edc1951

edc1951 has 30 years experience and specializes in M-S;War OR;Peds;HomeHlth;LT.

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1. Will you work during a Pandemic?

   edc1951 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I do little thqt this govt. wants me to do and would not do anything they ordered but I would surely help in a privae capacity. The govt. can kiss my

2. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

   edc1951 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

   since i am sure there are nurses who do not believe the stats here is an excerpt from the national academy of science's institute of medicine's report of july 2006: [color=#231f20] an ade (adverse...

3. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

   edc1951 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

   graysonret , you seem to be mixing two things. The 100,000 who die from medical error have nothing to do with antibiotics which are related to MRSA. The 100,000 are preventable medication errors...

4. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

   edc1951 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

   And although I am an RN offended by your seming insinuation that it's med techs and LVN's who might be responsible for these errors. The nurse who not once but TWICE gave the twins the massive...

5. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

   edc1951 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

   Actually graysonret it is a true statistic and it has come to light after the incident with the Quaid twins. If you do a little research you will find the reasons that it is not as well known-they...

6. Do family members injuried bother you more than patients?

   edc1951 replied to Marie-SC's topic in General Nursing

   I have just returned to this thread after rereading some of the posts in a thread about a new nurse who was yelled at by the mother who was also a nurse, of a retarded pt. I have to say I am...

7. My doubts about a future in nursing

   edc1951 replied to NewJA's topic in General Nursing

   NewJA, I thanked you for your honesty and willingness to reconsider your career in nursing because you are questioning whether you can fulfill your first desire. I too have become very upset by the...

8. Do family members injuried bother you more than patients?

   edc1951 replied to Marie-SC's topic in General Nursing

   It can and the reaosns are psychological because you are being subjective as well as objective. Consider if you saw a woman beaten and then administered care to her. Would you not react differently...

9. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

   edc1951 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you cyndiangel13. As I just said on another thread we "older" nurses ARE always willing to learn new information. This suggestion is excellent for me, as one of my jobs is teaching home health...

10. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

    edc1951 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    While everyone has room for new knowledge, new nurses have room for a lot more than those with experience. That's what experience means. If what you say about the mom is how you truly feel I say...

11. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

    edc1951 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    There is no excuse for rudeness? That was not rudeness on the part of the mother that was pure fear. She heard a nurse who would be responsible for her son's life and care while she was gone tell...

12. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

    edc1951 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    First of all careinc. your post was not up when I posted (maybe it came up while I was writing. Yes, I am an older nurse (57), been at it for 30 years in 7 states and 4 countries and all areas in...

13. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

    edc1951 replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    Went into a patient's room today - the son(patient) is a pleasant man in his 40's with mental retardation. The MD's removed his epidural today and he still has a chest tube. I tell him, "Ask for your...

14. urgent!! please help

    edc1951 replied to mimmy123's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pediatric Hispanic (migrant worker) patient once who was diabetic. He kept coming in for admissions with his blood sugar out of whack (way high) and the powers that be kept doing nutrition...

15. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    edc1951 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    Kelly this list is great. I'll add a new one I learned the other day which seems to work-If a patient has not had a BM and feels constipated (Ca pts very often are) have the massage the area between...