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Jan 08, 2008 08:37 PM

nursing sucess stories


The year was in 1978 i was working on the neuro floor which wasnt my floor to work on at the hospital i was working on ortho then. i was pulled to the neuro unit . i walked into my first patients room and he was a young man who was in a bad car accident a couple weeks ago i was given report on this young man and they didnt expect him to recover from his injuries. when i walked into the room this young man watched me andnever took his eyes off of me all he did was make grunting noises. i told him to talk to me i couldnt understand him. well i took care of him for 3 days and on the third day he was grunting again i told him please talk to me he said ice!!! I asked him again and he said ice so i went to the desk and told the supervisor and she said i must of understood him. the doctor was on the floor and went to the room with me and he repeated ice to dr. needless to say he kept improving i went back to work on the ortho floor and one day i looked up and here came the young man walking with a walker and carrying one yellow rose for me!!!! never ever give up on your patients!!! vwarelpn


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Old Jan 09, 2008, 12:56 AM

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awww. thats such a nice story.
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Old Jan 09, 2008, 08:02 AM

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It is so wonderful to see a patient recover beyond what was expected. Nurses see what the docs don't. We spend a lot more time bedside than they do as do the nursing assistants. The units and facilities that work as a team and communicate in this manner have the best outcomes for their patients.
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Old Jan 09, 2008, 04:24 PM

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As an R.N. I am the recipitant of a nursing sucess story. In 2004 I became ill with septic joints. after 23 surgerys and over 55 transfusions I pulled through only to find out I had restrictive pericarditis, so after a pericardectomy I coughed and tore my right ventricle. Had it not been for astute nursing I would not be alive. Even some of the doctors have said so. So when doctors tell your family "he may not make it" remember NURSING MAKES THE DIFFERANCE.
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Old Apr 12, 2008, 11:40 PM

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That was beautiful thank you for sharing your story. This is the reason we do what we do.
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Old Feb 19, 2009, 05:12 PM

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Very nice gesture. Tha's why we are nurses!!!
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