Nurse3000

Nurse3000 specializes in Aged, Palliative Care, Oncology.

Latest Activity

1. How to deal with a bully patient?

   Nurse3000 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   UNLIKE BUTTON. my goodness gracious, he sounded very unwell, to put it nicely... ok catty side coming out to play... It's sounds like Hannibal lecter!! 😂

2. How to deal with a bully patient?

   Nurse3000 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   Hmm bully patient not really... But probably worst comment I have heard while on the job would have to be an old bloke saying, "a ni*** is still a n****" while looking at me and talking to another patient... Some people

3. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

   Nurse3000 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

   I inhaled heaps of small but visible particles of dry, flaky skin off a patients dry legs the other day trying to moisturize and put his damn TED stockings back on. It was completely unecessary as he was being discharged an hour later. Too nice of me...

4. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

   Nurse3000 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

   Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeee

5. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

   Nurse3000 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

   As AIN was told to empty urine from a catheter bag before finishing my shift. I was too busy gasbagging to the patient when I realised I had emptied most of it on and into my shoe. I never ran out of a place quick enough, so I could rip my shoe off a...

6. Suspended for a Medication Error

   Nurse3000 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Was new grad end 2015 - didn't know how to read insulin needle.. drew up too much, not confirming amount I stupidly asked for check/without verbalizing that I didn't know how to read the needle and expecting the second check nurse to draw up right am...

7. The "Fat" Deception

   Nurse3000 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   Brilliant article. And I'm so lucky to have stumbled across LCHF recently proscribed by an excellent General Practitioner (GP). One is very lucky to have this new information tries and tested. I have PCOS and was finding hard to lose weight... doc s...

8. Terminated After Two Months!!

   Nurse3000 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Oh Dear lady. I feel your struggle. Nurse Beth thanks for the advice. Very good. One of the reasons why I'm on this site is to get adequate support and a sense of comradity... when I feel alone and scared as a 1st year / 2nd year nurse I freak o...

9. Perfect-o Meter

   Nurse3000 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

   wow fantastic article. sage words.

10. What just happened?

    Nurse3000 replied to Nurse3000's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for your support guys. Will reflect on it some more and forgive myself too! Hooley Dooley!

11. What just happened?

    Nurse3000 replied to Nurse3000's topic in New Nurse

    No because he didn't have any drugs of addictions or injections due. He was diet controlled diabetic, so no BGL taken either (gulps). I'm so freaking lucky nothing happened to him. I am responsible for overlooking the patient on my list but for not g...

12. What just happened?

    Nurse3000 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I'm 2nd year doing agency work. I got my patient load this morning. The team leader said you have say, rooms 38-41. I said sorry, she said check the book. I checked book and overlooked my name with room 37 too. thought I just had 4 patients. to comp...

13. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Nurse3000 replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I might have. I've been overweight the last 6 years. Before I was slender. And I have been the most bullied and mistreated ever since being a bigger girl. The thing is, I was slim but I had eating disorder tendencies and smoked a lot almost all day i...

14. Job performance

    Nurse3000 replied to Nurse199's topic in Australia

    Indeed, they sound like they're not very cool people.

15. Sad and Exhausted - Questioning my career choice

    Nurse3000 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    Sounds like the black dog to me!