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My stock answer is "I have a boyfriend and a cat". The other night, I had an elderly woman w/mild dementia who asked me the marriage question, to which I gave her my stock answer. She then said,...

That's true, there always will be "those" families that impede your workflow. Then again, I really would expect parents to hover around their children...it's the adult ICU patient's sister's...

Love this. Thank you, CheesePotato.

Sorry you have to work with these people...sounds like your coworkers need to 1) lighten the &*^% up and 2) get over themselves. It was good of you to get out there and try stuff! Don't let...

Well, it looks like we've revised the policy to basically reflect what the AACN recommends: http://www.aacn.org/WD/practice/docs/practicealerts/family-visitation-adult-icu-practicealert.pdf We...

Thanks for all your replies; it's good to get a sense of what policies other ICUs have. Ours is pretty generous, as we let basically anyone in, however many want to come in as long as it doesn't...

Hi everyone, I'm currently looking at various policies re: visitation in the ICU and it got me thinking about issues with shift change. At our 10-bed ICU/stepdown, we restrict visitors from...

Everything you've described sounds like a "good" patient to me; I'm glad you've recovered. It must be tough being in the hospital, feeling miserable and worrying about stressing out the nurses...but...

I think I know this guy...:yes:

I work in ICU, but also oriented to the ED a few times...I thought I'd like it but I learned that indeed, I am simply not cut out for ED nursing. I lack the patience and wherewithal to deal with the...

Sign-on bonus...isn't that the nursing world's unicorn? In all seriousness, I think I've only seen them offered by travel agencies.

I remember first learning about this at an AACN conference last year and was blown away by it - it truly does lead to faster extubations. However, I think it requires a dedicated team approach...

Welcome to the hospital...sorry you're sick. Section I Here's what I care about while you're here: Blood going round and round Air going in and out* *Not necessarily in that order Section...

Yes!! I work both ICU/CCU and Med Surg...I've learned that it largely depends on acuity of pts and staffing ratios (which are almost always stretched to the limit).

I agree...I just don't know how to approach this. It seems overwhelming. Strength in numbers, perhaps? Regarding the fact that "nursing care" is included in the charge of the room...I'm still...

I love grumpy old folks. I also love watching any patient make a big recovery when their prognosis was grim from the start. Anyone who uses humor to cope - it's how I deal w/stress and...

I have a hard time with anyone presenting with vague pain. I feel helpless as it is and if there is indeed something psychosomatic going on, I feel even more at a loss. I'll take the DT pts...

It sounds like for you, this is not really an issue of nurses speaking ill of patients, but one of *people in general* not speaking ill of one another. If that's the case...if you've never said a...

To a pt's family member: I seriously doubt you'd pass "the nursing test" just because you've "been in and out of hospitals so much." Also, please DO NOT touch the ventilator settings. (I actually...

I call the SOMA bed "mosquito netting". I also had a pt (WWII navy vet) refer to using the urinal in bed as "pumping the bilges" :lol2:

Unfortunately, as care providers we are placed in a position to treat them - and it's true that most people do not have access to proper preventative medical and mental healthcare. So then what...

These posts sound like my night last week in the ED - I'm a per diem "float" (don't get me started...) who is now cross-training for the ED after doing mostly ICU and Med-Surg. I've been working as...

Thanks, everyone, for the responses. I agree that I wouldn't have called the night hospitalist, since the day MDs were going to do their rounds soon anyway. What I think I should have done (at...

The other night, I had a pt in Med-Surg admitted at 0030 for PNA and sepsis. BP on arrival was 140/[can't remember], O2 sats were low 90s on 3L, pt was very painful on her lt side w/coughing. PE...

I'm all for cheering up my adult patients, but I'm not sure cartoon characters are the way to go here...in the hospital setting people already feel infantilized - how is Scooby Doo going to help the...