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  1. Mom with dementia having hallucinations

    Thank you so much!!
  2. Mom with dementia having hallucinations

    My dad is her caregiver.
  3. Mom with dementia having hallucinations

    Oh, I get that. I just figured someone here has seen or heard or experienced something like this. You also have a parent with dementia?
  4. Hi! I hope it's okay to post this. ER and psych nurses may have some good input. My poor mom, age 77 with dementia is having visual and sensory hallucinations. I live on the opposite side of the country, so I'm getting this information from family. I...
  5. Need flexible RN job

    I'm an RN and have worked in med surg for almost 21 years, although most of that time it was per diem and not a lot of hours. I have kids at home that do remote learning that still need me and I have been pondering for years now trying to find someth...
  6. Perfect analogy!!! I do feel I've been on a hamster wheel for a very long time!
  7. Hello! I have been a nurse for quite a while, over 19 years. My first couple years were in long term care and the rest in med surg. I only work about three 12 hour shifts a month (nights). I've had that schedule for the last decade in order to be ...
  8. From deadening boredom to high anxiety

    No,your problem is not unique! I worked in LTC for the first 2 1/2 years of my career and have worked in med-surg for the past 8 years. For the past 2 years, I have been working only 1,sometimes 2 nights a week, per diem. Anyway, I seldom have a nig...
  9. Losing a baby

    I'm so sorry about your precious little baby. My first baby was stillborn 3 years ago. I know how it hurts. I was working in med-surg, though, so I didn't have to deal with the babies. I know that would have made it harder if I had. (((HUGS))) I...
  10. Suck at Clinicals...Should I just Quit Now?

    Oh, my heart really goes out to you!!! (((HUGS))) Really, I could have written your post when I started doing clinicals in the fall of 1994. I had just turned 20 and my only experience with working with people was working at Taco Bell! The only diffe...
  11. Fetal Demise less than 20 weeks

    Hello there. My daughter was stillborn at 27 weeks. I was placed in an antepartum room. I heard no babies crying and no hollering moms. Our baby was sick and we knew she was going to die, so her dying was not a total surprise. Relatively speakin...
  12. Nurses and doctors...

    Grrrrr. This is one of my pet peeves! A nurse I used to work with who had been a nurse for over 40 years told me that back in the day, when a doctor came to the nurse's station, you were expected to give up your chair and run and get the doctor some ...
  13. What is your least favorite kind of med-surg patient?

    Hmmm. I guess it would be a toss up between a demented, combative patient with any diagnosis or the ETOH withdrawal patient. Or any patient that is constantly pouncing on the call light every other minute.
  14. THIN white uniforms

    I always wear a white or cream colored tank top under my scrub top. The ones by Fruit of the Loom are nice and high cut.
  15. PLEASE HELP with BLOOD PRESSURES

    It sounds dumb, but always make sure your stethoscope is turned 'on' by tapping on it. I remember feeling so dumb when I told my nursing instructor that I couldn't hear anything and she told me I needed to turn the stethoscope head to the on positio...