schoedr replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor
When I first started working as a nurse, I worked with a very nice gentleman with a neurological disorder that left him unable to move much of his body. One of the first days I worked with him, he...
schoedr replied to following_faith's topic in Nursing Career
How about public or community health? You still get to work with people, but it isn't really patient care. No life-or-death situations, for the most part. You usually work weekdays, regular hours. I...
Another suggestion- use the longest needle you can for IM injections- it hurts more when medications that are supposed to go IM wind up in the sq tissue- it doesn't sting or hurt nearly as much if it...
schoedr replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Pediatric
I asked my doctor the same thing. He said, in truth, we really need to worry about it when they start becoming interested in "sex, drugs, rock and roll"... I had to laugh. I chose not vaccinate any of...
I have worked in an RHC for the past 18 years. We never use bedrails as a restraint, but we do have clients who use bedrails for safety and positioning purposes. They are used only when we have...