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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 my staff. The one rule i always worked by is "Pe...

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 everyone will like you or want you as their nurse. ...

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 start an IV, I have a few simple goals: choose a...

At work, it would have to be " JUST PRIORITIZE!" In real life, the two works would be: can't and should.

yes!!!!!:yeah:

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 good insight on what i appreciate. the best do...

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, checking old sites: all the time touching the pa...

When asked this rude question, my reply always is, "NOT ENOUGHT!!" End of questions usually.

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 him, I tried to draw his blood and start an IV and...

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, stand up for yourself and all the other nurses he wi...

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 they needed to listen to my opinions. I was even in...

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 their help and advice. procedures that you need pra...

: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 has been a year now since I worked as a nurse and I...

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 decreased. Also, meditating seemed to help if I wa...

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, blurred vision, dizziness, etc. there even was a tim...

As soon as I found out that I could start to collect on my TSA (IRA) without paying a penalty at the age of 59.6, I quit at that age. I could have continued my health benefits at my hospital under COBRA for 18 months at the cost of almost $600 a mon...

"I think understaffing will get corrected. And I think every nurse should stand up even if it is only by signing a petition or some other act. It is our duty to address it. We all know it is a problem, it has affected many of us and still is affectin...

It was a CRUEL, INSENSITIVE thing to say and I doubt if it was thoughtless; I think that person put a lot of thought into her "put-downs" and undoubtedly, has said other slurs to other nurses. She has probably been ignored, thought of as being funn...

The union at my hospital is so deep in the hospital's pocket it can't see!!! The union members and hospital managers play golf together, go to Hawaion "union" business together. Our union is just for show, it's all politics and money and power. I ...

Forty years ago I thought the same way you do; I was very outspoken, stood up for my self and ALWAYS faced nursing problems head on and worked hard for change. WELL, after 40 years of butting my head :banghead:against this unchangeable institution o...

Would I hesitate at giving 25 of REG insulin IV: no, I wouldn't. I would question why he was giving it IV with a BS of 400 which really is not all that high or dangerous. We give insulin drips on our med-surg floor all the time and titrate it as ne...

:icon_rolloh, please!!! with all the serious stuff going on in a hospital, someone had the nerve to complain about "butt". i would complain about her and her total "stupidity"!!! what a waste of time and effort!!!:yawn::yawn:

think of this as just one of those "growing"experiences in nursing and make it possible to learn from this "special opportunity" for you. if you enjoy the floor and are able to ignore all the bickering from only certain staff, then i would advise y...

My worse experience with a JW patient was a mother of 5 children, all under the age of 7, who came in bleeding from an ectopic pregnancy and had to have surgery. Her hematocrit dropped to 6 and she refused any blood products. She was with us for ov...

I'm with CAREBEAR on this one. The dextrose concent. has to be less than 10%, otherwise, it will thrombose vein and cause BIG problems. You can run lipids through a peripheral line without problems since it has a low dextrose content. I am interested...