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Aug 14, '08 - 
(I took this from my diary, written last April of 2004, during my first year in nursing school)
The Deformed Chick
This morning I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by something I haven't realized yet. I went to the kitchen to lock the door, when my attention caught...
by wishiwereanurse 0 comments
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Jun 21, '08 - Appreciate....my daughter had a hard time enunciating that word before....one word that touches a heart, tries a tear, gives a lump in the throat. As we walked from the school bus towards home, she asked, "Mom, how's work?" "Oh, it's not that good, I was too busy last...
by hollyhockstorm 1 comments Last by
hikernurse
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Aug 10, '08 - The topic of patients changing my life doesn’t stir up particular stories for me. However, lessons patients have taught me :bow: and heartwarming moments shared with patients :loveya:does revive memorable moments of my nursing career. :nurse:
VALUABLE LESSON...
by vadushkas_nurse 1 comments Last by
rmarz
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Aug 11, '08 - There have been many patients over the years who have taught me something, about nursing, about critical care, about myself, about the human spirit. Each one has touched me in some way and I will never forget them; hopefully I won't forget the lessons they've taught me...
by janfrn 2 comments Last by
brian
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Nov 8, '07 - I recently had a discussion with one of my coworkers in which she related to me that she was having issues with supporting a family who was dealing with withdrawal of life support from a loved one. She was very frustrated and thought the problem was due to a difference...
by SICU Queen 13 comments Last by
Katnea
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Jul 31, '08 - i was in the process of discharging a patient. i thanked the patient and the family for being so wonderful and helpful to the staff. it was true; the whole situation was awful for the family and they all came through it like real troopers. the way their faces lit up, i...
by Angie O'Plasty, RN 2 comments Last by
cubangirl
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Apr 25, '08 - Has this happened to you? You walk into the nurse’s lounge, get your assignment; head out the door for report only to be told that you are getting a third patient who has been in the ED all day so “hurry up”. You get report on your two patients (rushing through the...
by walk6miles 10 comments Last by
greenergrass
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Jun 24, '08 - When I was an EMT, and a CPR instructor, I always took extra classes in order to learn more. One special class was about SIDS. In this case the parents blame themselves, feeling; "If only I had" when in fact there was nothing the parent could have done. So it's important to treat the parent, telling the parent what sometimes happens with SIDS, and it usually happens in the first year of the baby's life. There's an electrical impulse from the brain to the respiratory center and the SA node that hit the AV junction to the Bundle of His in the heart that keeps the baby alive. Sometimes, even if the infant is even laying on its back, this can happen. We call it a short circuit from the brain in order to better explain it to the family so they don't blame themselves.
by Franemtnurse 8 comments Last by
Successfully123
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Jul 3, '08 - Imagine
You wake up slowly, open your eyes and……where am I? Four white walls, white door, brown door…….This is not my bedroom; where is the chest of drawers inherited from granny, my pictures, ornaments and the yellow wallpaper? Where am I, where are the...
by nightmare 5 comments Last by
Suzanney
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Dec 2, '07 - One thing they don't teach you in nursing school is how to deal with annoying coworkers. If you work in a hospital, you probably work 12-hour shifts. Those 12 hours can zip right by or drag on FOREVER depending on many factors, one of which is the type of nurses that...
by Bugaloo 45 comments Last by
econurse
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Mar 29, '08 - :Forgetful Moments and Older Nurses…
Getting older in nursing is just like getting older in real life.
Sometimes it’s worse.
It can be worse because not only are you charged with caring for older people and their physical, emotional and psychological...
by mother/babyRN 13 comments Last by
pcola rn
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Mar 8, '08 - A few months ago, I wrote an article on Allnurses about dealing with annoying co-workers. During the time I wrote that article I was mired in negativity about my nursing career in general. I would wager a bet that every nurse has been there at least one time in their...
by Bugaloo 35 comments Last by
greenergrass
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Jun 15, '08 - I've lost count of the times I've heard that exclamation from another nurse. I've also forgotten how many times I've heard, "I just don't know how you do it," not only from other nurses but from friends, casual acquaintances and family. But I don't know how I could do...
by janfrn 20 comments Last by
Audrey28
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Jun 22, '08 - They call me the swamp nurse. I work with male juvenile offenders ages 14-18.
In Ochopee Florida where the alligators surround us and the lost swamp boys serve their time.. A place that is safe from the hatred of the streets. Big Cypress Wilderness is a place to...
by Nur_1996 24 comments Last by
greatshakes
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Jun 18, '08 - Wrinkles adorned his face in all the right places that a man aged to his 70's should have. He didn't smile now, but lines around his mouth were indicative that he laughed in life up until this moment. His eyes were a soft gray that I knew had many stories that I wished...
by ShannonRN09 2 comments Last by
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