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    would you let family take pt to bathroom?

    clemmm78 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    too many unknowns with this question to be able to answer it. 1- how weak is one side? 2- how recent was the stroke? 3- is the patient alert and oriented? 4- is the patient a little old lady who...
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    Pain Management Pain Scale

    clemmm78 replied to lezanne's topic in Pain Management

    I used facial scales when people can point to the face that most resembles their pain, for children or patients who can't talk. I would never judge a patient's pain by how *I* see their facial...
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    Pain Management Pain Scale

    clemmm78 replied to lezanne's topic in Pain Management

    I have always used the 1 to 10 pain scale as a nurse and as a patient. As a nurse, I find that some patients are resistant and I have to explain the rationale behind it. Once they understand that it's...
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    Management is turning the hospital into the Four Seasons (If they could)

    clemmm78 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    A few thoughts. I do realize it's frustrating to be told how to do our job by people who aren't nurses but some of their ideas do make sense. When I was in the ER and ICU a few Christmases ago - I was...
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    A deeper view of long term care and paying it forward

    clemmm78 replied to tattooednursie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What a wonderful post. I don't work in LTC now, although I have at times. You are right and thank you for reminding me of
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    Does any other night shifters feel like days has no idea how nights works?

    clemmm78 replied to thomask's topic in General Nursing

    Oh how I remember that well. The last place I worked had someone who couldn't keep her comments to herself. One time, when I made a comment about it being constant all night (I didn't say busy, I said...
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    Absolute No-No's

    clemmm78 replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

    ALWAYS question an order that doesn't sound right. Don't back down if you KNOW it's not right. When I was working on a med unit, we had a patient who was was being treated with some psych meds. He...
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    Is this part of Palliative Care????

    clemmm78 replied to JellyBean1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    As the others have said, if it's to provide comfort, then of course it is appropriate. The point of palliative care is to help the person live the remaining time as comfortably as possible. Even if...
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    First day clinicals :(

    clemmm78 replied to Bebi11's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Absolutely normal. First, you are doing something you have never done before and, second, by doing pericare, you are doing something that we - in society - don't usually do, something very intimate....
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    Is everyone afraid to give Morphine?

    clemmm78 replied to prostreetrig's topic in Oncology

    That's where our job is so important -
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    I look at doctors differently now!!! And what is it about their handwriting

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

    As nurses, we don't like it when people generalize about us - I don't think it's fair to generalize about doctors. There are fair ones and unreasonable ones, there are nice ones and not-nice ones,...
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    Any Regrets?

    clemmm78 replied to nursedudeforchrist's topic in General Nursing

    No, never any regrets about taking nursing. Although I no longer work in the clinical environment, nursing has given me so much that I can't imagine what my life would have been like had I chosen...
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    Mrsa.....

    clemmm78 replied to TeresaB930's topic in General Nursing

    MRSA pts are supposed to have their own equipment as it's person-to-person transfer. If we followed that nurse's thinking, then we wouldn't have to take isolation precautions when caring for a pt with...
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    Person online faking being a nurse - what would you do?

    clemmm78 replied to pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    Seeing as no-one knows for sure who anyone is on-line, unless you've actually met or know people who have, I'd say that you've invested way too much into this. Anyone can claim to be anyone on the...
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    Medical Writers

    clemmm78 replied to andyangel's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. You can't be a medical writer if you can't write - and writing well isn't as easy as it seems. I was very lucky and have always had a way with language. When I was in high school, I was...
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    Medical Writers

    clemmm78 replied to andyangel's topic in General Nursing

    The text books you read in nursing school are an example of this type of work. I may have the opportunity to edit a nursing text book at the end of the year (fingers crossed). The CME activities you...
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    Medical Writers

    clemmm78 replied to andyangel's topic in General Nursing

    REally? I thought my post gave a good indication of a part of medical
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    hiccups

    clemmm78 replied to Feldner's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, that's different. That I have seen. I understood the OP as asking about hiccups just prior to
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    hiccups

    clemmm78 replied to Feldner's topic in General Nursing

    Beats me. I worked in palliative care and before that in medicine where many patients passed away and I can't recall seeing hiccups before
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    Medical Writers

    clemmm78 replied to andyangel's topic in General Nursing

    It's long. :-) First though, I have to comment on the other post where you say it's ethically challenging. I don't find that at all. Everything you are supposed to write in true medical writing should...
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    Medical Writers

    clemmm78 replied to andyangel's topic in General Nursing

    Can't help you with the company as I've not worked for them, but I'm a freelance medical writer and I love it. Good
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    Reader's Digest article on nursing

    clemmm78 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Wait a minute. The boy bled for 30 hours and it's the night shift's fault? Last I checked, there were only 8 to 12 hours in night shifts. Anyone want to explain why the other shifts aren't
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    If you could do it over again, would you choose nursing?

    clemmm78 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely. Being a nurse allowed me to work off shifts and weekends while I was home with my kids during the day. It allowed me to experience and move to different areas and move different things....
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    What to do when on the hit list????

    clemmm78 replied to brwneyegal's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done that, by people I least expected it from. Some I knew, but others totally shocked me so be careful of those you think you get along with. It turned out for the best in the long run...
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    Positives & Negatives

    clemmm78 replied to pat8585's topic in Home Health

    Hi, I find home health nursing very hard on my back. It's not always possible to use good body mechanics in a home environment so that, to me, is a negative. It's the only one that I could come up...