adoyo

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1. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

   adoyo replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

   The time when HIV was at it's highest peak, I was working at the delivery unit as a midwife. As I was repairing an episiotomy, a drop of blood jumped directly into one of my eyes despite the fact that I was wearing my eye glasses! I quickly washed m...

2. How do you feel about being a nurse?

   adoyo replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

   No regrets as the experience and knowledge gained from my nurse practice is more than valuable! My only wish is that I could have gone back to school and do proper medicine as one never progresses well in the right direction as a nurse! What I mean ...

3. I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

   adoyo replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

   Kooky Koorky, nil by mouth literally means not talking ! Medically we refer to NIL by mouth as in starving someone pre or post operative ly! 😊

4. I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

   adoyo replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

   I yes with you very much! Did exactly the same and added that unless something was done, I was going to either leave my job or totally decline sharing a shift with the culprit! Well, I was a senior and they could not dare loose a senior for for a Ju...

5. How do you feel about being a nurse?

   adoyo replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for donkey years and liking it or disliking it depends on where I have worked at any given time. Generally I love the knowledge that I gained from the Nursing field as it has helped me personally, handling my own health needs, fa...

6. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

   adoyo replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Relations

   Pain relief relies soley with the prescriber and nurses can only observe and report their observations t the prescriber to consider an a propriete action- end of the story!

7. What Do You Do When Co-Worker Falls Asleep on Night Shift?

   adoyo replied to NightNerd's topic in Relations

   Falling asleep while at work is prohibited as per most hospital policies. All said and done, those who have made those policies have never done night shifts, or rather they practiced it at a certain level of their profession and dumped it due to it...

8. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

   adoyo replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Relations

   a I was once told by a nurse administering an ivi on me that my pain was psocho logical! I nearly slapped her on her face as d pain was real and at d end of it , my hand was grossly swollen since the medication had gone into the tissues!!! Unfortuna...

9. I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

   adoyo replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Relations

   Read all about comments relating to morphine and the likes being demanded by patients as prescribed or a bit more often than prescribed! My practice, as has been mentioned by others, is to give as prescribed, meanwhile, trying to health educate the p...

10. Dr. told patient, "Nurses are STUPID".

    adoyo replied to Daetwin2's topic in Relations

    I like to keep my cool and not to give a tit for tat sort of behaviour! The best way to deal with such an uncultured PA is to report him to the higher authority , discuss his behaviour and make him understand that he is part of the team caring for ...

11. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    adoyo replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not!! Some adult is not able to say 'Michael Jackson' and says ' Michael Jaskon!' May be the odd pronounciations are in people's blood?! I have given up in correcting people and just try to understand them out of context!!

12. Was this ethical?

    adoyo replied to animal1993's topic in General Students

    I have enjoyed sharing other peoples' response to this topic of patients refusing medication since I have had to make difficult decisions every now and then as the concerned authorities do not give clearcut policies on the issue. We had a resident wi...

13. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    adoyo replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have particularly enjoyed reading the part that says 'the pain started on the toes downwards!!' . Sometimes I think that without such humour at work, it could be very boring!! Could that be what we call professional? A nurse I worked with at an Ort...

14. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    adoyo replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hahahaa!! It is becoming more interesting until I am getting into the laughter boat!! Wait until you are taught by a tutor who has problems with pronouncing R and L and ends up by saying something like ' you lun arong the rine!' instead of ' you run...

15. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    adoyo replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It does not pay to laugh at someone who does not pronounce a word correctly. Let us not have the 'holierthan thou' attitude as in this case the doctor might have wrongly pronounced or spelled the drug's name but definately there are loads of medical ...