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I like the phrase, I've used the phrase and will probably continue to. To me it doesn't mean you ignore either the pt or the monitor simply that all the monitors and technology in the world is not a substitute for a good and thorough assessment. Tha...

I probably would've signed and added the note that "I will toilet pts when I answer the call bell when I do not have other pts requiring a higher level of nursing care at the same time."

Yes but there is implied consent. If you have to hold a person down to take blood and insert a catheter you'd better have a court order or something to back you. But like brillohead said if you say I need to take some blood and urine and they willing...

Does your hospital do out patient cats as well? In our hospital we have a holding room where the out patient sheaths are pulled and any admitted pts from the tele floors go there for the sheath removal then back to the floor for their bed rest. Any i...

I live 20 minutes from work so I never get the option of calling out due to weather but I live in Canada and life doesn't stop for snow so I've driven in plenty of snowstorms. What I wonder is if it wasn't work, if it was something personal something...

When I have a pt that talks a lot and takes a little more time I usually save them for last. I know you're probably always busy and have something that you need to do but if you do his meds last at least you know that somebody else isn't waiting on t...

Was the pt on tele? Because in our CCU when we have a pt having a lot of runs of VT we often give 1g of Mag even with out a previous level. On VTers out docs like levels better than 1 and I've never seen that on a pt who hasn't had Mg replacement. So...

It's the same at my hospital. We can still wear jackets and longs sleeves but jackets must come off before going into patients rooms to provide care and long sleeves must be able to be rolled up to your elbows for pt care and hand washing. It's actua...

I think something like day surgery or school nursing would completely stress me out. When I was a new grad I was saying that a pt made me nervous because he was so sick. He had just about every diagnosis under the sun...easier to list what wasn't wro...

I had a similar situation a few years ago when I was a new grad. I had a pt in his 40's severely brain damaged after a MVC and had been living in a NH with a g-tube for years. He was on our Med unit with asp. pneumonia and had been on O2 and triple...

This poem was posted in the nursing station of the hospital where I use to work and it was really nice to read when you were having one of 'those' days. I'm "Just A Nurse" I'm "just a nurse." I just make the difference between life and death. I'm "ju...

My grandfather just had knee replacement surgery under a spinal. He's doing great, except for the fact that he had not been able to urinate since the surgery. Twice he has had his catheter taken out and had to have it put back in since he could not v...

I was just talking to my father, my grandpa is scheduled to be d/c'd tomorrow with the catheter. He's walking on his own, doing stairs and feeling great. Now let's see if I can remember all the questions: Athomas91, I was worried and frustrated and ...

That was the first thing I thought of too, that he probably couldn't pee lying in bed. But since then he has been up walking (with assistance) and they have stood him up when he's trying to void. But he is a very private man and I guess it's probab...

Thanks, that's pretty much what I figured but wanted to know for sure. It just ticked me off that they wanted to d/c him without investigating the problem and just let the home care nurse take care of the catheter. Today is the third time they've ...

My grandfather just had knee replacement surgery under a spinal. He's doing great, except for the fact that he had not been able to urinate since the surgery. Twice he has had his catheter taken out and had to have it put back in since he could not...

It's not my story, I just graduated a few years ago. But my Grandmother who started nursing in 1932 has told me some doozies. First she not only looked after her patients but also washed the windows and the floors. The operating room had a window...

A couple of weeks ago I had 2 little old men who shared a room sitting up at the nurses station desk. They were both confused and would wander and get lost so I wanted to keep them up until they were really tired. Well, eventually they both said th...

This is too funny! I used to think people were generally normal and at least semi-smart, then I became a nurse. I've learned it's not a great idea to fix your roof after drinking most of a 24 pack by yourself. Who would've thunk it!

Granted their are more days that I go home complaining about my job than telling everybody how great it is, but that's just venting! I work on a M/S floor too! I started there right after I graduated and a big part of the reason was because I hated ...

I know what you mean! A couple of months ago I had a pt die about 2400. So I called housekeeping to clean the room for a new admission (It was the only empty bed on our floor and emerg was packed). After paging the housekeeper, they called back and...

I can't remeber exactly how it got started, but I was probably about 13 when I joked to my mom that the job I wanted was riding around in a limo watching tv and drinking wine coolers! She likes to remind me of that now that I have a job where I get p...