edc1951

edc1951

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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...

  16. big bad nursing myths busted

    edc1951 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Just wait, when you're a nurse it'll go like this: Friend/relative: "I have had this pain in my belly for about a month and I don't know what to do about it." You: "Have you seen a doctor?" "No, I was...

  17. 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

    A HUGE ditto to what Grace90 just wrote. Walking away when you know you'd appreciate the help in the same situation is not just rude it is disrespectful. It's why the thread about nursing myths is...

  18. 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

    re:i beg to differ with you. i doubt very much that the only reason anyone treats nurses badly is that the nurses have been tolerating it. if the person didn't have the tendency to treat nurses badly,...

  19. big bad nursing myths busted

    edc1951 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    And since this is supposed to be about busting the myths- some years (30) back (and I have no reason to believe it is not still true) there were studies done that showed that after on year on the...

  20. big bad nursing myths busted

    edc1951 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, the best one was one I heard at a meeting of doctors in Cambridge, MA in the late-80's. They were discussing the need for medical technicians-the reason? To hlep lower health care costs for...

  21. big bad nursing myths busted

    edc1951 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't have an advanced degree or you have more than a few years experience and are not in a leadership position, you must not be a good nurse. ( I find this myth to be believed mostly by...