RiverNurse

RiverNurse

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  1. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    RiverNurse replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah - I had a drunken "friend" of the family threaten to shoot me and my staff... all this with my first and last name emblazoned on my name badge. You can bet I taped up my last name after that one....

  2. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    RiverNurse replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Seriously - and I started out with low self esteem. Now that I've actually been a nurse for three years now, I feel like my self esteem is even lower (how in the world is THAT possible???) and that...

  3. Safety in todays hospital environments

    RiverNurse replied to motivated2nurse's topic in Emergency

    I had a "friend" of a patient threaten to throw me against a wall - then continued to say to one of my co-workers that he "had something in the room" and that he was "going to blow someone away" and...

  4. Feeling scared at work/Threats

    RiverNurse replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    While I do not know the specifics of the situation, I do know that "Party B" had a choice in the matter. Whether provoked, gossiped about or antagonized - he could have chosen not to respond in the...

  5. Nurse's: Find your own replacement when ill

    RiverNurse replied to Leelee2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My husband had emergency gall bladder surgery last fall and had complications following it. I called in twice without replacement. Once on the day of his surgery and the other when I had to rush him...

  6. Over it.

    RiverNurse replied to NightNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mari9292 - How do we get that to change? Is it a matter of the oppressed attacking each other? I have seen this as well. Sigh... Take care,

  7. Over it.

    RiverNurse replied to NightNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any sage words of wisdom... I just know all too well how you feel. The other night I finally had the "audacity" to confront a family member about how she had been treating the staff. The...

  8. Fayetteville, how is it?

    RiverNurse replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I lived in Fayetteville for over 20 years before taking my first nursing job in Memphis, TN. Back in the mid 90's Fayetteville was ranked one of the best places to raise a family. It is a...

  9. Are there nurses out there that actually LIKE Med-Surg?

    RiverNurse replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    I am on a telemetry/med-surg floor - really a "catch all" floor. At this point in my career, I do like the work. The acuity is something at times and so is the patient load. However, it is a med -surg...

  10. After all this time...

    RiverNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    ... needing a little confidence boost after two years at this... Had a patient that was discharged before I came on shift. I took report and was told that the patient was waiting for her ride. After...

  11. Is is it normal to not like nursing?

    RiverNurse replied to intothemoon's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ah - yes - "too much sense of entitlement"... I was just talking about that with a friend yesterday - but in terms of the younger generation. Went right past me when thinking of it from this...

  12. Is is it normal to not like nursing?

    RiverNurse replied to intothemoon's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ttjmom - I have no words of wisdom for you, other than to say I know EXACTLY how you feel. If I had it to do all over again, I would have chosen another profession. LOL - have to laugh to keep from...

  13. Should I stick with this?

    RiverNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I've been in nursing for a year and a half now. At this point, I am trying to determine if I should stay in the profession. I like to write in to AllNurses for the variety of inputs I receive...

  14. GI Bleed

    RiverNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I had a patient come to the floor with an active GI bleed. There was a hx of a recent bleed - tarry stools and emesis. The pt had these symptoms while in the ER - stabilized with a BP of...

  15. GI Bleed

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, Thanks for your responses. I have learned a lot from this - firstly - not to assume that everything is as it appears. Now, onto the aftermath. Today I do not feel as though I cannot take care...

  16. GI Bleed

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why risk management? > Many, many thanks,

  17. GI Bleed

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    At that point, the only order I had not carried out was the placement of the NGT. The pt had actively vomited, had just had a foley placed. I wanted give him a few minutes (literally) before placing...

  18. GI Bleed

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, Many thanks - I have been officially written up for this incident - that was the recommendation written in the pt's chart by the attending physician. More importantly, the patient was...

  19. Pulse Oximeter

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for your responses. In addition to answering the basic question, I was also prompted to examine things a bit more deeply. Instead of "When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream...

  20. Pulse Oximeter

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's what appears to be happening in the situation in my workplace. RE: manual BP cuffs - well - the cuffs themselves aren't available in all rooms - as was the case in the instance of this patient....

  21. Pulse Oximeter

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it happened - but not to me. Shift change this morning and the day shift nurse had the section adjacent to mine. She came running up to me and said, "The pt in room 901 is just not right. His...

  22. Is 6 months enough??

    RiverNurse replied to krispymommy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My advice to krispymommy - stick it out for two years. It took me a good year before I could even consider whether or not I wanted to even "be a nurse". Now - my experience is this - at nine months on...

  23. Pulse Oximeter

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you are correct, and thanks for the insight. I had an incident on my floor where only one of the "dyna-maps" on the floor had the only "puls ox" that worked. When I needed it - it was not...

  24. Pulse Oximeter

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I found one - thanks to this site. Take care,

  25. RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

    RiverNurse replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Firstly, "Silver", thanks for your posts... they provided encouragement to me during a very frustrating patch :-D It's interesting how life works - just as I'd turned in my resignation - I spoke with...