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diabetic, CRI and failure to wean. Does palliative care mean to kill people as quickly as possible?

this man was 64 years old, he wanted to live

An estranged family member says put him on end of life care. The Palliative care people tell a new nurse to take the propofol off the pump and run it wide open until the breathing stops. The...

Always order a flat plate of the abdomen for gastric tube placement. you will sleep better

You deserve better working conditions. It is so difficult when you love the actual work but your coworkers are just plain lazy and indifferent. The culture of this unit is just bad. This is not...

Ask a neurologist if he or she gets the flu/H1N1 vaccine. I bet they hem and haw because they have all seen an immunocompromised or auto- immune disorder person trached and pegged due to Guillan...

I am not particularly religious so I don't mind working Christmas or Easter. New Years is not a big deal either. I do like having the Summer holidays off, those nights are just way too busy.

I worked in a community hospital about 15 years ago. One of the House Supervisors worked there as an RN for over ten years. It was discovered that she really had an expired LPN license from a...

Yes, you let her "criticize" you and have "hissy fits" until she feels that you are competent to function independently. You are not equals. She is your teacher. She has years of skill and...

You know it reallly is not worth getting worked up about. The inside of the end cap is sterile and so is the fluid. You need to accept that you have a preceptor who has her way of doing...

The original poster needs to transfer out of that unit asap or line up another job. If the new manager did this, what's to stop her from making allegations of something like diverting...

For whatever reason, they want to make you miserable. Being quiet and withdrawn lets them know that they are pushing your buttons. It is time to establish yourself as the person in charge. ...

they also don't know **** about ICU nursing

Notify your malpractice insurance carrier of this potential suit.

just be able to identify these people.

The next time that you are alone with ms princess ask her in a neutral voice: so how does it FEEL to manipulate everone and get away with it

the original poster didn't say what the issue was between her and the lab tec

The best student that I have ever was a very quiet young lady who was unlike any student that I had ever known. She came prepared. She was absolutely focused on the lecture and did not take...

no. I would not.

when you see that the ethics (ethos) of your employer conflicts with your own, it's time to get out gracefully. Always be rehirable. stay on per diem even if you have no intention of setting...

Sept 2001: 40 something yr old male came in to a PENNSYLVANIA ER because there was too much powder on his donut from Dunkin Donuts and he wanted tested for anthrax and a script for Cipro.

Thank you for writing this.

On a side note, let's out these hospitals who treat their dedicated nurses like this! Forget JCAHO, MAGNET and that award for excellence crap. We'll tell it the way it really is. "...

you can always call security or even a code "out of control person" anonymously and let them deal with her. That would be freaking hilarious.

It's time for nurses to start writing to their elected officials about age discrimination in the hospital industry. Something along the lines of "as your constituent I am asking for you to enact...