alvardalton

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1. Working with pca's

   alvardalton replied to ceridwyn's topic in International

   I do believe that education is definitely lacking in the actions of this PCA, as no one has the right to bark at you while at work, patients aren't so staff should not feel entitled either! I find that the action of this organisation in promoting the...

2. Preemie/NICU-isms

   alvardalton replied to mermom's topic in NICU

   I guess as nurses we need to separate ourselves from the job as it is hard living and dying with each patient. We can however empathise, in some cases sympathise with our patients and their families.

3. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   alvardalton replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   It's surprising the guy didn't say something about the placement!

4. nurse pt ratios for new grads

   alvardalton replied to mjbsn2006's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, y'all. I have just started my new graduate program, and am working on med/surg cardiac unit. We get all sorts there as we take admissions from our smallish EC. It is normal for me to get five to six patients on a day, no EN, CNAs or NAs. The char...

5. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   alvardalton replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   I was called in one night to special a patient, a LOL. This lady just had a hip fracture and was very aggressive about wanting to go home and was trying to get out of bed! The ward was busy and the order of the night was to keep her quiet and in bed ...

6. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   alvardalton replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   Working one night on a geriatric ward with a nursing student we were doing the "poo round" when we encountered that smell... Any nurse with some experience will know that if you can smell something at a distance its not good! Well, we went in to the...