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After returning from vacation, I was assigned to "Robert", a 24 year-old suffering from septic shock, multi-system organ failure and late-stage muscular dystrophy. He was maxed out on chemical and ventilatory support. In his room, the wasted young ma...

Listen.... when you're having a hectic day.... take a bathroom break, turn off the lights, take 10 slow deep breaths, wash your face, get back out there. There's nothing spiritual about taking a load off when things get hairy. The body can only do so...

"This made my day. I think that taking a minute to be introspective is fine, but I wouldn't call it 'prayer'. Praying is the act of asking an imaginary being to suspend the natural laws of the universe in such a way that you get what you want, whi...

Bingo!

I need some Zofran.

"I am so sorry I cannot share that link." Rather convenient.

"I am very curious over the amount of spirituality on display on this Web site, and I mean all over. I've never seen anything like it among any group of professionals, much less, among those practicing a science-based, evidence-based profession. I...

At risk of being barraged with hate mail, I offer the following; First , if prayer makes you, or someone else, feel better then by all means do it. After all, prayers can't hurt. But suggesting that praying for someone's recovery, from a remote locat...

"Studies have actually shown that those who pray are physically and emotionally healthier than those who do not" Studies? I think you meant to say, "Some people believe that those who pray..." There are no evidence-based studies that could make such...

INRs take time to crest and fall even when a patient has stopped taking coumadin. It can also be affected by liver or clearance issues.

Check it, flush it, then get a bladder scan...if there ain't no urine, you ain't gonna get none. Stop messin' with it.

"Nursing just happens to be the largest work force in a hospital." Really? How about nursing just happens to be the department that allows the hospital to be, well, a hospital. It provides the actual services, without which, the hospital simply cease...

Nursing will be "revamped" when nurses regularly, and firmly, learn to say "no."

"Conscientious Professionals" do not tolerate such catch-22 conditions. They ask: "Which do you prefer....all charting done or no overtime?" These days, they are often incompatible scenarios. If you, indeed, allow yourself to be turn...

I believe the new nurses are transferring the anger they've developed when they suddenly realize their wonderful nursing school never really told them how tough things are for new nurses. You see, nursing school are businesses...in the business to m...

"As for those overpaid nurses, I can assure you that CEO probably makes triple of what a senior nurse makes." Are you kidding....the CEO in my place makes approximately 20 times what the most senior FT nurse makes. And there is no justifiable ration...

Nothing trumps experience. While you cannot teach at a university without a PhD, all you need is an associates degree to get in the nursing door. Nursing schools that hand out rose-colored glasses during orientations need a good dope slap. Hospitals...

Where's the docs responsibility in this. Doesn't he have ensure that the paperwork is complete"? He may be as culpable as you are. Does he sign it before any injection are administered?

If you do not learn to say "no" you will slowly be eaten alive. And if you do internalize that your health and well being is more important(yes, that's right) than the of the residents you care for, the place in which you work, and the management tha...

Someone's making a nice living off NANDA... And only when every nursing instructor petitions to drop this obtuse nonsense will things change. Everywhere you look, nursing organizations are gleefully embracing the future of nursing, new responsibiliti...

Our place offered a $500 incentive. That was all the creativity any nurse needed.

You chose drama over everyday responsibility...your judgement was in error.

Which one do you want?

Go to the VA, if it is one which is properly run. Quality really varies, VA to VA. Also, new grad in an ER is scary thing....if not for you(it should be) then certainly for the patients.

If you allow people to be rude to you, those who are likely to be rude will find you a willing volunteer. Nip the rudeness in the bud the moment it happens...the rude are generally bullies/insecure and will cower when faced with strength.