Wolfbiologist

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1. I have made a complaint against an NP

   Wolfbiologist replied to Oldmahubbard's topic in NP

   Thank you for that information. I have a close relative who has been telling me she doesn't want to take that drug any more. Assuming her doc thinks stopping is a good idea, she'll be stopping. I will find the articles you refer to for her. Knowing m...

2. Assualted by psych patient

   Wolfbiologist replied to Udmert's topic in Emergency

   You need to understand the view of the patient. If they brought themselves in, they may still have been unaware how they would be treated. Stripped of their clothes in the presence of 2 female nurses can be very traumatic, especially if they were for...

3. I have made a complaint against an NP

   Wolfbiologist replied to Oldmahubbard's topic in NP

   I have read many many accounts of taking a person off of antidepressants or antianxiety drugs cold turkey. The effects of the withdrawal can be devastating and mimic the original symptoms of the diagnosis. Not "decompensation", the brain is simply l...

4. What's the most dangerous thing that's happened to you while working?

   Wolfbiologist replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

   Drugs were keflex and Ambien. I took too much keflex in error. My doc told me later that keflex can cause hallucinations. Neither my son or I knew this. The boy panicked and called 911 when I was talking to people who were not there. I was as placi...

5. What's the most dangerous thing that's happened to you while working?

   Wolfbiologist replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my God. Just shoot me before I ever wind up unlucky enough to be under your care. I had a really bad reaction to a drug prescribed by a doc. It made me (a fully normal person) behave strangely enough for my son to call the paramedics. I wound up ...

6. Patients & Pet Peeves

   Wolfbiologist replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

   I would refuse a chaperone because of a history of childhood abuse where I was a child and simultaneously abused by 2 adults. 2:1 situations where I am receiving intimate care produce more anxiety in me than I can handle... even when I know and trust...

7. Tips for delirium behavior management

   Wolfbiologist replied to CCU BSN RN's topic in General Nursing

   One thing to keep in mind (my brother was very sick in ICU last year), I have seen this scenario from the family perspective and knew the patient as well as a brother can. The delirium is not the patient's fault. It's yours. By you, I mean the ICU i...

8. Patients & Pet Peeves

   Wolfbiologist replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

   Gosh, if a nurse came into my hospital room with a recording device to get a video record while doing anything to me except change an IV bag, I'd refuse whatever they were trying to do. Who knows who would see such a recording? How would I know how s...

9. Removing Foley’s on intubated patients

   Wolfbiologist replied to righteousjenn's topic in Critical

   As a male with the experience of a mere 10 day foley, these things are horrid. The bladder spasms almost ended me. Pain from a spasm caused me to faint, fall, and smack my head on a concrete floor. That sucked. Then when a nurse finally removed the ...

10. What's your favorite nursing task?

    Wolfbiologist replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    On behalf of an anonymous nurse to whom I will be eternally grateful: She is an ER nurse who treated me after the EMT crew brought me on a fall where I landed on my head on concrete tile. I had TURP and was released next day because my fu$#i g insura...

11. Top 15 Reasons NOT to go into Nursing

    Wolfbiologist replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

    I have been hospitalized several times and have had 4 operations. I love and appreciate my nurses... all of them. Even the ones who woke me after almost no sleep to subject me to those humiliating and humbling bed baths. Yeah, I even loved those nu...

12. UNDERWEAR (Yes, underwear)

    Wolfbiologist replied to nycnurse92's topic in Relations

    From my PT perspective, I have no problem wearing just underpants in an exam room with doctors or nurses of either gender... with 3 caveats. 1. Underpants must be boxers. Prefer white but a low contrast plaid works. The fly can't be too loose or th...

13. I survived the Board of Nursing

    Wolfbiologist replied to KCMnurse's topic in Professionalism

    From a male patient's perspective: I had a female PCP who unfortunately transferred her feelings for her ex (he was same age as me and similar in other respects) and was verbally inappropriate with me. She reminded me that she was single a couple of ...

14. Scribes for nurses. Yeah I like that!

    Wolfbiologist replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I have many years of experience as a patient and as a retired IT person, am watching my son's RN career with a bit of jealousy. He is encouraging me to at least train as a CNA but prolly to go to my local community college to get my RN tra...