Kathylee460

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1. Please help, feel trapped

   Kathylee460 replied to Guest716906's topic in General Nursing

   OMG! Poor girl. Hang in there. I have been a nurse for 35 years...majority of time hands on. However, I have had some "desk" jobs. Big pharmaceutical companies, like Merck, GSK, etc hire nurses to...

2. Suction

   Kathylee460 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a pediatric home health nurse. I have a patient in a vegetative state. No trache. We suction his mouth with a yankeur tip. It gets the saliva but that is all. He frequently gets mucus in upper...

3. Death threats at work?

   Kathylee460 replied to UKRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

   reply to crazy nurse situations. Female patient came in for out patient surgery- breast augmentation. Patient went to the OR and 30 mins later came out. MD found out in the OR that the patient was...

4. Gonna Quit: When Nursing Is Rough...

   Kathylee460 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I have been a nurse for 33 years. I have done a little bit of everything and have seen many different styles of nursing. Team nursing and primary nursing. I started on a med-surg floor and stayed...