Ele_phant

Ele_phant has 10 years experience.

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1. Feel responsible for deteriorating patients

   Ele_phant posted a topic in General Nursing

   Recently at my work (medical ward) we've been experiencing many complex patients, post covid patients seem to be extremely complex, more frail, and youngish cancer patients with multiple metastases....

2. Feel like I did something wrong

   Ele_phant posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work on an elderly care medical ward. My patient was fine in the morning, admitted with AKI and deranged electrolytes. Then after lunch he projectile vomited and desaturated, needing 2L of...

3. How bad of an error do you think this is?

   Ele_phant posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   I work on a medical ward, we are the covid ward so are currently taking a mixture of patients. My hospital has decided to close the covid surgical ward so now we are taking a lot of surgical...

4. Ageism in Nursing?

   Ele_phant replied to Guest1176712's topic in General Nursing

   There's 2 retirement age nurses on my ward and they are both excellent and have great intuition about what patient's need. One of them struggles a bit with the computer but there is always someone...

5. Wake Up! It's Your Day Off.

   Ele_phant replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   When I first started my training and the 12 hour shifts were a shock to the system I woke up kneeling on the floor face down on my bed, panicked, ran into the kitchen I shared with housemates I'd...

6. Do you ever feel guilty on your days off (not sick days)?

   Ele_phant posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do you ever feel bad or 'spoiled' on your off days? I've worked a lot of extra shifts last 3 weeks and now have 3 days in a row off. I've been looking forward to it so much but now feel like I can't...