emjay

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1. Physician bullying/sarcastic comments to nursing staff

   emjay replied to carachel2's topic in Relations

   I have said this to my co workers in from of doctors and didn't care if they heard it or not. Unless their name is in the best doctor list, don't come to me with that attitude. My husband would never get away with that kind of $h!t much less somebo...

2. Use of Morphine for end of life comfort

   emjay replied to Wicherubgirl's topic in Safety

   1. Yes, No one deserves to die in pain except criminals. 2. Yes, numerous times. 3. Never. One time had to give this lady that had an inoperable heart condition who was in terrible pain Morphine 4 every 5 min. Til she passed away, in comfort. 4...

3. I'm Sick of Bed Management

   emjay posted a topic in General Nursing

   I don't know about you guys but I'm sick of bed management playing God. Just because I happen to work on a Med/surg unit it doesn't mean we get all types of patients specially patients inappropriate to our floor. We alway get dumped on by bed mana...

4. she tried to access mediport, it was really a pacer

   emjay replied to jilliebean's topic in General Nursing

   But a pacer is much larger than a portacath, where a pacer is likely to be square, the portacath is circular and about the size of a quarter at best. Not knowing if the patient has a pacer or a port, it is always better to insert a peripheral than a...

5. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

   emjay replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

   It is ridiculous to accept this as a nursing diagnosis. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Therapeutic Touch is not a nurisng skill is it? Anyone can learn this technique correct? So why even make up a NANDA for it? Unless we all have to take Continuin...

6. My patient fired me!

   emjay replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

   Probably too high on her pain meds. Anyway, you can't please anybody. There are just so many miserable people out there that can't be pleased no matter what you do. You have 6 other lives to take care of. Short of having a sudden change in her co...

7. What's the weirdest baby name?

   emjay replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   How about Condom? My Aunt told me that in the Philippines, a lot of parents would combine parents or grandparents names together. The mother's name is Consuela, thus "Con" and the father's name is Domingo "dom".

8. Ever had a family overdramatic with dying patient?

   emjay replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

   I'm with Gennaver on this one. They might not even be guilty at all about not being there when the pt. passed. It's just for show. Probably angling for a lawsuit? Hope you documented that they were contacted and that they refused to see pt. while...