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1) The power of holding hands (therapeutic touch, can give a comforting squeeze, or, a nice way to secure an arm when putting in an IV, even a good way to get mittens on! etc).
2) If they start getting agitated, they probably need to go to the bathroom (or they already have).
3) If you don't like the way a patient "looks", go with your gut, call the doc or a rapid.
4) Don't call your tech/assistant if you can do it in the same (or less time). (Seriously, don't spend minutes to find someone to get water for a patient?)
5) Patients are people. Wanting hot/cold food, to use the toilet, snacks are normal things, not needy demands.
5 Things I know for sure when it comes to Nursing. 1.Book knowledge is one thing & using it in the real world is another. 2. Have your ducks in a row when you call the doctor... you never know if it will be primarily or on call doc but either way know dx & hx .......3. Never call a doctor & walk away, they won't appreciate a 2nd page be a use u got loss. 4. We are not the Flintstones , you go home when you finish you shift work not when the 7:15 whistle blows, we are working with people,not cars or food ect.5. If you just open your heart & mind when caring for patients beautiful things happen that last a lifetime.....You got to Love Nursing to be a great Nurse.......
1. Just when you think you've seen it all... someone will vomit diarrhea. (I've seen it, but not all of it.)
2. Get mad at management, not your co-workers. If he/she didn't empty the foley bag at change of shift, forgot to label their tubing, or didn't do the admission history it's probably because management didn't give them the resources.
3. Appreciate the privilege of wiping your own ass.
4. Feeling that subtle "pop" with a successful IV insertion will never get old.
5. I will never save someone's life. I will help them to continue to live, but I will never save a life. Because if I save a life, then there will be lives that I didn't save... and I can't handle that responsibility.
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1. Take care of what the patient wants to do first then they will cooperate with you
2. Be on time with patient's who want their PRN meds on the dot
3. Never give a specific time when you'll return to the patient's room
4. Round with the doctors!
5. Take care of your CNAs!, they will take care of you in return