lily8424

lily8424 has 1 years experience.

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1. Patient complaint - Did I mishandle this situation?

   lily8424 replied to lily8424's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your comment. I feel a lot better about this situation.

2. Patient complaint - Did I mishandle this situation?

   lily8424 replied to lily8424's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your comment. Last night made me feel like a terrible nurse and have been unable to sleep at all tonight over this...

3. Patient complaint - Did I mishandle this situation?

   lily8424 replied to lily8424's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, that was probably my mistake...I wanted to be honest with him but that was the point when he refused all care from me. I apologized and assured him that he would be getting a different nurse tonight. I only worry that he was in pain for those fo...

4. Patient complaint - Did I mishandle this situation?

   lily8424 replied to lily8424's topic in General Nursing

   I feel like I maybe should have woken him up to administer the morphine? I read on here that sleeping is often a coping mechanism for pain. I'm a newer nurse and didn't realize this at the time... I assumed he was comfortable and didn't want to wake ...

5. Patient complaint - Did I mishandle this situation?

   lily8424 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I got my first patient complaint. Without going into much detail, I had a patient who was on IV Morphine q 4 hours. Patient was reporting pain in middle of night. I administer medication to said pt. I check up on patient half an hour later and he ...

6. I don't know if I can do this...

   lily8424 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been a nurse for around 3 months on a busy medical surgical unit and find myself struggling each day. Last shift was particularly bad. I had a very agitated patient who ended up being placed in restraints despite being medicated around the clock...

7. Having trouble in clinical

   lily8424 posted a topic in General Students

   Was wondering if you guys have any suggestions. I'm a first year nursing student with one semester of clinical experience under my belt. I do generally well in classes and get As in my classes. However, in clinical, I feel so incompetent. I have ...