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    Damage control? Or just more damage?

    clemmm78 replied to chartlooe's topic in General Nursing

    You don't need a bunch of strangers on a bulletin board to tell you what is right and what is wrong about your relationship. In my opinion, the very fact that you have to ask tells me that either A)...
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    I MUST be out of my mind...

    clemmm78 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    No, you're not crazy. I thought I had the dream life when I landed a job in a school: Monday to Friday, no holidays etc. We don't even have school nurses here any more really, but this was a school...
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    What is your weakness?

    clemmm78 replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sputum. With a close second:
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    Families, are they getting more demanding?

    clemmm78 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just in nursing. People are becoming more and more obnoxious and demanding. Look at the way some parents treat school employees, and I've seen some real nasty behaviour from the public...
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    Does patient need to know the diagnosis?

    clemmm78 replied to Ms.RN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We don't accept patients who don't know because it is part of the palliative care
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    uniform requirements at my hospital

    clemmm78 replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    We wear street clothes but our badges are all colour coded. The RNs wear red name badges, the RNAs blue, attendants green and volunteers
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    Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    clemmm78 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I can't think of a reason why I'd give a bedbath to a pt who is able to do so on his or her own. I would provide the equipment and pop in to see if he or she wanted help reaching the back, but...
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    Methadone as pain tx

    clemmm78 replied to CarrieH's topic in Patient Medications

    Insurance companies should absolutely not be dictating the use of one medication over the other unless they are identical in formation. I have, however, given methadone to quite of few of my...
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    Shingles Vaccine

    clemmm78 replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I heard about this just after I had shingles a little over a year ago. I'd get vaccinated to prevent a second bout. I never want to live through that
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    I Feel Like An Oddball

    clemmm78 replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. Although postings say that they only vent here, I find it difficult to grasp if someone can post with venim here (which happens), that it not shine through at all in patient
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    Oh God, A NURSE is my pt!!!!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, I can't count the number of health care professionals from the entire spectrum that I've nursed. I've never had a problem with them at
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    we made a pt smile today

    clemmm78 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My partner and I were doing our 6 a.m. rounds; we only have a census of 7/9 right now, so we're not overly busy. We have a new pt who came in a few days ago, lung ca, young (mid 40s) and very, very...
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    End of life questions

    clemmm78 replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    Earle58 is right regarding the hydration. There is a small but though, not contradicting what is said, but in that there are some exceptions. Some of our patients who are close to death, but not yet...
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    Night Shift for DUMMIES

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, no caffeine at all. Coffee and caffeine don't help me stay awake, never have. What caffeine does do is not allow me a proper sleep; it keeps me from staying asleep. But it also doesn't keep me...
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    Night Shift for DUMMIES

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Although money is tight right now, I treat myself to a chai tea latte from Second Cup on the way to work at the end of every stretch of nights. If I work two nights, I get it on the second, if I work...
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    we made a pt smile today

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When I got report last night, I was told that the patient's family had visited at dinner time and there was a bottle of port. The nurse doesn't think that the patient had any, but I think that just...
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    I'm quitting nursing

    clemmm78 replied to MVH119's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that is your opinion and you are entitled to it. Some of us don't feel the same way and we're entitled to that too. I think it's awesome that I have the knowhow and ability to help an end-stage...
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    shift wars, GRR

    clemmm78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is a Vent, nothing I can do to fix it, so I'm letting steam off here so I don't say something that might land me hot water. Grrr. You know how it is in a lot of places, each shift thinks that...
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    Got someone mad at me

    clemmm78 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes!! What a toxic person. No advice, just
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    shift wars, GRR

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's definitely not a one time thing,
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    do you get used to it?

    clemmm78 replied to JBirdAngel's topic in General Nursing

    wounds are ok. Sputum, OTOH, sends me out of the room
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    shift wars, GRR

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    We're lucky here. I've never heard of write ups and stuff until I started reading this board. It's just not an issue we have. Obviously, if we do something really wrong, our superiors will act and, if...
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    Vent: I absolutely HATE stupidity! Not ignorance.....STUPIDITY!!

    clemmm78 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I've got a good one for you. I was going down the highway where people often go well over the 100km/hour speed limit. In front of me was a car with a sunroof. How did I know it had a sunroof?...
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    Before I became a nurse...

    clemmm78 replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I never thought I'd sniff my clothes on the way to reassure myself that I'm not bringing home one of the dreaded
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Such anger in this thread. I'm truly amazed. I'm personally attacked (no idea why), others are slammed for saying that they don't agree with the poster, people feel that I'm not humble enough to...