sweetnepenthe

I will retire in six years. Halleluja.

How will you know when to start something if you never do it because you have no evidence. How do you get evidence. You get it by doing something. You do studies. Which we have always done. The idea of using "evidence" is not some brand new thing th...

The biggest problem I have with all this "evidenced-based" buzz word stuff is that there have ALWAYS been studies done etc. Citing studies etc as been done forever. Problem is, many studies are flawed. You don't know, many times, which are or arent...

K: They may not help you much for a variety of reasons, but before going into anesthesia, I worked in most areas of nursing and always did direct patient care. Some of the best opportunities to assess patients come at those times. When I was recentl...

Tewdles--just asking a question. Which you didn't answer, btw... :-). When I had my kids, way back in the stone age, they started an iv and let us walk around. Now everyone is stuck in bed hooked to machines. Fear of lawsuits. IM not-so-humble,NOT ...

You will still have to deal with all this as an RN. Plus even more responsibility. It sounds to me as though you would be happier in another line of work.

Tewdles, because you didn't have a problem with aspiration and the fact that, because we take precautions FOR you in the OR, are you going to encourage people to go ahead and eat pre-op? If people weren't so quick to sue whenever there is an adver...

As long as you don't end up being one of the ones who has problems, you can say "see, I told you so". :-) Clear liquids are okay in small amounts. You don't need to be stuffing your face with pizza and big macs. The human body can survive a couple ho...

C-sections are PITAs. We are being sarcastic because the c-section rates keep climbing and climbing and we can't believe the ob-gyns let one slip by without sectioning it.

The crnas ,somewhat snarkily, call vaginal births " failed c-sections".

Not opposed to small amounts ice chips/clear colorless liquids/glucose. Operative word being "small". :-) Vomiting is awful under any circumstances, but if you are having a section and paralyzed and flat on your back, it is scary and dangerous as wel...

You will have politics in any position. In EVERY position. Foraneman is correct, though, in that only you can change the dynamics of the situation. you cannot change your boss. Your only option is to change YOU: either your attitude or the the way ...

It would be great if we had a crystal ball and could know which cases would turn into sections and which would not. I don't remember being hungry when I had my kids in the 1970s. Americans nowadays cannot seem to go even a few hours without stuffing...

No. Absolutely not.

It is always amazing to me that many people do not understand that they will experience pain after surgery

If someone asks " didnt they teach you anything " , you could answer " they taught me many things, but this wasn't one of them-- I would appreciate your showing me".

Posted too soon. Racing thoughts and obsession with one idea and feeling that there is nothing else mean you probably really need the counseling others have suggested. Please consider it. Best wishes, also.

Your identity does not--and should not--depend on a job. Loss is part of life. You go on anyway, doing the best you can. Rejection,also, is part of life and may not have anything to do with you as a person. You go on anyway, doing the best you can....

The nurses at my hospital are being encouraged to fill out a survey by this Jackson company. It relates to employee satisfaction, adequacy of facilities etc. It is supposed to be anonymous. Does anyone know anything about this?

When I worked on the floor--and this was many years ago--LPNs could not start ivs or give iv meds or do assessments. This seems to have changed somewhat.This seems to be in line with increased ability of RNs to do things only docs used to be able to...

Good. It is a shame to have to do so much cya charting but this is just the type to sue if anything goes wrong. Give the info you feel is appropriate and if she is scared she is scared. She SHOULD be scared, the way it sounds! You might mention Mich...

Give as per your hospital policy. You are employed by the hospital. If you violate policy and something happens, you will not have a leg to stand on in court. The hospital will not back and the doc will not back you. Even if there is an order, the f...

I hope you are documenting everything she is refusing to do or to allow you to do.

Ha! No more pee or poo. My....foot. Trust me, you will still have pee, poo, vomit, blood,saliva, etc. If you are going into anesthesia to get away from bodily fluids, you are going to be very very surprised when you get there. :-)

I don't think the bullying/nasty behavior is because the perpetrators are female so much as it is that they are powerless/frustrated/angry. Nurses have huge levels of responsibility and accountability yet so little control over anything. All the ra...