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Nov 14, '07 - 
Strange, but true story:
About twelve years ago, I was working nights as an LPN at an inpatient hospice unit. It was a quiet night. I was sitting in a patient's room with the patient and her family.
I will call the patient "Gladys."
Gladys was quietly...
by Hellllllo Nurse 41 comments Last by
markypooangel
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Oct 10, '08 - Warning: Contains events not suitable for those with a brainstem vomition center that’s easily excitable (whatever). :p
Heh heh…I never knew I’d have the chance to share the funny experiences I had during my training days this way. I...
by gingerbreadman0214 2 comments Last by
gingerbreadman0214
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Oct 14, '08 - This next entry deals with hyperbilirubinemia and jaundice in the late preterm infant. Just to recap, late preterm as defined by AWHONN is an infant born between 34 and 36 completed weeks' gestation.
During the antenatal period, fetal hemoglobin levels are...
by Elvish 0 comments
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Sep 27, '08 - This incident happened in the early 1980s, my face still gets red when I think about it.
Early one morning I received notification that Dr. So&So was sending a patient, a female to our unit and that the charge nurse had assigned a room for her. The only other...
by oramar 6 comments Last by
oramar
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Aug 26, '08 - I graduated nursing school in August of 2005 and went straight to work at a local nursing home.
I had never intended on becoming a nurse, however that is the direction that God sent me in and I have not regretted it ever since. I loved the nursing home and...
by NurseAlwaysNForever 5 comments Last by
nurseatheart81
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Sep 6, '08 - I am lucky to have been accepted to an LPN program in an accredited school and am in my third week.
Having had a Home Health Aide with a certificate from American Red Cross, I worked with the elderly in their homes and Assisted Living facilities and I loved it. For...
by pn77 1 comments Last by
nurseatheart81
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Oct 7, '08 - Today as I was sitting in the hallway during our lunch break, studying for my med surg test that was going to be taking place in less than 30 minutes, I could not help but overhearing the conversations of the group of freshmen a few feet away. They were cramming for...
by lemonaidangel 1 comments Last by
nurseatheart81
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Oct 1, '08 - I graduated from the LPN program on May 12, 2008. I am a 35 year old mother of 3. The truth is, is that I started the nursing program originally in 1991 right out of high school.
I was rolling right along until my first day of my first clinical rotation in a local...
by cjb73 7 comments Last by
youforgotsomething
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Oct 7, '08 - I sat down to read Allnurses yesterday evening at about 6pm.
My fellow co-worker called to tell me she had received a call on a patient with excessive secretions at a nursing home 2 blocks from my house. I offered to go, she said she was already on the way. I...
by NurseAlwaysNForever 1 comments Last by
CDeniseGo
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Oct 2, '08 - i had just finished my orientation as a new rn and had passed my boards only 3 months previous to this experience. i work in a 40-bed neuro/ telemetry unit at a local community hospital. many of the "seasoned" nurses had assisted with numerous procedures at bedside...
by lobstah 2 comments Last by
JoI8815
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Sep 26, '08 - We once had a denture bandit at the nursing home I worked at. Several patients dentures came up missing, usually about a pair a week, and a few days later they would show up back in the denture cup. I had no idea what could be happening and had begun checking all...
by NurseAlwaysNForever 21 comments Last by
Ticamm
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Oct 7, '08 - "I'm not hungry today," he growled, the corners of his mouth turned down, as I entered his room.
He lay in bed in his wrinkled white hospital gown, surrounded by rumpled sheets. He was assigned an isolation room for a post-CABG sternum infection. But this was no...
by dianah 0 comments
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Oct 3, '08 - Halloween has always been a fun holiday for me. I used to love to get dressed up and trick or treat. As a new nurse I decided to dress up for Halloween, both for my enjoyment and to entertain my patients. I thought it would be a wonderful way to spend the day with...
by NurseAlwaysNForever 6 comments Last by
classicdame
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Oct 6, '08 - Diligent and professional marketing to the attorney-client is crucial to the success of the Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC). Many nurses are lacking in this area. Let's start with some basics.
1. Create a letter of introduction and mail to prospective...
by sirI 0 comments
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Oct 5, '08 - IT IS MY X-RAY.
It was 2000 AD, I was studying undergraduate course of nursing. It was a final year. I was a student but I suppose to take responsibility as a staff. Nursing life is something like an army life. That was a very strict life. We had to be much...
by samjhana shakya 0 comments
