MurseKyle

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1. Abusing staff nurses to do "presentation"-- can they do this to us?!

   MurseKyle replied to 3rdwing's topic in Neurological

   EchoRNC711 is absolutely correct. Education is a great thing! By making our staff nurses do presentations, we are advancing our knowledge and our profession. It is incredibly difficult to do this when you have so little time. But, take it easy. Slow ...

2. Ever have an addicted patient complain about post-op pain medication?

   MurseKyle replied to Munch's topic in Neurological

   However, bringing street drugs into the hospital is unsafe and illegal and should not be tolerated. Didn't want my last post to sound like I support visitors bringing in drugs and the patient injecting them through their PICC! Haha!

3. Ever have an addicted patient complain about post-op pain medication?

   MurseKyle replied to Munch's topic in Neurological

   I know this post is old but I'm going to add my two cents anyhow. So, when we have a patient who is an addict, we often times find ourselves reluctant to give them pain meds. We tend to say "Oh they're not 10/10 oh they're just drug seeking, they're ...