GardenDove

GardenDove

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  1. Sometimes I Miss Being a CNA

    GardenDove replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm tired of being a responsible adult period, so I can relate. I'm tired of having responsiblities. I just want to be free to be me and play in the

  2. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    GardenDove replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. Overweight is a huge risk factor for type 2 diabetes. I've seen it countless times. These types of lifestyle changes are extremely difficult to make, and food is often a comfort to people,...

  3. What's your favorite type of patient?

    GardenDove replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, hey we all have our

  4. Phenergan IV changes in policy

    GardenDove replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    I emailed my manager regarding this, she's pretty good about forwarding it on to the proper

  5. "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    GardenDove replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    Really, I haven't noticed this. What threads are you talking about where Hispanics are

  6. "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    GardenDove replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    They know that, but the fact of the matter is that Mexico is the most common country of origin in the U.S. for immigrants, and also Spanish speaking persons. Most of the people who speak Spanish are...

  7. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    GardenDove replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Lets face it, most people who get diabetes already have problems with their weight. That's what got them in trouble in the first place, their food addictions. It's unrealistic to expect that to...

  8. "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    GardenDove replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    Now, don't flame me about this, but the people who come from overseas are generally higher functioning people. The Mexicans who sneak across the border are for the most part poorly educated peasants....

  9. "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    GardenDove replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    Just a little perspective, I think that it's a universal problem for English speakers to not enjoy learning languages. The UK and Australia have the same national trait. I'm not sure if it's the...

  10. "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    GardenDove replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy using my HighSchool Spanish and have found my Mexican pts to be understanding and grateful for my attempts. I've never found them demanding that I know Spanish. They always have so many...

  11. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    GardenDove replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Just because you're in the hospital doesn't require you to surrender your free will to everything ordered by the doctors and nurses. You are entitled to refuse things, even if your nurse disagrees...

  12. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    GardenDove replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    Her avatar is a calf picking it's nose with it's

  13. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    GardenDove replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    I'm at work and had a lovely 50 minute nap on my break, relieved by the house supervisor. I awoke, as usual, on the dot, and returned to immediately assist my GI bleed to the BSC. I feel

  14. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    GardenDove replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    ER docs sleep every night at our one doc ER, and if there is a code coming in, they wake him up. What's the difference? I'll tell you what, nurses are supposed to have a martyr syndrome and be...

  15. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    GardenDove replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I agree llg. I would feel belittled by a nurse who treated me like a child. Pts are perfectly free to pick and choose what they want from the information and care that we offer them. If they requested...

  16. When staff accuse resident's of being racist?

    GardenDove replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    from websters online: main entry: rac-ism pronunciation: 'ra-"si-z&m also -"shi- function: noun 1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial...

  17. When staff accuse resident's of being racist?

    GardenDove replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked in LTC we had a resident who was 100 years old, and from Texas, who was very outspoken when the facility hired a black CNA. She used the 'N' word and refused to have that aide care for...

  18. Phenergan IV changes in policy

    GardenDove replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    The latest issue of Nursing 2007 has an informative article about this. I was unaware that this was such a risky med. My hospital doesn't have any restrictions, but I'm going to bring the article to...

  19. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    GardenDove replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I had an 800 pound pt once who came from a 'loving' family of almost as morbidly obese brothers, he was a frequent flyer for horrible cellulitis of his utterly grotesque lower extremities. His family...

  20. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    GardenDove replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I personally figure that they are adults. I just try to educate and document. It's not like someone with psyche issues is going to suddenly be okay because you forced them to eat right. I had a...

  21. An admin vent of sorts

    GardenDove replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I think most hospital administrators are usually Satan's spawn, personally. We have a real doozy, yet I still like where I work. We are united in our disgust and disdain for administration, kind of...

  22. An admin vent of sorts

    GardenDove replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle

  23. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    GardenDove replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    I know from personal experience that it is beneficial to me and some of my co-workers. Everyone is different, as one poster said. For me, it works well. Some of my co-workers aren't able to do it, but...

  24. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    GardenDove replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    The latest research indicates that a 20-60 minute nap is highly beneficial to the pts. Read the Feb. issue of Nursing 2007, page 33. It states, "The researchers concluded that integrating a nap into...

  25. What I Love About Nursing Is....

    GardenDove replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    The variety of people I care for and their interesting families. The respect I get from the community. Making people feel safe and cared for. Interacting with many intelligent co-workers and doctors....