bradleau

bradleau

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  1. The Circumcision Discussion

    bradleau replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nothing quite like an old man with a foreskin so tight he has problems urinating. Then there are the INFECTED ones. Usually if the foreskin has been pushed back, the area cleaned on at least a daily...

  2. Aspiring Nurses: Why not Med School??

    bradleau replied to muurman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started as a LVN/PN not sure if I would like being a nurse. I tested out well enought to be in the ADN program. When I passed my LVN boards I was offered a scholarship for RN. I did not take it....

  3. Dragging 'em out of bed

    bradleau replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We get some of the same type in regular hospitals. I have seldom had much of a problem with very confused patients. I enter the room more like a favorite friend or family, not as a nurse. Our good...

  4. Male Urologic Dilemma

    bradleau replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    Have you been checked for Kidney problems? With many patients, this microscopic blood in the urine is one of the first signs of Kidney damage. We have patients of different cultures or preferences...

  5. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    bradleau replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In taking the history of a patient in his 50's one of our questions is "recreation drug use". This patient told me he grew his own, then proceded to give me TOO MUCH

  6. Do nurses only "eat their young" in certain departments?

    bradleau replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Would you believe that the LPN instructer, and sometimes the RN instructer will actually listen to those of us on the night shift? We do make suggestions as to perhaps NOT assign this patient to a...

  7. Do nurses only "eat their young" in certain departments?

    bradleau replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    So do the students work any shift but the busy till you drop day shift? One LPN class did work with staff at night many years ago. They were surprised to find that we were able to take time with...

  8. "Customer service" and nursing

    bradleau replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do not know how many times I am EXPECTED to stop what I am doing for a patient, to get a blanket or pillow for a visitor who desires to spend the night. I wonder if they know that someone has peed...

  9. My poor co-worker!

    bradleau replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I work, the L& D nurses are worked as a tech. Just vital signs, pass water, wipe a bottom. They are not familiar with our medications. Of course I was floated to Post Partum ONCED and...

  10. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    bradleau replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How about the right pupil equal and reactive..and a 2. the same with the left eye. But hey, since when does an artifical right eye become equal and reactive. This is from nurses charting on a CCU...

  11. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    bradleau replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job. It is the stab you in the back patients, and familys that still cause me to "give up". You work your behind off trying to get someone some pain relief,find them a recliner,...

  12. Phenergan IV changes in policy

    bradleau replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    Giving Phenergan IM can cause tissue and nerve damage in some patients. It is also one of the MOST painful IM shots to receive along with Bentyl. The patient that gets this IM will get those...

  13. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    bradleau replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I precepted a new grad who truly needs help and does ask for it. She is now part of the regular staffing. Doctors handwriting is something we all have had and still have problems. At least she asks....

  14. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    bradleau replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    The nursing shortage depends on where you live, and the number of places available to get employment. In a one hospital small town, there may be some nurses who can not get a job locally. I have...

  15. Enraged (venting)

    bradleau replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

    Talk about safety. Our place of employment has put our medicine scanners and computers in the patient rooms. We are supposed to do our charting at bedside,too. Some of these have been placed in...

  16. New Grads - Rotten Shifts?

    bradleau replied to MililaniMom's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work they are willing to hire new grads for days and nights. We do 12 hr shifts. I know of a day shift right now. We are in week seven with one new grad....she is doing the night

  17. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    bradleau replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    THis first happened when I had my tonsils out as a child of 6. They used ether then. I was hallucinating and screaming in my mind, but could not scream out loud. Boy did my throat hurt. The next...

  18. What's your holiday bonus?

    bradleau replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    NO BONUS....I think we are getting a polo shirt. not my style. Also sometimes free food, if you have time to get it. A couple of years the department heads cooked for us..Now that was YUMMY. But I...

  19. Most RN's first borns?

    bradleau replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    I am the oldest of two. Not a very warm, or comforting family. No alchol, or other drug vice. Just not a heart among

  20. Wisconsin Nurse being charged with criminal neglect

    bradleau replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    Guess what!? The rapist, and drunk driver who DO KNOWING commit the crime do not get sent up on MURDER charges. They get a slap on the wrist and continue to drink , drive and KILL and RAPE. I...

  21. My first few days, as a new RN

    bradleau replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever had the CNO tell you that you can lose your licence for "abandonment" of patients? Don't know how that works if you refuse to add more to your work load. Our CNO says to assign a tech...

  22. New RN's helping them

    bradleau posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey folks, we have two new RN's on our night shift. One in particuliar has been very stressed with decision making, and handling a tech assisted patient load of 5 to 6 patients. The poor girl goes...

  23. New RN's helping them

    bradleau replied to bradleau's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your input. I will use this to at least let this new nurse know that she is NOT ALONE. We have another new nurse that is TOO CONFIDENT, her only experience in a hospital was as a unit...

  24. I love night shift!!!!!

    bradleau replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch....I really feel for you and your discomfort. Thank goodness that the "rotating" shifts are pretty much long gone. Medical science finally figured out that it is NOT HEALTHY to do this to...

  25. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    bradleau replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is so true. Same with DT'S, I will joke or be serious and help look for those snakes or spiders that are in the bed with the patient. But the day I actually FIND snakes or spiders I tell the...