I was a nurse for 47 years and then, i retired. I retired because i was just tired of fighting management in order to maintain good nursing care for my patients and a safe, satisfying work place for...
First, let me say that people will tell you not to take it personally BUT it is a situation that is being directed at you , SO it is personal. Now, everyone has a right to their own opinion and not...
I found this post and all the answers very interesting. In my 40 years of nursing, I have seen IV theory come and go but one basic always remained: do as little harm to the vein as possible. When I...
i am so pleased that you are asking us nurses this question. i, who have been in the nursing profession for over 40 years, have worked in all areas and with many different doctors, feel i can give a...
Like you, I am very glove conscious. I do remember one time when I was called to start an IV on an AIDS patient many years ago. I came in, intoduced myself, did all my prep work (checking for veins,...
I am really good at drawing blood and starting IVs (worked IV therapy for years) and yet, this one return drug addict that I saw about 4 or 5 times a year was impossible for me. The first time I met...
All I can say is if that had happened to me I would be living large because not only would I have called the police and pressed charges, I would also have sued him for all he was worth!!! Please,...
Let me tell you why I quit; if these things had been changed, I would still be nursing today. No one in management seemed to listen to me and I knew, being a nurse with 40 years experience, that...
you can make a difference for yourself if you remember several things: when you don't know something ask!! please find someone that you trust and is a good teacher, talk with her/him and ask for...
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:lol2:Thanks for the site....just sent mine in and do have good thoughts about the poll helping. Keep getting calls from nurses at my old work place, begging me to come back to help them out. It...
Forgot to add a few thoughts: I never took meds simply because I just don't like to take anything that is not OTC for personal reasons. I did find that if I made myself throw up that my pain was...
i am 60 and cannot remember a time that i didn't have migraines. my mom called them "sick headaches" and she, too, suffered from them. i had all the symptoms: light sensitiviy, nausea, vomiting,...