What are important lessons you've learned about nursing when you've been a patient or a family member of a patient?
For me, the last couple days, with my son on the peds unit, I learned that when a nurse keeps you up to date about what test results were, when the consulted surgeon is not coming cuz he's tied up in an emergency surgery, what the most recent orders were, it's really helpful.
I'll post more of what I learned later, but I am whooped.
Just because I am a nurse does not know mean that I know how to treat myself, neuro isn't my specialty.
I can't tell you how darvocet works vs vicoden for pain on me, I've never taken darvocet. If you think klonopin will help with status migraine I'll try it, but other than valium for a herniated disk/muscle spasm, I've never taken benzo's, so I don't know how it'll effect me.
So why do you keep asking me WHAT DO I WANT!!! I just want to quit puking and to go to sleep, it's been over 5 freaking days and if it doesn't stop I'm seriously considering doing bodily harm to make THE MIGRAINE STOP.
To nurses
Thank you for taking the time to look at my veins and deciding to have someone else start the IV, because you didn't feel you could get it. Thank you for putting a blanket over the blinds to make the room darker.
However I must say I did find that most nurses push IV meds a little bit too fast...and please wait a while after the reglan to give the DHE, otherwise you might get puked on.
Since my last admission I've kept a closer eye on my own practice with IV meds...
That is the kind of nurse I want to be. Glad someone gave you the comfort and dignity you needed and deserved.
Ya, for the most part my hospital is WONDERFUL. I have had very few (only 2 that I remember) where I was not treat well. And when people found out about one of them (the not getting pain meds) they were sevearly disterbed. It was a pre-op nurse and an anesthesiologist. They got very mad and seprtally reported her to the head of pain services. After my next surgery HE came to see me and apologized for her behavior. And said she was going to be re-educated.
I learned the hard way that if the nurse shoos you (family) out to insert a foley even though the patient asked for you to stay, and if while you're waiting outside and hear moans and screams, it's okay to intervene. (I didn't and regret it to this day.)
When I was allowed back into the room he was knocked out (morphine), and when he woke up he had bruising all over his member and scrotum. I was not medically trained, and didn't know that it wasn't normal for someone to have that much pain with a foley insertion. I sat in the hall thinking "wow, foleys must hurt" and did NOTHING. Several staff at the nurses' station heard as well, and just averted their eyes from me. I could have prevented that assault and I didn't have the wherewithall to speak up.
Know what's happening to your person, and don't assume every nurse is a good one.
OMG!! This is AWFUL! Did you make a complaint, press charges, ect? Did anything happen to this nurse? This is one of the worst stories I have ever heard. :madface:
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elthia
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From my last admission...to my doctor
Just because I am a nurse does not know mean that I know how to treat myself, neuro isn't my specialty.
I can't tell you how darvocet works vs vicoden for pain on me, I've never taken darvocet. If you think klonopin will help with status migraine I'll try it, but other than valium for a herniated disk/muscle spasm, I've never taken benzo's, so I don't know how it'll effect me.
So why do you keep asking me WHAT DO I WANT!!! I just want to quit puking and to go to sleep, it's been over 5 freaking days and if it doesn't stop I'm seriously considering doing bodily harm to make THE MIGRAINE STOP.
To nurses
Thank you for taking the time to look at my veins and deciding to have someone else start the IV, because you didn't feel you could get it. Thank you for putting a blanket over the blinds to make the room darker.
However I must say I did find that most nurses push IV meds a little bit too fast...and please wait a while after the reglan to give the DHE, otherwise you might get puked on.
Since my last admission I've kept a closer eye on my own practice with IV meds...