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ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS WAS DISCHARGING A PATIENT OF MINE. THIS MAN WAS MORBIDLY OBESE BUT ON ARRIVAL TI HIS BED ON ADMISSION HE TOOK HIS OWN SHOES OFF ETC. WHILE BEING DISCHARGED THE PATIENT TOLD SHEILA HE FELT BETTER AND EVERYTHING WENT OK BUT "T...

If This Little Girl Thinks That Holding A Newborn Infant And Breast Feeding It Is Work She Has A Real Awakening Coming To Her.it's Possible That Her Husband Treats Her Like A Princess But In Any Event I Agree With Everyone Recommending She Get Some H...

As A Former Er Nurse Of 30 Years, Your Friend Would Have Been Seen By A Doc And Advised Hot Compresses And Possibly Betadine Wet To Dry Compresses. If Necessary Antibiotics. Who Knows Without Seeing The Lesion Firsthand. Most Er's In Metropolita...

When I Was Married I Had A Doozy Of A Mother In Law Who Delighted Me With A Lot Of Old Wive's Tales Including The Bit About Reaching Over My Head Causing The Cord To Wrap Around The Baby's Neck.the Best One Was When She Had Poison Ivy On Her Hand And...

When I Worked, I Loved The Davis' Drug Guide. I Kept My Own Personal Copy With Me And My Co-workers Frequently Used It. They Preferred It Over Mosby's And The Nursing Series. Even After I Left The Hospital Setting I Purchased A New One To Get Updated...

From Reading This Story I'm Not Sure Where The Patient Fell. Was She Still On Your Unit Or In X-ray? I Could Publish A Book On The Many Things I Saw Go Wrong In X-ray And The Techs Usually Tried To Twist It Around To Sound As If Nursing Was Negligent...

YOU GO GIRLS!!!(and guys) I WATCH THAT SHOW ONLY BECAUSE MY COMPANION HAS IT ON EVERY TUESDAY. OFTEN I TURN MY BACK AND READ. I FIND IT COMPLETELY SOCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND SO INACCURATE IT IS RIDICULOUS. THE SCARY THING IS THAT LAY CONSUMERS WATCH ...

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DAYTONITE IS RIGHT ON--- EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO PURGE THE IV LINES BEFORE STARTING THE FLOW. IT TAKES 20cc AIR TO CAUSE DAMAGE BUT DON'T TRY IT.

:smilecoffeeIlovecof I Am Not Surprised That So Many Others Are Not Surprised Either. I Think Daytonite Said It Well. And I Am So Glad You Are Angered. You Will Bring A Fresh New Outlook To Any Unit You Work On But Beware, You'll Bash Your Head Again...

Never Fear , My Dear. In 30 Yrs. Believe Me I Hit Bone Often. You Will Encounter Many Other Things Before You're Through Working. At Least You Care. I Know Some Who Would Not. Just Keep Plugging Away. I'm Sure Your Instructors Could Share Horror...

Well, I Went To School In The Dark Ages..graduated In 1970. Since The Early 90's I Began To Hear That " Things Would Change When Men Started To Enter Nursing". I Think Change Meant More Liberal Working Conditions For Nurses And Improved Salaries. ...

tHIS IS A LOADED TOPIC BUT VERY COMMON IN E.R. WHICH IS WHERE I EARNED MY MILLIONS. The doc. must explain the procedure or it isn't informed consent. When the patient is impaired 2 witnesses is a good idea and it is on the surgeon's shoulders. The...

Wow, that is definitely not fair or reasonable. When I was a head nurse for just a few yrs. I had to work every other holiday and fill in others if it meant someone else needed a break. What is your hospital"s policy? Is there a higher authority you ...

I would guess there are positions that haven't even been created yet in non-existent units. technology is changing so quickly and hospitals are required to update services and staff to remain competitive you should have a wide choice, once you gradua...

Here Are My Thoughts On This And I'm Just Throwing These Out.many Nurses Are In Their 50's And 60's. They Are Nearing Retirement And/or Worn Out!!hospitals Have Been Slow To Recognize The Needs Of The Aged Nurse, So Many Are Leaving For Greener Pastu...

I think it depends on the facility in which a gal is working. That was a big no-no where i used to work and just wasn't necessary. I think that they even had to be passed by an RN on sc injections. I remember nothing about IM's

As an R.N. who has worked with LPN's I can tell you a good LPN can be a valuable asset. She can be the RN's eyes and ears making observations and reporting them.I worked in a dept. that was undergoing a major re-design to it's work flow. at one point...

My Advise To You Is Follow Hospital Policy And Finish Your Probationary Period. If Not, You Will Eventually Get A Reputation For Never Being Satisfied And Then I Can Definitely Tell You, You'll Never Go Anywhere. I Was In Management A Short Whi...

This Was In The E.r. But Definitely A Psych Case. I Had A Patient, Female, With Very Bad Suppurating Leg Ulcersshe Was Very Overweight And Needless To Say The Odor Coming From Her Room Was Nearly Unbearable. After An Indepth Interview With Her Signif...

This Is A Good E.r. Story. One Night A Very Drunk Man Was Brought In By Ambulance. He Had Fallen Offof A Barstool And Cut His Head And Chin. He Then Proceeded To Get Arrested So He Had To Be Medically Cleared And Sewn Up In Order To Go To Jail.he Was...

One Morning In Er I Was Assigned To Our Gyn Area. One Patient Was On Call To The Or Because She Had A Chain(bracelet) In Her Bladder. Yep, I Saw It On X-ray.

Are You All Ready? It Was A Hot Summer Day In Er In The 70's. A Viet Nam Vet Was A Patient. He Was An Amputee But Otherwise Fully Functional. He Used Crutches With A Prostheses And Showered Etc. He Was Filthy As Was All Of His Family. When We Undress...

Hey Wait A Minute! I'm A Baby Boomer And Also Very Assertive. I Worked As An E.r. Nurse But More Importantly, I Was And All Of You Also Are Patient Advocates. If A Nurse Is Looking Out For A Patient's Best Interest, She Absolutely Has To Be Assertive...

Yes You Do But After Several Years Of Working It Comes Naturally. I Worked In E.r. So We Really Didn't Have To Sit Down And Write Care Plans Like The Floors Did But Most Of Us Seasoned Nurses Had It In Our Brains.in Fact That May Be The Most Difficul...