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You must have been taught the same thing I was 'pain magically disappears when the broken bone is set':lol2::lol2:. Unfortunately it was a big lie, as we learn :crying2::crying2::crying2:. Have...

I think your comment about the dilaudid is right on point. I was a nurse for more then forty years. And I am sick and tired of nurses appointing themselves as the final arbitrator in determining if...

I live in SW Florida and my primary care physician and his group practice have ine for their patients. They get a finger stick and adjustments in dosage are made. I went for a year. Their clinic...

I worked at an HCA hospital for six months and left. Very little support. Of course, it was thirty years ago. But I was a patient, in one, last Christmas. My experience was a good one. The...

I am not a CDNE but I have been on insulin, for ten years, treating my Type 2. It depends on how 'brittle' the person is, as to whatever or not you give the four units. Unless the patient is...

Private rooms are the exception rather then the rule in my community. Private rooms are limited to patients with infections or immune-suppressed. I don't view semi-private rooms as invitation to...

I haven't ever had a physician swear at me but I did have an attending act rudely to me, in front of my staff. I did accompany him to see his patient, then asked him into the break room. I told him...

My Primary Care physician has admitting privileges. I knew he would be out of town over the holidays. When I was admitted, I expected one of the other partner's to see me. I was surprised when the...

Last Christmas I was admitted and my entire stay was managed by a hospitalist. In general, I have no complaints about his care. And it made it simplier for the nurses to contact him when I need...

To answer the question about the packing, which my daughter did ask, 'it was falling out, it would have continued to do it.' end of explanation. When I worked on a floor, I never removed a dressing,...

No, you are sharing your experience. And an illustration as to how one'sa words and actions can be misunderstood. GrannyRN65

I also have been a patient, as well as a staff nurse (including the one my daughter was in). I have received a wide range of care, from excellent to 'I wouldn't let them take care of my pet...

I am not sure what you mean. If one is upset and angery about something, generally they may speak without thinking. My daughter attempts not to do this, really. The only time she made a demand...

She was not admitted to short stay but to the surgical unit. She was not suppose to be discharged until approximately 4PM the following day. She told them to get a discharge order or she would sign...

This past week my daughter had to go into the hospital for some female surgery. I didn't accompany her because her husband was able to and because she had been scheduled for 12:30PM. I called her,...

Unless this patient had given the poster permission to post what she did, the poster is in violation of HIPAA regulations. Just because a person is open about health problems, this does not mean...

Sounds like you are using your noggin. I am assuming your uncle is no longer in an acute facility. Was he transferred to a stroke rehab cebter? Or a nursing home? Have you talked with his...

I am sorry but I believe her doctor was just whistling in the wind. He was giving her a reason for symptoms he couldn't explain. And he made this worse by putting her on an antiviral when it wasn't...

Since 2009, every year,in November, I receive an update from the feds regarding any changes in coverage, increases or decreases. Prior to 2003 I would request publications from Medicare, regarding...

Thank you for your enlightenment regarding pain management for both acute and chronic suffers. Unfortunately, it has been my experience that most of our peers will continue with their negative...

Guess so. One would be surprised at the number of nurses who do not understand how Medicare/Medicaid functions. Or the rules governing eligibility or the amount of assets one can have. Or what the...

Home Health is limited to 35 hours a week. This includes everyone, aide, nurse, PT, OT. Yes, Medicare is a big drain on the younger working population. But it was a big drain on me when I was...

:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :yeah: :yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah: When I was in my twenties and thirties, I use to wonder why the elderly (in their sixties early seventies) insisted on tieing up...

It isn't the Joint Commission or the most rapid lawyer that forces you to write reams of paper work. It is you and your facility that makes all the paper work necessary. The first time I heard the...

It isn't the JCAHO fault that nurses spend less time at the patient's bedside. But it is because of their standards and their accreditation that your facility gets Medicaid and Medicare, as well as...