luvbeinganurse

A dear friend of mine is considering having the gastric bypass surgery done but is weighing the advantages against the disadvantages. I do not know anyone personally who has had this done, but I do know of people, some who were pleased and others wh...

I can only say, I love nursing. Not every day is great. Some days are exhausting and mentally draining, but I wouldn't trade being a nurse for anything else. As far as being a paper/pencil pusher - well, welcome to the real world of nursing. You'...

Imagine my surprise when I was sent to a patient's home to change his suprapubic catheter, but no one had told me he had had his penis and testicles completely removed. I hope I didn't look as off-guard as I felt! Gosh! :imbar

I would make sure that the family understands that their wishes do not superceed the wishes of the patient, that having a POA does not mean a thing if the patient has not been declared incompetent to make his/her own decisions. Geez! Don't get me go...

A similar thing happened to me. An agency where I had worked contacted me by mail, personally, asking if I were looking for a job and would I be interested in coming back to work for them, since I had a great work record with them in the past. They...

I also have bilateral CTS. I work in home care and do a lot of blood draws. The most difficult part for me is when there are multiple tubes to fill - sometimes I cannot feel my fingers holding the needle, and I am afraid I will drop it. Of course,...

I would have picked B. Don't you just hate those kind of questions?

I work in private home care, mostly with geriatric people. I became a nurse because I wanted to be a nurse-midwife, but I ended up working with the older folks, and I wouldn't change a thing. I love my job! Every day is different. I am in peoples...

Wow - I am really having to rethink my position on this. Although, for as little physical contact that I personally have with our clients, I don't think it's a problem. (My admissions are mostly for home health aides and homemaker/companions - the ...

I wear acrylic nails. I am in private homecare. Most of what I do are nursing admissions and assessment, which sometimes take up to 2 hours of paperwork in the home. I keep the nails very short, only as long as the top of my fingers, wash my hands...

claudification instead of claudication (or is it the other way around??)

At my hospital, we double check insulin and blood products. Both nurses sign off on the blood products, but not the insulin. There is no rule to double check heparin, but personally I think it's a great one - wish it was one.

I worked as a caregiver in a private home, about 40 hours a week, mostly Friday night through Sunday. It was great because I could study as long as I wanted into the night after I had my little lady in bed - she was 97. And she also slept on and of...

I am also in home health, and I do it with every assessment as well. I just thought everyone did it, too! I have never seen 2 people doing it, tho.

You need to see a cardiologist. I had some "symptoms" for a very long time that I ignored. I went to the ER twice for heart palpitations because they were so bad that they made me feel nauseous. They put me on a monitor for an hour and sent me hom...

Most of the time, I have not been asked foolish questions, but at one interview (and I did not get the job - didn't even want it after the interview), the nurse manager asked me, "Name the steps of the nursing process, and using them in the right ord...

smag16, could you please explain this a little more? Thanks. "Very strong antioxidants are the key to this entire problem." (Inquiring minds want to know, ha!) :)

My son, 21, joined the Marines in July and just finished boot camp. When he came home on leave, he showed me his medical papers, and it stated that he has sickle cell trait. I told him that they made a mistake and must have mixed his results up wit...

My sincere apologies, TexasWAG, lol! And I should have known better than to say "he." When we went to my son's graduation at Parris Island, my mother a few times asked some little kids, "Is your brother is the Marines?" or "...your dad?" and every ...

I am working with the private side of home health right now (most of the time - occasionally they throw me back to Medicare when the Medicare side is horribly busy) so I am not running around on nursing visits as much. Most of my visits are the sign-...

Thanks for all your responses. I will keep on researching, and my husband just suggested that we both go for blood tests as well. We won't be having any more kids (we are grandparents now) but I guess it would be good for my other kids to know. I ...

I would absolutely pray with a patient if he/she asked me to. I have had my aides and homemakers ask me if they can pray with their patients, and I have always encouraged them to do so if it will be a comfort to their patients. In fact, there have b...

I would absolutely pray with a patient if he/she asked me to. I have had my aides and homemakers ask me if they can pray with their patients, and I have always encouraged them to do so if it will be a comfort to their patients. In fact, there have b...

I think the aides are WAY underpaid. At our agency, the per diems get $12 an hour, no shift differentials, no benefits. If someone goes FT or PT, they get benefits and PDOs, but the wages drop to $7 an hour, maybe more depending on experience. Of ...

Don't worry - you will be fine. I am 50 and just got my ADN five years ago. I did Med/Surg for 2 years after graduating, which was a little difficult (long halls for eight or twelve hours on your feet) but then I went into home care, which is great...