baby.nurse123

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1. first patient fall

   baby.nurse123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new RN, still within my first year of practice. The other day, one of my patients had a fall and this is the first patient fall I've had to deal with. We set the patient up in a chair with his table over the chair, call button/personal items i...

2. Advice for dealing with manipulative patients who are frequent flyers?

   baby.nurse123 replied to baby.nurse123's topic in General Nursing

   The MD does discuss the plan with the patient and help set the limits, but what I find is that the patients behave differently with different members of the healthcare team. Like when they are talking to the doctor, they act like they're on board wit...

3. Advice for dealing with manipulative patients who are frequent flyers?

   baby.nurse123 replied to baby.nurse123's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for all the responses! I think I've discovered my petpeeve in nursing and I've always been irritated with these kinds of behaviors in general. Recently, I was glad to learn a few things being done about this at my hospital: - The ER, special...

4. Advice for dealing with manipulative patients who are frequent flyers?

   baby.nurse123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new nurse with only about 6 months of acute care nursing experience. I am learning a lot every day, but the one thing that I am struggling with is dealing with manipulative patients. I love my job and what I do, but the one thing that really g...