement.

    While I agree with everyone that the fault lies with the OP.... ....what kind of shady nursing program are you attending?!?!?! Any student who realizes only AFTER a medication error that they need to check the 5 rights has not received a nursing ed...
  13. Duke, UPenn, John Hopkins ABSN - Worth the Price Tag?

    Hi! I just started at Georgetown's ABSN a few weeks back. I looked at Yale, Hopkins, Columbia etc, but Georgetown was a) right next door and b) offering a hefty scholarship (which is something to look in to!). If they weren't paying 80%, I'm not sure...
  14. PCT ratio to patients 34:1 ..... how is this safe?

    Not safe not safe not safe! I'm so sorry. I hope your nurses were understanding. There's nothing worse than being slammed AND having to waste ten minutes explaining why you can't check sugars. Are you in a position where you can go to the charge nur...