Fair warning, this is very long winded. This is the first day As a nurse I have driven home and cried over the loss of a patient. So bear with me! And please no criticism. I have criticized myself...
I was the same way. I was TERRIFIED of even touching patients when I started. I would head in to work, and think "gosh what stupid mistake am I going to make today?" I worked with patients even in an...
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In this situation, our house supervisor issued a cab voucher to take him to the address he provided. Under normal circumstances we absolutely will not provide a voucher for those leaving AMA-but he...
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Thank you. In all the comments, you are the first I think that has looked at it this way. I understand he has rights as a patient, but what I'm getting from a lot of the other comments is that I don't...
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In this situation, I charted everything specific that I remembered him doing, including quoting some curse words in there that were said. I chatted one big long note after he left, with a rough...
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I have read through each one of your comments. I am very thankful for those of you who are supportive in how I handled the situation, and very thankful of the constructive criticism I have received....
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Yes, giving him the cup of coffee crossed my mind as a possibility. But, in the moment, the way he was treating me and everyone else (including our brand new, nervous little 19 year old tech), made me...
Let me start out by saying this is a little long winded, but it has been weighing on me and I have to get it off my chest, so bear with me!!! So, my last shift, I had gotten report on a male patient...