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Hallelujah - breath of fresh air. Been saying this for ages

Your discussion is very interesting and enlightening, but I think you'll find that hypocaffienemia knew exactly what he was writing, and I doubt that it was a serious suggestion, just an amusing little side note that was supposed to make people chuck...

Pity you aren't in the UK as I think this could be taken to a Tribunal and would be classed as unfair dismissal.

It is my opinion that peoples health (no matter what their standing) is private unless they wish to share the information. In this case I see no reason why the CEO of Apple should have to reveal and discuss something that is obviously causing him som...

First paycheck? Or first nursing paycheck? My first paycheck was at Woolworths, I was a Saturday girl and I was 15. I received 19s/11d and I bought a bedside lamp. (It was 1969)

I want everyone to feel sorry for me :wink2: I have no nursing ghost stories. All my colleagues have them, but not me - *sigh*

LOL! I have to say, all of the guy comments on here, even the humerous ones, have been remarkably restrained, considering the topic. I didn't find the comments sexist, per se. Most straight guys love the ol' mammaries. Starts when they're babies and ...

i suspect that "no-one" is not entirely true ...

just one pencil? oh how remember those days.

I'm so glad that you said that as I have found the same thing and wondered if I was doing it wrong.

Congratulations, well done. :)

Really? Why? (From the UK - sorry)

Knowing that I have made a difference. Unfortunately, in this day and age, it seems that we are fighting beaurocracy in order to treat our patients as people and not some annoyance that has to be shipped out as fast as possible.

Personally I think that I would have rung the doc and asked him if there was anything that he wanted to do as the patients K was 2.6. He could then say that he knew about it or not, but I would rather be shouted at than leave a problem that serious f...

I agree. We also list ALL allergies as this might show a latent allergy related to an existing one. The Dr should have been more specific in his request, but he sounds a bit of a ditz.

Don't understand why they would give you the "look". It's a well documented phenomenon - lots of asthmatics can be allergic to NSAIDS. Here in the UK, Drs will not prescribe NSAIDS if the patient has a history of Asthma, that is unless they have take...

I thought "Squid" was a strange allergy but then I read the posts on here. I do like the ones where the patient says "Penicillin - it makes me sick!"

If you are coming into nursing for the money, let me give you a heads up - DON'T. The money isn't too bad, but the work is hard and stressful, you will earn every penny. I think that you need to investigate a little more thoroughly what the job entai...

I was working part time. My husband didn't want me working, he wanted me to stay at home, but as he never seemed to have enough money I had to go out to work. Then it was all my money paying for the household bills, including the childcare, but I was...

As nurses we always have something to do to help patients. It is the hardest thing in the world just to accept that this is the end and that all we can do is let nature take its course. With all the nursing care (keeping her clean, dry and comfortab...

How Lovely - brought a lump to my throat.

You took the professionalism of your colleagues seriously and did not disbelieve their reports. When the the true state of the patient was ascertained, you did something about it - strikes me that you have nothing to be ashamed of.

My mum (incredibly wise woman that she was) said about my fiance, "if he is as selfish and unsupportive as he is now, he'll be three times worse when you are married." Guess what .... she was right. I divorced him. Get rid of the git.

Totally Agree

I've just seen your previous post - posted just before mine - and if I had seen that before I had posted, going off sick would have been my advice. You did the right thing, even though there are going to be people who moan, the fact is that you don't...