sisterfaye

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1. stinking of cigarette smoke

   sisterfaye replied to sisterfaye's topic in General Nursing

   :) Point taken, smilingblueeyes. :)

2. stinking of cigarette smoke

   sisterfaye replied to sisterfaye's topic in General Nursing

   oh for goodness sake! no-one is asking you to be a super human. and since when is fast food served in hospitals? certainly not where i work. the issue here is nurses who smoke and then breath it all over patients. hardly the same as big mac breath. w...

3. stinking of cigarette smoke

   sisterfaye replied to sisterfaye's topic in General Nursing

   HERE HERE!!!!!! My thoughts exactly. What hypocrits those nurses are.

4. Not fitting in

   sisterfaye replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in General Students

   Two weeks is not long. It takes us a while to adjust to new surroundings, especially when we dont know anyone. And at the same time, trying to absorb a heap of new information while reorganising your life. I went to uni as a mature age student and fo...

5. stinking of cigarette smoke

   sisterfaye replied to sisterfaye's topic in General Nursing

   Thankyou for your honesty! It is heartening to receive so many replies, especially from smokers who also agree. Perhaps (I hope) one day smoking will be outlawed in the workplace altogether. :)

6. stinking of cigarette smoke

   sisterfaye posted a topic in General Nursing

   :angryfire Is there anyone out there who agrees with me? I work on a ward where we frequently provide palliative care for patients with cancer (amongst other things). I cannot stress how much it infuriates me when nurses who are smokers go into a dy...

7. Was I wrong or was the order wrong?

   sisterfaye posted a topic in General Nursing

   Please help me! My palliative patient was written up for a continuous subcut infusion of morph 30mg/midaz 20mg/maxalon 40mg. The order stated that this was to be infused over 12 hours. As this was for a palliative patient and therefore a continuous o...