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  1. Really disappointed with the reality of nursing.

    I retired from nursing a few years ago, and I have to say that I agree with everything you said. Nursing does, indeed, suck. I realized this in the last year of nursing school, but I felt I had already invested so much, I couldn't afford to get out. ...
  2. Unrealistic steriotypes of medicine on TV

    I absolutely loathe "House" for many reasons, but the biggest is how he has chronic leg pain and they keep drumming it in that he's an "addict" because he needs pain medication. He's supposed to grin and bear the pain he suffers. That's all we need,...
  3. recent colonoscopy experience

    This is the reason I HATE my job. I am a "moderate sedation" nurse, and at times I have to sit back and watch patients tortured by physicians who do not understand how to use the medications. Versed is not an analgesic. You probably needed more of...
  4. I had to read the post a couple of times before I understood it. Taping 2 syringes together??? Talk about throwing the baby out with the bathwater...If one is THAT concerned about sticking the kid twice, how about using EMLA Cream? (Oh, I almost f...
  5. Nurses who let NAs Boss them around

    " and I see the Nurses aides doing whatever they want when they want--" Oh, do I totally agree! I've seen that here in TX, too. And just let them be smokers...then they've GOT to have their breaks. Many times I have worked through lunch because th...
  6. recent colonoscopy experience

    I am a sedation nurse in a GI lab. I have noticed that the GI docs, who are more skilled at operating the scopes, do a better job and cause less discomfort than the SURGEONS, who also scope. We use Demerol and Versed, sometimes Fentanyl and Versed....
  7. We monitor patients for minimum of 30 minutes after their procedure and send them home. A "responsible adult" has to sign a paper that the patient will not be allowed to drive, make important decisions, or drink alcohol for 24 hrs. after the procedu...
  8. When I worked nights, I could only sleep 4 hrs, then my "mind" would wake up but body would be dog-tired. I would get physically ill (diarrhea, stomach cramps) on the night shift, about 4 am. I even tried taking Benadryl (again, 4 hrs sleep, then ...
  9. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    Speaking of taped reports, years ago we were listening to an LVN who had a pronounced Texas twang give her report. The patient was an 80 year old man who had pneumonia which was caused by multiple organisms, but when the LVN gave the diagnosis, she s...
  10. A sigmoidoscopy is visualization of the sigmoid colon only; in other words, the flexible tube is inserted up to the splenic flexure, or first major turn, in the bowel. At our institution, no sedation is used for this procedure. If you had a full co...
  11. We do apply (L) abd pressure...mostly for the docs who are less skilled at 'scoping. When the GI doc does his scopes...no problemma! But the surgeons...now they are a different story. :chuckle