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I work 12 hour shifts, and with a few exceptions, I do four of them with five days off. So out of two weeks, if my child was young and I was single, I would need child care for five partial days. I...

I do try to figure out how to get along with those"difficult" people, and usually there is a way. I don't tolerate rudeness directed AT me, but people can be as grumpy as they wish. Good for you for...

Why should it bother you? Some people go into nursing for whatever reasons, and realize they would like to become physicians. Others maybe wanted to do nursing first. No, it isn't "medicine" but...

Most people don't use their actual face as an avatar, which was the case here.

Which is fine, as long as they've had the proper education about their choice.

Canada here. We have LPNs but they do total care on their own patients, and the RNs do total care on their patients. We don't have CNAs as part of our regular staffing.

Quotes are your friend. I use verbatim quotes all the time, especially if it's "don't call me again about this patient".

The point is that the patient is still the responsibility of the RN, even if the clinical instructor is supervising. Yes, physically you are doing the work, but I still have to assess my patient,...

In my experience, students described in the OP have been in the minority. The ones I can recall have all been of different ages and backgrounds. I honestly think these types of people exist...

I don't tell them I am a nurse, because I wouldn't want to make anyone nervous. A good nurse will be a good nurse whether or not they know I am one.

Our doctors will write on the orders "Consult Dr. X", so we know Dr. X will be involved in the patient's care, however, the physician him/herself will actually contact Dr. X.

Sounds like you guys need to have a family meeting with her physician(s), nursing, OT or any specialists involved, sit down and formally explain everything. If it were me, I might speak to the charge...

That's super observant of him! I would be reassured by that I think!

It can only do so if you let it. Yes, nursing is hard and sometimes ridiculously so, but a person can chose to keep a positive attitude even in the face of that. What makes me angry is unnecessary...

Oh this guy simply thought he was as charming and fabulous as James Bond, but really really was not.

This is good advice in general. Acknowledge the experience without actually becoming involved. I do this 99% of the time. There is that one percent who seem to have a very legitimate concern, and...

Physicians are human and sometimes make mistakes. Always question an order you aren't sure about. That doesn't mean saying, "what the hell are you thinking?" I approach these things always from a...

One morning I looked after two elderly ladies, both with some dementia though at a point where they were mostly making sense. They were not in the same room, but that morning both of them asked me if...

I had a lovely man once having hallucinations all day, which he knew were not real. The best one was when he said (in his English accent) "I've just seen a great chicken gumbo, floating above my...

One of our internists has horrible handwriting and aside from a quick one line order, always types them. We don't enter anything into computers. Physicians handwrite orders into the charts,...

I am also in a med/surg float pool (six years now) and work medical, surgical (general, urology, and ortho), day surgery, outpatients (antibiotics, transfusions, iron, etc, things needing nursing but...

Best one I have ever seen was 007 MD. Unfortunately the car's driver did not live up to his plate's promise!

It is more than reasonable to treat a DNR patient with an acute crisis if it can be medically managed, particularly if the patient's baseline involves a decent quality of life and there is a...

Did you make the call to the PCP yourself? You would have explained your findings as rationale for the appointment and if they wanted her to go to the ED then they should have provided that...

French is the size, so a regular catheter would be an 18 French and one with a coude tip (an elbow to better navigate the prostate) is an 18 French coude catheter.