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Yeah, we did it too - bathing suits or shorts/top. I found it enlightening - my partner was an experienced EN (um...LPN?) who I knew quite well and trusted, but even then I felt vulnerable. I think it is important that you understand a little of how the patient feels. But stripping to your undies? No way!! :imbar :chair:

Yes, isn't there a heap of paperwork in home health? And no following shift to hand things over to, either. I usually do 30 to 90 min per day overtime - that's fairly standard at my workplace - but while we don't get paid for it, we get days off in lieu, so I think we've come to terms with it fairly well.

I get the feeling it's not just nurse2be's ex who has OCD issues. Come on, people, even a little amount of nursing education lets you know that over-bathing is BAD FOR YOU. Clean face, armpits and crotch is as much as is needed most of the time, and a (not too hot) shower every 2-3 days is heaps if you have dry skin. As to the more important issue, if Nurse2be wasn't aware of the possibility of abuse she wouldn't have brought it up on the forum, but being uncomfortable - at 7 - to shower in front of a male parent does not necessarily mean that she has been abused. More likely - as has been suggested - he is almost a stranger to her, and he doesn't understand the issues involved. It is possible that there's more to it, but by being open to hear what is happening, and ensuring your daughter knows that you'll hear her, you're doing as much as any mother can, and more than many.

Hi - I realise that this post is a couple of months behind the last one (hope I'm not too late...?) I think that while a nurse CAN be too young for Hospice, it has little to do with your biological age. Some people would never be able to do it. I'm 32, have been in hospice for 12 months, (haematology/oncology before that, and aged care while I was studying.) I have always had a vocation for this area, and I think I could safely say that I was born too old for ED. ( :chuckle )

Mine comes from a rabbit-related nickname, too! My husband and I started calling each other Bungy Rabbit when we first started seeing each other over 14 years ago. It stuck so I tend to use it a lot for Web-related things. The name has evolved, mind you. It's become Bungy-Heart Love-Rabbit. Does anyone want an emesis basin?

... and don't ever expect your ED nurse to believe you "fell" on anything! It's better just to blush and mumble...

Oh man, I'm so glad I live here (in Melbourne, Australia). We've had legislated maximum ratios of 4:1 (plus in-charge) for AM/PM and 8:1 ND since 2000. More acute wards can claim lower patient numbers per nurse, and ICU/CCU/NICU/Delivery are 1:1 and ED is 1:3 for all shifts. This move alone has brought huge numbers of ex-RNs back into the workforce, so that it has actually been easier to cover the shifts since the commencement of the ratios than it was prior to them. Come for a working holiday, and enjoy the difference!