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    Night time fun

    clemmm78 replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    I do 8-hour nights, usually about three a week now. I try to have as regular a schedule as possible and that is 3 nights on, 2 off, 3 on 6 off. Sometimes, with a fill-in, like I'm doing this week,...
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    Doctor comebacks

    clemmm78 replied to NiceShot's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sorry, can't think of anything witty because that won't really get the point across. Silence works great. A look in the eye and total silence. If a dr has been extremely disrespectful (rarely), I'll...
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    Managing symptoms for a �good death�

    clemmm78 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks for posting that. I had a quick skim and will read it a bit better later. We often give scopolomine or rubinal, but we don't have the scopo patches. I am going to look into if we have them...
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    Night Shift meals

    clemmm78 replied to meownsmile's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Nope, never in any of the places I've worked nights from acute care to rehab. Now I'm in a 9 bed palliative care residence and there really is nothing, we bring our
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    Anyone sick of working weekends????

    clemmm78 replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm not fed up, even after almost 25 years. Ok, it's not ideal to work weekend, but that's the life I chose. I work every other. When I first began, we only had one of three off. Same with...
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    Questions about being a Nurse

    clemmm78 replied to racheltmv's topic in General Nursing

    1. What is your job title? RN, part-time, palliative care 2. How long have you held this position? I've been at this palliative care residence since it opened 4 years ago this past October. I have...
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    use of Cadd pumps in pain management

    clemmm78 replied to jwelhwel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    See, and in my experience, the little syringe driver makes their lives much more comfortable than trying to make sure that their pain doesn't peak. When patients are still ambulatory, in our...
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    What I love about nursing

    clemmm78 replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Hi back. :-) I write and edit documents for both MDs and the general public. I've worked on many CME projects and I've worked on patient education. My favourite work is patient education. For four...
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    CAN you believe this! - Bad Portrayal of nurses in my local paper

    clemmm78 replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in General Nursing

    yowza.
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    Nursing & website is depressing!!!

    clemmm78 replied to SeanyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to realize that forums like this are where people can go to get others to help them with problems or issues. It's like that with almost any type of forum. I have a greyhound. I found a great...
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    use of Cadd pumps in pain management

    clemmm78 replied to jwelhwel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm not sure what a CADD pump is, but our palliative care residence (a nine bed residential site) uses syringe drivers to give 24 hour s/c pain relief. We find them to be very useful, for the most...
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    Medical Workers wearing scrubs to and from work, outside the Hospital, etc..

    clemmm78 replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering about this in another vein. I work in palliative in a home environment, so we don't wear uniforms or scrubs - we wear street clothes. So, if we are at work and go shopping after,...
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    Nursing in Quebec

    clemmm78 replied to noon's topic in International Nursing

    I'm an RN in Quebec and happy to be one here. I graduated from an RN program in the early 80s and now work part-time in palliative care. Yes, there are shortages, but nowhere as bad as outlined...
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    Parade article about ER danger

    clemmm78 replied to medsurgnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I hadn't seen that - how awful. I remember reading an article suggesting that patients and their family members ask, whenever the nurse comes in their hospital room, "have you washed your hands?" It...
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    my turn for a stupid mistake

    clemmm78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Flipping stupid mistake - very basic, didn't take the time to read properly. Wasn't a horrible mistake, but it was one nonetheless. What's bothering me is not the mistake itself because it really...
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    instructor discouraging student from becoming a psych nurse!

    clemmm78 replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

    Heck, I had a nursing instructor fail me in a clinical because 1- I wasn't empathetic enough, 2- I was too task-oriented and 3- I would never make a good nurse. I was 18 and I believed her, so after...
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    I don't know how to feel about this

    clemmm78 replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    As a parent of three, I can tell you that every moment with your child is precious. Even if, and I hope it doesn't happen, the child passes, you gave the parents an opportunity to know that their...
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    The most horrible things instuctor's say...

    clemmm78 replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    did we have the same teacher??? When I was in my second year, my teacher threatened to fail my rotation because I was too task-oriented, she said. She then said that my main problem was that I had a...
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    Do you mix your insulins?

    clemmm78 replied to lisamc1RN's topic in General Nursing

    nursing for well over 20 years, never heard of not mixing them. Was taught cloudy then clear so you could see if you mixed the cloudy into clear by accident. I wouldn't want to subject a patient to...
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    How many nurses take antidepressants or antianxiety medication?

    clemmm78 replied to Attheana's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That's quite judgemental. It's great that you can deal with your problems. I can deal with my problems too. Very well for the most part. Often better than many "healthy" people I know. However, my...
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    How many nurses take antidepressants or antianxiety medication?

    clemmm78 replied to Attheana's topic in Health, Stress Management

    If you can cope with depression with doing things, and if depression is being caused by outside influences, then it is not a chemical imbalance but a psychological reaction to outside stimuli. If the...
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    How many nurses take antidepressants or antianxiety medication?

    clemmm78 replied to Attheana's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Celexa every day and Xanax PRN. However, since I began Celexa in November, I've rarely had to resort to Xanax for panic. Saved my life. My brother committed suicide in February of 2005, at the age of...
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    Chaperone or not during exam

    clemmm78 replied to masstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    as a woman, I have never had a chaperone in the examination room. Ever. I've had three differnt male gyns and one female. I couldn't stand the female and have been wtih my currect gyn since before my...
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    opinions about epidurals

    clemmm78 replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I remember how strong I am, don't need meds or lack of meds to do that. FWIW, I had three kids, three epidurals and none of them worked other than to speed me up big time. As a nurse, I always made...
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    Clinical rotations but never worked in a hospital

    clemmm78 replied to OURN83's topic in General Students

    Many people might be entering nursing school at a later age, but there are still people entering it right out of high school and in to university - regardless of