hybr1d

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1. Why are nurses so.....?

   hybr1d replied to neverland's topic in General Nursing

   I must be lucky because I haven't worked with a single nurse who fits into any of these categories! Most have been friendly and helpful. A bit different on the internet though but with almost a million members on this site it's bound to end up that w...

2. Suicidal ideation in patient.

   hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

   Just an update. Nothing had happened since I was at work 5 days ago with regards to a psych-consult. Patient said she had confided in two other nurses but I saw no notes from doctors or them. Heard some banging from patients room and found her bangi...

3. Suicidal ideation in patient.

   hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you dishes (and thank you for the pm!), I needed that. It's sometimes difficult wanting to help but not being able to, or allowed to, make the decisions needed. When I'm back on thursday for my single night I hope something will have changed!

4. Suicidal ideation in patient.

   hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

   I'm it at the night, no sup or anything. I have a ward by myself and there's no other nurse on the entire floor (used to be one on the other ward but they closed it due to lack of nurses). I know it's very differently organized in my little corner of...

5. Suicidal ideation in patient.

   hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

   This so much, I have nothing to say about it when the on-call doctor won't do anything. I reported it (and I'm also obliged to) saying this worried me and that she was not in a good mental state. But I got nothing in return, now my back is "free" but...

6. Clothes that fit the Job

   hybr1d replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   I wish I was allowed to use fun scrubs! We are provided with scrubs (dresses or tunics). That way in Sweden, we all look the same in the summer I spice it up with wearing a dress and rainbow knee socks!

7. Suicidal ideation in patient.

   hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

   Yep! I'm totally on board with that. I get frustrated when I don't get that kind of response from the doctor on call and in the weekend and night it's what I have available to contact. The daytime doctors have to take charge of it but it seems they d...

8. Suicidal ideation in patient.

   hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks dishes! I'm not suspicious like the first response, wouldn't have crossed my mind to think this patient would be intentionally sabotaging her link to a somewhat normal like (which is obvious in conversations the patient misses very much and wa...

9. Suicidal ideation in patient.

   hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it works that way here too. Pt has not been a patient at that clinic but has at some time been a student there and thinks well of the place. I hope the doctors make stuff happen asap. I wish psychiatric issues were taken as seriously as physical ...

10. Suicidal ideation in patient.

    hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

    I did contact the doctor on call at night but yeah didnt get much from it. So I properly informed my colleagues so they could work on it on the day. Not worried about my job, I live in Sweden and I think the laws are very different from other countri...

11. Suicidal ideation in patient.

    hybr1d replied to hybr1d's topic in General Nursing

    I did alert the doctor on call already the first time she told about it plus spoke to my 5 colleagues for advice in the morning. The doctor didnt say much more than "if XX want no contact with psych then XX has to take responsibility and not self-har...

12. Suicidal ideation in patient.

    hybr1d posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello my follow nurses! I am wondering how you would handle this situation: Patient in its 20s. Has severe type 1 diabetes with resistance to sc insulin. Taket 250 E doses with not much effect. Has lost 2 pumps due to infection. Is now since 1 month ...

13. What are your personal standards when a patient "refuses care"

    hybr1d replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    It varies from patient to patient. If the patient has all cognitive functions intact I try to reason with them and make a deal like alright we wont do it now but how about 5 o clock? It usually works. If they get violent or verbally abusive I dont bo...

14. TBC patients, health check or no for staff?

    hybr1d posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi colleagues! I had a patient with a bloody cough a while back. She coughed me in the face. I asked about TBC-testing the patient, which hadnt been done, and they came back positive. I asked my boss about it and told her about my exposure but didnt...

15. Tattoos in Nursing

    hybr1d replied to chiandre's topic in Professionalism

    I got a few tattoos and piercings. Piercings in the face and ears. Bosses react more than patients. They cant fire me for it since the swedish guidelines state that there isnt a correlation between that and infections in patients.