retiredmednurse

retiredmednurse

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  1. Glutton for Punishment?

    retiredmednurse replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the mid-70's when I was going through nursing school, the same talk about RN's becoming BSN's were going on. At that time, the routes to getting your RN was ADN (recently new idea), the BSN...

  2. Come On People, How Stupid Are You??

    retiredmednurse replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My hospital is JACHO certified. If I'm not correct aren't a few of those abbreviations that JACOH requires that they, among many others, are no longer to be used? I have been out of the hospital for...

  3. A Dying Persons Tear

    retiredmednurse replied to ws582's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have seen this tear often on my med floor for those patients I was at their bedside when they died. I also saw it 2 years ago when my own mother passed away gently at home. I would gently wipe the...

  4. THE SCENT OF DEATH

    retiredmednurse replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    My mother's sister also had this sense of smell. My mother told me once that she was on a bus with her sister, when she said "someone on this bus is going to die today." There is no way of knowing if...

  5. Burned out on night shift

    retiredmednurse replied to greenerpastures's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I worked night shift for 30+ years at our local 100-bed hospital. There were times I found it tough, but things always change. A CNA who had worked with me 10 years herself on nights asked me how I do...

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

    retiredmednurse replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

    I have had just about every body fluid on me at one time or another. Though gross, it is just part of the job on working on a medical floor. The grossest thing that happened to me was the patient I...

  7. I miss floor nursing...I think?

    retiredmednurse replied to tshunni's topic in General Nursing

    Think back on your nursing education-what clinicals did you enjoy? Is your position where you are at, at the same hospital where you worked in the CVICU? If so, then you have some seniority going for...