Lorilo

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1. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

   Lorilo replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

   I did stay home the next day because I was still vomiting everything I ate or drank. The third day was my day off and I threw up 3 or 4 times that morning but then it was over with,so I went back the...

2. Do you get sick alot working as a nurse?

   Lorilo replied to Healthcare102's topic in General Nursing

   I have more GI issues,nausea and

3. Nurse Sick and FIRED: Exploring Nursing Absenteeism

   Lorilo replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   That's why I go to work sock. The state survey is going on,so I'm here,even though I'm

4. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

   Lorilo replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

   How it is where I work,too. I've gone to work when I've been throwing up more than

5. Feeling guilty about calling in sick.

   Lorilo replied to Becca, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I was suck Monday. I work nights and Tuesday,woke up feeling queasy,stomach was rolling,and had that hot feeling of heart saliva in my mouth and throat. I was getting ready for work when Monday's...

6. How often do you see/ deal with vomit as a nurse?

   Lorilo replied to AspiringRN27's topic in General Students

   I was in the ER once with a stomach virus so bad I was dehydrated. I know what you mean about those little emesis basins I was filling them up so fast and so profusely,they couldn't empty it fast...

7. Area of hospital with minimal vomit...

   Lorilo replied to alxndria.mrqtt's topic in General Nursing

   You get used to it. When I was in LPN school and we were in clinic dealing with surical wounds,learning trach care,watching boils be drained,I threw up myself more than once. But the more I got used...

8. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

   Lorilo replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

   Well,there's not enough staff to cover,and even less likely to find someone else once the shift started. In a separate episode from the one this week,I once went to work feeling fine,then as the shift...

9. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

   Lorilo replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

   Yes,unfortunately. And have also begun vomiting while at work more than

10. Have you ever puked/fainted/etc at work?

    Lorilo replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    I've thrown up at work when I was sick. A few months ago,I had a horrible case of norovirus that I came down with in the middle of the night. I threw up everywhere and proceeded to empty my stomach...

11. Have you ever puked/fainted/etc at work?

    Lorilo replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. A few times. I'm prone to stomach viruses,catch them every year. This past year,we have been really short and calling out isn't an option. So when stomach flu started going around,I started to...

12. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

    Lorilo replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

    We are so short-staffed that they don't have anyone to cover if we call out. Last winter,I caught a stomach virus and had been vomiting all night long. When I tried to call out,I was told there was no...

13. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

    Lorilo replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately,we are too short-staffed for anyone to cover my shift. I had an instace a couple of months ago wherecI had a stomach virus and had vomited all night long.The next day,I was still unable...

14. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

    Lorilo replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

    Yes,we have literally 2 nutses assigned to my unit,a day nurse and a night nurse:myself . If I call in,my unit will not be covered. Sl I have gone to work sick and,once,even vomited in a patient's...

15. Do you go to work with vomiting/diarrhea?

    Lorilo replied to designer-mommy's topic in General Nursing

    I was once told that "we have toilets here if you're vomiting". I work in LTC and was so sick once that I threw up in a resident's toilet because I couldn't make it to the bathroom at the nurses...