herecomestrouble

herecomestrouble

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  1. A Word Called Hope

    herecomestrouble replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Sharona,I got the job,it's so great!Yesterday we fed about 45 people a free lunch,so heartwarming for many it was the only Thanksgiving they will have this year.My eyes filled up quite a few times...

  2. A Word Called Hope

    herecomestrouble replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    finished my first week at my new job.Went in on Monday for my interview,the interviewer was running a little behind and busy making sandwiches for the free lunch program they run every Monday,so I...

  3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    herecomestrouble replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    rented "Session Nine" recently,we all enjoyed it,it was

  4. Is this typical for MA's ?

    herecomestrouble replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    How about the drug rep who told her it would be fine?Does he have anything like a scope of

  5. How do you handle non compliant patients??

    herecomestrouble replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Aries I loved that response.I usually resort to"that's nice" and then continue on as if they had never mentioned that they were a Dr,lawyer or whatever.I like the idea of turning it back on

  6. They come out of the woodwork

    herecomestrouble replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    Now Tom you know the right thing to do would have been to take up a collection of the other nurses' wallets so this poor distraught family member wouldn't have to do it

  7. Nursing School Bloopers

    herecomestrouble replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    once had a pt,C2 quad,who had to be digitally disimpacted every few days.Went in one night did my little thing and went to roll out the chuck from under her dumping two days worth of you know what...

  8. A Word Called Hope

    herecomestrouble replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Wanted to share my good news,I've been thinking about going to school for a new career since I don't have the energy to do floor nursing anymore.Hated the thought of giving up nursing but what could I...

  9. Why do Nurses do this?

    herecomestrouble replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    Try just saying "excuse me" as a way to let them know you need one of them,don't wait until the conversation is

  10. touched inappropriately by patient

    herecomestrouble replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    I remember a pt I had a few years ago in a NH,had a reputation,one night he grabbed my breast,I yanked his hand away and told him not to ever touch me again.He just smiled and said"what can you do...

  11. Nurses with double vision or other vision problems?

    herecomestrouble replied to mcknis's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    :balloons:congratulations That's great

  12. Nurses with double vision or other vision problems?

    herecomestrouble replied to mcknis's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi Dean,sorry to hear about your vision problems.When I lost the vision in my left eye it took a while for me to adjust to the change in depth perception.I was dangerous for a while,every meal I...

  13. New nursing student and AIDS patient

    herecomestrouble replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I'll start by saying I am an HIV+ nurse,we don't use the term "full blown AIDS" anymore.Now repeat after me"HIV is found in blood,semen,lady partsl fluid and breast milk"Nothing else.Find out your...

  14. What medical term do you dislike the most ?

    herecomestrouble replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer "Celestial Discharge" It paints a pretty

  15. Nursing and Epilepsy

    herecomestrouble replied to VieraGrl1030's topic in General Nursing

    According to the ADA it is now illegal to even ask a job applicant if they have any disabilities,I don't know what the law was 18 years ago.There are a couple of good places to go for more help and...

  16. Finally someone gets it, I want to work!

    herecomestrouble replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks Sharona,I'll check out the PA workforce jobs and see what happens

  17. Finally someone gets it, I want to work!

    herecomestrouble replied to sharona97's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Congratulations Sharona.I am on SSDI too and was told that my money would be cut off if I went back to school.The thought being that if I could sit at a desk all day I could sit at a job.Never mind...

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    herecomestrouble replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    A few years ago during my shift(3-11)I was asked to stay for 11-7 about 5AM I was exhausted.Since I had my AM meds done except for an insulin due at 7 my supervisor told me I could leave early.That...

  19. Oboy..........I got a dilemma

    herecomestrouble replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Every response seems to think that what the pt said was a lie and what the third party said was the truth,but what if the pt told the truth.How did this third party find out this info?It doesn't sound...

  20. Tysabri

    herecomestrouble replied to WyoRN3's topic in General Nursing

    That was very interesting,thank

  21. "Air up"

    herecomestrouble replied to Nursekat64's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you for being able to see a problem and do something to fix it.I really think that between the danger to our youth and the diminishing ozone layer some company would have come up with a...

  22. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    herecomestrouble replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Had a pt this weekend,I had to change her Duragesic patch,she told me "at the other hospital they gave me a Diabetic patch for pain.Will this work as

  23. Hep C

    herecomestrouble replied to caymen's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Caymen,I can understand your fears,having gone through the same problems myself.I was so afraid of losing my job if anybody knew,and what if somebody was gossiping about me and one of my pts...

  24. Nurses with double vision or other vision problems?

    herecomestrouble replied to mcknis's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I got CMV retinitis when my CD4 count was low,have no vision in my left eye and in my right I have a blind spot that is a little less than 1/4 of my visual field.I had implants in each eye that...

  25. Hit all time low

    herecomestrouble replied to JentheRN05's topic in General Nursing

    Jen,just wanted to let you know that there are lots of us who go through this either ourselves or family members.Thoughts and prayers going out to you and your