tobias fonge

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1. Team Nursing vs Primary Nursing

   tobias fonge replied to michelle999's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a unit where we do team nursing however we are changing to primary nursing because our kind of pts are going to change in the near future. We are going to have a chest pain observation unit on our floor and other kind of cardiac pts as well...

2. Nurse has serious probs...abuser?

   tobias fonge replied to Belle's topic in General Nursing

   You probably need to get a locked narcotic box for your father's medications before they all disappear. She needs help right now but she is in denial. You can't really help her until she accepts that she needs help. May God bless you in your search f...

3. holding the pain med

   tobias fonge replied to frustratedRN's topic in General Nursing

   Any doctor who is not sensitive to the pain of their pts might be burned out. They are a scandal to a profession to which they may not belong. How can we ignore a screaming pt's pain especially during dsg changes or chest tube insertion? That is why ...

4. pain management

   tobias fonge posted a topic in General Nursing

   How do you guys carry out effective pain management? They tell us in school that a pt is in pain when they say they are in pain. Now sometimes I find it difficult to believe someone when they say they are hurting on a scale of 10/10 and are talking o...

5. ADN to BSN at Universities; problems?

   tobias fonge replied to Andy S.'s topic in General Nursing

   Don't let the hostilities deter you from your dreams. I am an lpn who is currently in an ADN program and we are getting lots of support from the staff. You might have chosen the wrong school, but whatever the case, hang in there. Your pain and suffer...

6. A sad reminder that life is short.

   tobias fonge replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

   So sorry for your loss. It is especially sad when they are so young. It makes you want to take stock of your life everyday. We never know when we are seeing loved ones for the last time. Sometimes, the light that shines the brightest shines only half...