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    Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    clemmm78 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Most people I know *do* bathe/shower every day, usually before or after work. Other reasons for bed baths: Because many patients lying in a hospital bed are sweating or have extremely dry skin that...
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    laxative protocol?

    clemmm78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    does your unit have a protocol for what time of day a laxative is given? I feel that we shouldn't be giving suppositories or meds like lactulose after 3 pm because weak patients, especially those who...
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Uh. No. Just curious. How did I become the target here? I'll just go lighten up
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    laxative protocol?

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Well, in our case, it's a palliative care residence so they won't be getting up to ambulate. Bowel care in palliative cancer is very important because it's one thing to feel miserable and in pain...
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me? Where exactly did I bash the poster that requires an apology? I have to stop typing now because then I really WILL say something to apologize
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    How to shut up people who gossip !!!!!!

    clemmm78 replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I like "Speak the truth, but leave immediately after."
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    Rotating Shifts?

    clemmm78 replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's what we do here in the English hospitals, don't know about the French ones. I rotated for years, days, evenings, nights. We had to do 50% days, 50% off shift. It's kind of neat in one way as...
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    Night Shift and Phone Calls from Family - Vent

    clemmm78 replied to incublissRN's topic in General Nursing

    My kids and good friends have my cell phone number. I turn off my home phone and bring the cell into my room with me. If there is an emergency, they can call my cell. Since I started doing that, I...
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    Anyone ever see this? Med question

    clemmm78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have a new admission to our palliative care; she is on extraordinarily high doses of Hydromorphone Contin. She is also barely 80 pounds and quite weak. The nurses on days yesterday were amazed that...
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    Concerns about nurse's safety while I'm in the hospital

    clemmm78 replied to Valanda's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the same way, for the same reason. Heck, I don't even like to close my eyes because I don't know what is coming. Same reason I always sleep facing the door. Just tell them and ask them to make...
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    To me, and maybe I'm wrong, but if the patient would rather have an immediate IV pain shot rather than a longer lasting PO med, the then patient simply wants the buzz rather than the true pain...
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    What contribution do YOU make to nursing?

    clemmm78 replied to IamRN2345's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, that wasn't the original question. I was answering this one: Is nursing just a money-making job for you? No, I didn't go into nursing for money. In Canada, it is hardly as well paying as I've...
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    What contribution do YOU make to nursing?

    clemmm78 replied to IamRN2345's topic in General Nursing

    I think that for most of us, yes. After all, we need money to live. I think that people who are independantly wealthy, be it from shrewd investing, savings, hard work or inheritence have the luxury of...
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    How do you handle meals for the familys? (Inpatient hospice)

    clemmm78 replied to ShayRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We are a nine-bed stand alone residence. Our kitchen serves meals to the patients - whatever they would like - and *anyone* who is in the residence at mealtime is allowed to buy a ticket that gives...
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but she specifically asked if we got enraged and many of us are saying absolutely
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I was referring to this post: Hello, TeleRner. Hello, there, sweetheart. First, on behalf of all the naysayers, i want to apologize. Because so many are talking about who shouldn't judge and...
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I don't need anyone to apologize for me. If I need to apologize, I can do it well on my own, thank you. My post, and many others, were to point out that you CANNOT decide yourself if a patient is in...
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    What contribution do YOU make to nursing?

    clemmm78 replied to IamRN2345's topic in General Nursing

    I entered nursing because I knew that there would always be work, no matter where or when. While nursing is not my passion, I think I do a good job. I listen when my patients need to be listened to....
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    Vent: On Jumping to Conclusions

    clemmm78 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When something like that happens to me, my first reaction is to blow up (which I don't), my second is to cry (which I try not to do) and my third, which I usually do follow up on, is to pop my head...
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    How long can you go without working and your license not go inactive?

    clemmm78 replied to nursemom33's topic in General Nursing

    That totally depends on where you are. Where I am, it's five years before you have to take a refresher
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    Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Pain is pain. What may seem to you as drug seeking may be true pain. I have become so used to severe pain that I can act and seem perfectly normal to the most trained eye. Yet, I still am in agony....
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    What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    clemmm78 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    "I know, I know." Nurses who know everything are, IMO, very dangerous. We had a RNA like that here for a while. We'd find something she'd done wrong and try (gently!) to explain it to her but she...
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    How do I prep for night shift

    clemmm78 replied to khazel2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just woke up from my nap. My nights are 8 hours, so when I'm off I sleep my regular night before, nap after supper the night of, usually until 9 or 10, and then I leave for work around 10:45. Works...
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    Is becoming a nurse harder now?

    clemmm78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I entered my RN program in 1978, when I was 17. It was a three-year college program with clinical rotations in each semester. While I can't say it was easy, I don't remember it being particularly...
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    Have you ever been a patient?

    clemmm78 replied to Bluehair's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in ICU for a heart that decided to go wonky on me, plus I had three children delivered in hospital. I can't recall any particular incident that made me change the way I work. The things that...