As a Nurse and a Patient

[KenH]

As a nurse and a patient, who would you want taking care of you, let's be honest we all have Doctors, co-workers, AND Nurses who we would never want to touch us or our family.

Personally I would want the toughest, smartest, assertive, grumpy old army Nurse (sadly they are a dying breed) taking care of me and my loved ones. NOT the Nurse who gets all the patient satisfaction awards.

Sadly today it's all about patient satisfaction, not patient care or outcomes, most patients don't know what they are missing, but they love their nice NURSE.

Part of this is, I keep reading how mean some people can be, and how we need to be more accepting and supporting of each other.

What do you think?

[sammiesmom]

Don't give me jaded lazy long time nurses who rolls their eyes on call lights and is on the phone nonstop and not do any patient care at all.

[monkeybug]

Use one of the clamps or the roller and pinch off the tubing just below the nearest port that is below the air. Hang a new bag and squeeze the drip chamber as you usually would. Now attach the syringe to the port and pull back until you've gotten all the air out. Voila!