7colorsrainbow

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  1. Am I doing the right thing?

    That's precious advice from you! I appreciated it so much! Thank you :)
  2. Am I doing the right thing?

    Actually I not remember the exact age of the patient. This situation is an example of scenario for reflective practice. Sorry
  3. Am I doing the right thing?

    Dear Pixie, yes. You are right about this. I should ask first to protect patient's confidentiality. Thanks for your advice!
  4. Am I doing the right thing?

    Dear ScientistSalarian, Thanks for your comment. What you said is right about patient's privacy. I will learn from this issue and be more alert about patient's confidentiality. This is also first time I encountered the situation like this. I am new ...
  5. Am I doing the right thing?

    Most patients in my place will ask to explain about the appointment to their caregiver. So we need to wait their caregiver to be with them before discharge them. In this situation, the patient himself did not tell nurses or doctors not to tell his f...
  6. Am I doing the right thing?

    Upon discharge a 23-year-old young man who came in for seizure, he requested for appointment at psychological medicine clinic because unable to sleep for few days and low mood. When I informed him about the date of appointment under psychological med...
  7. NewGrad nurse, wanting to quit :(

    As new grad who just stepped in the real working world, it may be tough for first few months. I am new nurse so I understand your feelings. Same like you, I felt wanted to quit after working few months. This due to collegue issue and they said I got ...
  8. How we make them feel?

    Agreed. Had a patient's son came over and started yelling at me, he think his mother's leg cellulitis is caused by diabetes and strongly requested referral to Endocrine. Thanks to Dr Google. Explanation given by my doctor (Her blood glucose level is...
  9. How we make them feel?

    May I elaborate in simple poem written by me.. :) My apology if my English is not so good.. -Empathy- When a nurse "became" a patient, Experiencing those feelings, When in great pain, there is someone who will ask you "Are you okay?" and try to get ...
  10. How we make them feel?

    Patients may not remember what we say to them but definitely remember how we make them feel. Do you have experience which reflected on above statement? Let's share!
  11. Hugs. I remember how I tried to hold my feelings when witnessed my patient's death because it refreshed my memory of my grandmother's death which I am not a nurse that time. I remember telling myself "I want to be a nurse" because I saw how nurses ca...
  12. Patient asking for something at the wrong time...

    It happened to my shift too. When I was preparing medication for another patient, patient pressed call bell just to tell me that she spilled water on her table. In fact, she is ambulating well in ward and just wanted me to clean the spilled water. H...
  13. bullying? racism? or overreacting?

    Guess I had experienced that before. I am brand new nurse too. Before passed my probation, the supervisor will give me more patients under my care than other experienced nurse A. The supervisor is same race as the experienced nurse A too. Though it m...
  14. "Your job is to make me happy"

    It is not a job to make others happy but it depends on patients' own experience in hospital to let them feel the happiness. A smile and the warmth of caring attitude by nurse will indirectly make patients feel happy during hospitalization but again i...