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Sep 1, '08 - 
Rita was one of my favorite homecare patients: not too difficult, always kept her scheduled time and definitely was in need of my assistance. She was well over seventy years old,cognitively challenged, and was not the patient I would expect to be overly excited! She...
by PiaLove 0 comments
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Aug 21, '08 - I’ve been an LPN for 13 years and just graduated with my ASN this past May. I’ve been wracking my brain trying to find that one patient or patients that have changed my life for better or worse. For the life of me, I can’t think of just one exactly which is weird. ...
by WildcatFanRN 9 comments Last by
WildcatFanRN
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Aug 19, '08 - :nurse: "US" and "THEM" :rolleyes:
IT COULD MEAN TROUBLE
:argue:
The more I think about stories about patients… the more this thought comes to mind.
I finished my nursing education in Dec. 2004 and since that time I have noticed a major shift in the...
by vadushkas_nurse 8 comments Last by
Nurse1357
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Aug 20, '08 - Working 7p-7a, what is on our minds at 6a? Our cozy, warm bed and counting sheep. This was what I was thinking of when a pt, we'll call him John... John Doe, came rolling into CCU. He was a transfer from an outside hospital. Standard chest pain, had some nitro...
by JKBrn 1 comments Last by
rwright15
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Aug 10, '08 - I was still running from an ex-spouse who continued to stalk me. I had had to move 4 times in the last six months. Money was tight and I was a nervous wreck hold “it” together by the concerns for my kids and grace of Godd. I worried about losing my job believing that...
by Travduck 3 comments Last by
kessadawn
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Aug 11, '08 - I went into nursing in midlife as a change of career. I was in a Second Degree/ Second Career program. Within my clinical small group was a thoroughly entertaining and wonderful guy who worked as a nurse tech in the local Burn Unit ICU. He would regale us Newbies with...
by SandBetweenMyToes 3 comments Last by
BertRN07
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Aug 10, '08 - Many years ago I met Henry. He was a med surge patient of mine. A man in his 80's who was alert and spry, and love to joke with the staff. I was a new nurse, and Henry was a welcome relief compared to some of my other patients.
As a new nurse, I wasn't as...
by Babs0512 8 comments Last by
celclt
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Aug 17, '08 - In my job as a Hospice RN Case Manager I could honestly say that each patient I have looked after has changed my life in many different ways.
Thinking about all these dear folk that I have had the pleasure of looking after I am drawn back to one of my dear patients...
by Sabby_NC 1 comments Last by
hospice_nrsing_4_me
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Aug 18, '08 - I teach second semester nursing students med surg on a 36 bed oncology unit outside Boston. I always ask the nurses on who would be good for a student- good learning experience, receptive to a novice learner and hopefully interesting diagnosis. My students are often...
by oncnursemsn 3 comments Last by
romantic
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May 31, '08 - In Emergency Medicine we don’t get the lovey dovey stuff so often with patients. We see patients at their worst. We try to get a big picture as to what’s going on with them, stabilize them and then ship them off. Sometimes before we even get to even know them, they’re...
by awongaemtcc 4 comments Last by
melleo16
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May 14, '08 - I work on a large acute care pediatric unit, and have come to love my the kids, the families and my coworkers. Lately, though, an old friend of mine has been on the unit as part of her 3rd year med school surgery totation. And it has been weird for me. I know I compare...
by cannew304 12 comments Last by
melleo16
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Aug 19, '08 - written monday, may 29th 2006 after working all night in an inner city chicago emergency department. i entitled it: did you hear me?
did you hear me?
to the man that presented to me dead on arrival. we intubated you, gave you 3 rounds of epi, followed by 3...
by NurseEdward 0 comments
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Aug 19, '08 - My first love was writing. This I discovered during intermediate school.
Looking back, I think the reason for this was that growing up in a big family, and I being the 7th, with all my other siblings older and their ages closer to each other, made me turn to...
by mariel7 0 comments
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Aug 13, '08 - Early in my career as a Burn Nurse I met a patient who along with his family impressed me beyond words.
My pt was an independent contractor who accidentally touched a high tension wire and the enormous amount of electricity coursed through his arm,through his chest...
by BelleKat 4 comments Last by
BelleKat
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Aug 17, '08 - May 13, 2002. A patient was wheeled into a private room accompanied by a female companion named chona. She was 23 years old about to turn 24 a month after. She was the eldest among 4 sibling and her parents were divorced. She was living with 2 of her younger sibling...
by kharyn77 0 comments
