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Compassionate Support, for your patients and yourself.

from kangarooyou - I have taken classes recently, about palliative care practice, read the books, the articles. Watched fellow "senior RN's" all in the hopes of finding a way to grasp the method of withdrawl of support. I have learned, I guess....the "hard way". As I have grown in this practice, I am becoming known as the "palliative care" nurse by default. ...
Last Reply by mama_d Jul 05 03:48 AM   3 comments   498 views
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Real Nursing

from Angie O'Plasty, RN - Nursing interventions are created moments. To me, "real nursing" is a moment created to identify and intervene, to connect with a patient and influence that patient to modify a behavior or an erroneous thought that holds them back from healing. It's one of the most satisfying activities that my job entails. Last night, I noticed that an...
Last Reply by glendz58 Jul 05 03:17 AM   39 comments   13,104 views
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Being a Team Player

from trixie - Many nurses want to advance in their careers. Few go into the nursing profession planning on being a floor nurse forever. Unfortunately, many fail to learn the very basic principle of how to be a team player. I was fortunate to have been oriented to the world of nursing by wonderful team players. They considered the work to be everyone’s...
Last Reply by Scrubby Jul 04 06:32 PM   21 comments   8,048 views
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Tips For Student Nursing

from angelchick - I looked at the Competition Title and thought... Hmmm I can't comment on this one and then all of a sudden I thought, 'What about all those out there pondering the idea of going nursing', so here are my tips for "Student Nursing/nurses". :nurse: Certainly this is based on my own experience, some has been great and some not so great, my...
Last Reply by FutureRN2008 Jul 04 05:48 PM   32 comments   9,463 views

The patient I loved

from ernursechic - I graduated Nursing school in May 2008. I went almost directly into home health. I had 1 visit that the administrator went with me and I was set loose to be a nurse. This was to be the patient that made me know why I became a nurse. J was a 50 years old and morbidly obese at 650lbs. He was such a hoot from the beginning. His mom came and lived...
Last Reply by meintheUSA Jul 04 05:23 PM   5 comments   430 views
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Confessions of a 30-something RN grad

from LuvofNursing - I am in the seat, feeling comfortable, calm (even though I have went through enough security to enter Fort Knox). I read through the instructions as to not miss anything. “You have 6 hours….” Sounds good, all is well….. First question, okay, 50/50…..A or C….. hmmm…A…. “next”…..2nd question…..what? What are they asking? These are all right,...
Last Reply by emmanewgrad Jul 03 08:09 PM   93 comments   16,041 views
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New Grads, A Few Words of Encouragement

from brian - After reading so many threads here on allnurses.com about the hard times many new grads are having at getting jobs, I just wanted to share a few words of encouragement. My feelings go out to all of you who are having a hard time finding jobs. I feel your pain and know what you are going through. I graduated in '95, we all had the similar...
Last Reply by Kickboxer Jul 02 10:37 PM   126 comments   35,616 views
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Do I Love Nursing? What Day is it?

from Purple_Scrubs - There have been many threads recently on AN along the lines of nursing: love it or hate it. I think about this often, and have realized that my responses to these threads are colored by the events of the day. So, here is a true account of how I feel about nursing, for anyone who is interested. Do I love nursing? What day is it? There are...
Last Reply by semuller Jul 02 03:46 PM   44 comments   12,938 views
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An Honor

from nursebboop1 - I entered through the front door of the nursing home just after 8am. I then signed in at the front desk while shaking off the biting cold of that February morning in 1997. I was here to admit a new female patient, Rosa, to hospice. I began my practice as a hospice RN in 1996. At that time the facility was seated in a pocket of the Midwest where...
Last Reply by shrinky Jul 02 12:40 PM   12 comments   4,126 views

2 am admission

from cwdrell - The following story is true. Really, I couldnt make this stuff up if I tried. So I picked up an extra shift this week and wouldnt you know it, I get the bat-**** crazy person admission at 2 am. At first glance, he's an 83-year-old with new onset a-fib. Fine. I can do a-fib in my sleep. No problem. Then I hear from one of the ER techs...
Last Reply by RN813 Jun 29 11:13 PM   11 comments   2,344 views
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Waiting has a magnificent purpose.

from jesjay - I am twenty-two. I just received my nursing license six months ago. I have attended two trainings and a not-so-stunning-no-seminar-at-all for my continuing educational program as a registered nurse. I have not been into that real-nursing-world. I have not volunteered for weeks or days or even a couple of hours at a clinic. And for all of the other...
Last Reply by momof2divas Jun 28 10:13 PM   27 comments   7,371 views
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Inmates as Patients in Hospital

from 4cas2 - An issue arose at my hospital during my consolidation as a student, and it had both ethical and legal concerns. I was being trained on a medical/surgical floor, and one of the nurses on the floor believed that inmates were only permitted to ambulate on the floor with their guards after visiting hours were over. Inmates are commonly put on our...
Last Reply by miss-vikki68 Jun 28 09:34 AM   30 comments   10,245 views

How to Write to Your Legislator

from Teresag_CNS - If you've been a nurse (or nursing student) for a while, you've undoubtedly noticed -ahem- one or two :wink2: things in health care that are suboptimal. Odds are good that at some point you have thought to yourself, "Somebody should tell Congress about that!" Or, "That's really bad policy and somebody ought to change it!" Well, why not be the...
Last Reply by Alexk49 Jun 27 05:41 PM   4 comments   765 views
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For those who had lost a child in a hospital bed; still searching for their lost hope

from ica_to4ate5 - Their stories were all congruent. (For those who had lost a child in a hospital bed and still searching for their lost hope) In expectation, they have waited for their first born. They were once the typical parents who adorned their babies’ small hands and feet or their velvety skin and round eyes—minutes after an arduous childbirth...
Last Reply by Liline26 Jun 26 03:08 PM   19 comments   9,401 views
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A Father's Tears

from Elvish - This patient who in the recent past has affected my life most profoundly never actually took a breath on this planet. I received his mother, A, to a room on our floor shortly after midnight one night. She had presented to ER at 15+ weeks gestation with ruptured membranes and intermittent vaginal bleeding; the OB staff suspected...
Last Reply by LuvofNursing Jun 26 01:12 PM   60 comments   9,552 views
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