I learned that sometimes I get exactly what I ask for. My brother asked me what makes a good day for me in the ER and I respond with; "A couple of AMI's, one or two traumas and getting a lunch break." I said this to him the night before and the next two days I worked, I got exactly what I wanted (minus the lunch break) lol. Plus some. And I was floating, so I got to work all of them
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Yeah-this is the second time I discovered it had happened (different patients). First one had a fist-sized bruise on her chest for a week. She had just been having a don't bother me day, and wouldn't open her eyes or talk. The second one is imminent.
I've asked the Unit managers to tell the staff this is neither necessary nor ok.
Next step is the DON and/or Administrator. I don't like to take things that far, normally, but people, please! A little common sense!
I couldn't *imagine* doing a sternal rub on the geriatric population/someone on hospice. I can't even.
1. When my orthopedic surgeon said it would take me 6-12 mos. to recover from a tibial plateau fracture he wasn't exaggerating. I'm 3 months post injury today and I'm stuck at 100 degrees flexion and have been for weeks. I'm also having difficulty transitioning off crutches. My knee feels so unstable even with a Bledsoe hinged brace on. Ugh!
2. Closely related to #1, I'm not a very patient patient. (Well, I guess I already knew that. It was just reinforced!)
3. Getting pictures hung in a new house really makes it feel more like home.
4. The longer I am on disability, the more I miss nursing and the stronger the desire to go back to it becomes.
5. Lastly, and most importantly, I need to be more careful of the patient stories that I share on AN because while I may be sharing them with good intentions, the person reading them may not receive them in that way. I deeply regret that one of my precious patient memories was reduced to satisfying someone else's "eerily cool" fascination with death.
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
Blowing up balloons to stuff in a coworker's locker as a welcome back from the honeymoon surprise is a heck of a lot easier if you use an oxygen tank. Much less work for the lungs!
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I hate discussion posts. Especially discussion posts about plagiarism. The discussion post only makes me to to plagiarize. =| I'm hoping at some point in my schooling I can leave these stupid things behind.
Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
That I REALLY need to interact with every single new hire RN/LPN at my facility, because apparently they think it's ok, when a Hospice patient is imminent, comatose and unresponsive to verbal and tactile stimuli, to do a sternal rub.
A freakin' STERNAL RUB!!
As in, grind your fist into the center of their chest and then chart "moaning during sternal rub."
Seriously?? ������������
Oh. My. God.
I could share some stories with you about my encounters as a hospice nurse with the good, the bad, and the ugly at ECF/SNF.
BecomingNursey
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I learned that sometimes I get exactly what I ask for. My brother asked me what makes a good day for me in the ER and I respond with; "A couple of AMI's, one or two traumas and getting a lunch break." I said this to him the night before and the next two days I worked, I got exactly what I wanted (minus the lunch break) lol. Plus some. And I was floating, so I got to work all of them