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and if someone wants to drink/drug himself to death it's their right. but we really need something better in place to deal with the deinstitutionalized mentally ill. i agree that there needs to be...

in the middle of the notorious morning med pass, with staffing call offs out the wazoo so we have more then the usual on each cart...pt looks at me and the assistant and as she is handed her cup of...

One day pt all huffy over minor issue despite my best pillow fluff er service recovery spiel demanded to speak to the person in charge, told em I'd get them ASAP.....walked out the door, got a drink...

to me it seems that whoever came up with this new "hourly" rounding definitely does not work on the med/surg floor with 6 to 8 patients at a time ...alone, without anyone else assigned to the group...

okay, this may not turn out right when i say it ......... so you all be nice and take it with the honesty and innocence it is intended. it is just an opinion and an experience that i had going to...

i am by nature shy when it comes to talking about my own needs/wants/feelings, but when it is something that i really need for a patient .... and i know that i am right ... and speaking in the...

i am not sure if administration likes it or not, as long as i don't give out any private information, i just flat out tell them the truth. "i'm sorry ms so-n-so, i had a patient that went bad and...

sounds like you might want to try working for an agency until you find the place and the area that you might really like while at the same time holding a more steady position as an agency nurse. it's...

I love my PDA and wouldn't be without it. There are some wonderful programs out there. E pocrates, is geared more for the medical student and physician, but has a package deal that includes the...

can you say "been there, did that?" only for me it was my daughter. one of the things that i have learned is that you cannot live their life for them nor make the choices for them. the only one...

spring break is not going to be enough to recover, especially if my parents make me travel to see family...... don't know if this idea will help, but no one can make you "do" anything if you don't...

nursing homes are the shortest staffed facilities of all. and it is sad how the elderly are seemingly pushed aside and forgotten. if you choose to work in a long term care facility it has to be...

boy you are sure right kitty. i am so busy just trying to learn the new terminolgy and play catch up on the things not done since the last ic person left, a "personal agenda" is the last thing on my...

maybe i should clarify what i mean by higher patient ratio's affecting technique by citing several examples that i have witnessed, some by physicians in a rush and some by nurses. i have seen...

i just wanted to say thank you to everone who had input into this poll. i appreciate your time and your consideration. thanks:w00t:

i have recently obtained a position at a local hospital as the infection control nurse. it is a part time job and one i will have to recieve training for, as i have very limited experience in this...

these answers usually bring a smile for me and help relax an anxious patient. whenever i am getting a patient up ambulating them and they are unsteady and telling me "i think i'm going to fall."...

"totally burnt out on hospital work. i did it for 30 years. my body just can't do the 12 hour/no break shifts anymore." "i'll be 58 soon, and i'm just tired. tired of fighting with uncaring...

yep, those are the same screaming ones that i get and they have several tatoos and six earrings in each ear and their tongue and nose pierced. lol

a neglect claim may have been made, but the complaint and the state's investigation of a patient's complaint, are not necessarily the same thing. it is the responsibility of the facilty to...

there should be a way to educate the general public, a series of news articles or something in every area, that teaches aspects of health care. one of the things that could be taught is the real use...

wow, your input was well balanced, thought out, and fair. one does have to look at all the aspects of the case and i have personally known people who will c/o chest pain for the very reason "it...

fire wolf: based on what you wrote, you are actually not in agreement with trudy's quoted comment. she felt the nurse "might not have been in error", but the nurse's error in question wasn't her...

call me "awful" but i think the nurse might not have been in error. i agree with trudy. there is a fine line between the things in the world and the things that are in the spiritual realms. one's...

i am a traveler working at clarian north. they have the whole shebang-charting, (cerner), meds with cerner bridge and using the wow (work on wheels) that has a scanner. the pts have arm bands that...