Susan9608

I just had my first baby 2 weeks ago, and I also work in pediatrics (pedi ICU.) It is a difficult population to work with when you're pregnant - not just because of the infections, but also because you see *everything* that can be wrong or go wrong ...

My baby son is currently 13 days old. He's perfect and wonderful and everything I dreamed he would be. He got circ'd on day 3 by my ob. I was there. He got a penile block 15 minutes prior to the procedure, and a dose of tylenol 30 minutes prior. ...

So I just had a baby 1 week ago. He's totally wonderful and perfect in every way, but it's quite an adjustment, most notably in the sleep department. Because I have arthritis, before he was born, my OB was treating me with darvocet. Then I had a C-...

It makes me feel better to know other people have done stupid stuff like this, too. I was really freaked out last night, thinking any moment I'm going to stop breathing ... intellectually I knew better, but still. Thanks for all the congrats on my b...

Your assumptions that if people thoroughly researched circumcision and how it was done would lead them NOT to circumcise their boys are erroneous. I'm a nurse; I have been for 8 years. I've worked in general pediatrics, NICU, and currently PICU. I ...

I was doing trach teaching with a patient's mother and father, and had been sitting for about an hour. I was 26 weeks pregnant at the time, showing a little, but unwilling to go to the expense of maternity scrub pants. So I was wearing my old draws...

I'm currently pregnant (32 weeks), and I work in pediatric intensive care. It's been very difficult to find appropriate patient assignments without effecting the workings of my unit. I spoke to my OB first and foremost about what patients are approp...

I have concerns that a patient family might try to sue me. There was an event with their child, in which the child's trach became dislodged, causing the child to desat and brady. Child required about 1 minute of CPR and 1 round of epi. Post-episod...

Thanks for all the opinions and suggestions. I realize that there have to be damages in order for someone to be compensated in a lawsuit. However, just because they aren't likely to prevail doesn't mean that they can't try and make my life miserable...

Thanks. I did document everything, from being called into the patient's room, to finding the trach dislodged, to the aftermath that followed. The MDs have done a great job trying to explain that trachs become dislodged often, which is why we do such...

I am not popular. I get along well with everyone I work with, have no interpersonal conflicts with anyone, and people seem to respect the job I do. But socially, I usually eat lunch alone. I hear of my co workers having parties and such, and I'm n...

While helping a co-worker (so she could eat lunch) I was threatened by a patient's family; they made specific, violent treats towards me. I immediately reported this to my supervisor and one of our managers, plus the MD available in the unit. The so...

Amen! If I had any idea where to start, I'd begin trying immediately to bring one to Texas.

I did specifically tell the management that I'm afraid of what these people will do when the child dies. Management still maintains that we have nothing to fear physically from this family. I have no idea what makes them so sure, but I sure wish th...

I spoke with the management again, after they spoke to the family. Apparently, (according to a family member who was not present when the statements were made) there was a misunderstanding about the context of the comments. Whatever. I don't buy th...

I spoke with my manager today. She says she doesn't really feel like any of the staff are in danger from this family, but that she will go and speak to them again and deliver the message a little more firmly. She said if anything inappropriate is s...

Thanks so much for the support and advice! My husband has been wonderfully supportive and says that if the management doesn't take a stronger stance, then I'll just work some where else and "[bleep] them." I put a call in to my manager today, askin...

My fear is that my manager will fire me for making a big stink. They place enormous value on "patient satisfaction." I guess it would tell me something about my work place if they fired me for being concerned about my safety after threats, but stil...

That is exactly the kind of thing I"m afraid of. The therapist said that the family "acts up" when their child has a bad day. Well, what's going to happen when the child finally, inevitably dies? If they don't care about alienating the staff while ...

I love this statement! Not everyone feels like nursing is a calling. I certainly don't. It's just a job, something I can do and do well enough. If there was something else that I was qualified to do, which also provided me with the same $$/benefi...

health insurance. If there was anything else I was qualified to do that would give me the same amount of money and the same benefits, I would sure as hell do it.

I read all 16 pages of this thread. I'm very proud of myself. Maybe I've just got "nursing student burnout" but had I been the nurse in the OP's situation, I probably would have said something along the lines of, "Not your patient, not your business...

I get really burned out picking up after other people's messes, too. But I still want to be able to make a mess of myself, if I so desire, and know that someone will be there to help pick up my messes. I guess that makes me a hypocrite. But I'm pret...

Really? Raising animals for food takes massive amounts of land, water, and energy. Byproducts of animal agriculture pollute both the air and water, so by becoming a vegan/vegetarian, you are becoming a de facto environmentalist. Farm animals are th...

I'm sorry, but this post doesn't make the slightest bit of sense to me. Why would you have to eat "HUGE" amounts of beans, soy, and vegetables to get healthy amounts of amino acids and calcium? And why would your body become deficient in other nutr...