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Jun 1, '08 - 
So I’ve been at my new job for almost 3 weeks. I won’t say that I like it. Truth be told, I hate it. I don’t know anyone, so I can’t be myself. I just show up and try to do my best for my patients for my shift. 90% of the time, I question whether I REALLY want to...
by 2shihtzus 6 comments Last by
rayson74
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Jun 4, '08 - Family Centered Care in the Intensive Care Unit Through Open Visiting Hours
Copyright 2008
Written by RNPATL
Nurses today have a unique challenge and opportunity to effectively balance the provisions of critical care on the acutely ill patient while also striving...
by RNPATL 9 comments Last by
LackeyRN
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Nov 18, '07 - During my illness, I received word that my Great Auntie had died. In the next sentence I learned she had taken her own life. She did this the week before her husband's scheduled memorial service.
*sigh*
I am still grieving her loss. Tomorrow is their joint...
by NurseKymba 22 comments Last by
gal220RN
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May 21, '08 - every once in a while i have what amounts to be an awful night at work.
the night started out a bit rough. of course, we were short-staffed, and my patients were high acuity. it seemed like every patient had a new med order that needed to be faxed to pharmacy.
i...
by 2shihtzus 7 comments Last by
nurse nettie
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Dec 4, '07 - I wrote this in May 2007. This was my first clinical day of Med Surg.
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Today was our first day of med surg.
I had a very nice patient. He had a very nice family there to be there with him. He will be my patient tomorrow and I am very lucky....
by la bellota 15 comments Last by
sChOOLRN48
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May 1, '08 - Sometime in your life time you may have to make a decision to terminate or continue life support for a family member. For one reason or another you may decide to continue with life support or you may have to decide to terminate it. This is usually a very difficult and...
by Justhere 11 comments Last by
Justhere
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May 4, '08 - taking care of yourself is much easier to say then do! although there are more men in the helping professions today, in nursing the vast majority are still women.
womens' sense of self is often one of caretaker and nurturer.
nurturing and care taking have long...
by Virginia PMH-NP 5 comments Last by
Virginia PMH-NP
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Apr 29, '08 - Nursing involves caring people with different ailments,caring for unconscious patient is critical care nursing. It is very important for a nurse to have understanding and wide knowledge as to what is affected to such a patient,for instance this patient wouldnot be able...
by namzy 6 comments Last by
Absolutely13
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May 22, '08 - so i’ve been at my new job for almost 3 weeks. i won’t say that i like it. truth be told, i hate it. i don’t know anyone, so i can’t be myself. i just show up and try to do my best for my patients for my shift. 90% of the time, i question whether i really want to...
by 2shihtzus 0 comments
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Mar 18, '08 - What, other than an A&P review, can a nurse gain from attending an autopsy? I wondered. This was certainly not my first post-mortem experience, but it was my first autopsy. I pretty much knew what to expect as far as the autopsy process, so I felt prepared for the...
by LovingNurse 25 comments Last by
LovingNurse
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May 11, '08 - As a husband wife team of CRNA's, probably exposed to more Critical Care Nursing than most. Being in nursing x 40 years & advanced practice as a CRNA x 33 years, I've seen many changes in Critical Care Nursing yielding much better patient care as advanced knowledge...
by saga 2 comments Last by
brian
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May 6, '08 - I reported to clinical on time, and then went down to the ER to check in with the nurses. I had been here before, and knew most of my time would be spent walking patients to the bathroom, gathering urine samples, maybe passing a med or two, taking a lot of vitals,...
by Ms Kylee 3 comments Last by
vernie
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May 12, '08 - Significant others always project outcome of their patient depending on the sickness.
Four years ago, before I got admitted to a nursing school, I went to hospital at Intensive Care Unit with my uncle to to visit his friend who was involved in a road accident and...
by namzy 0 comments
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Apr 25, '08 - Delight Thyself LPN SCHOOL FINALLY!
Psalms 37:4
“Delight thyself in the Lord and HE will give you the desires of your heart.”
The strength and inspiration the above quotation has given me is unparalleled. I have found this to be true in numerous situations...
by Daisykay 6 comments Last by
nancypants
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Nov 18, '07 - I was just a baby when my mother's little brother, Bob, tried to take his own life. He was 18. My grandpa was the one who found him, lying unconscious in a haze of exhaust and carbon monoxide. He pulled him from the garage, saving his life. As I grew up, my brothers...
by Bugaloo 15 comments Last by
Marysjrfan
