preciousnurse

Hi. I know that we are supposed to take our patient's word for what there pain level is, but has anyone ever experienced questionable pain in a patient that even the doctor can find no known cause. We have this 38 year old man who keeps coming to the...

I recommend getting it if you pan to do something other than bedside nursing, because I have a BSN and continued bed side nursing and did nit get any greater reward, recognition of benefit. The only thing that i do not have to worry about is if they ...

I believe that antidepressants are a way of life for most nurses. Face it, we have tough jobs. I believe that all nurses should be on them and i also believe that it should be taught in school more about how to deal with people, not patients, but mor...

Nursing is true hard work so if you are questioning yourself you better think twice about it. Now is the time to do that. do not wait until you are older and have no other career options. I have had the same issue latley, but you must realize that ev...

We do our fair share of our job and everyone elses also. We take care of anywhere between 3-6 patients on day shift. MED- SURG nurses are nortorius for taking on a whole slue of responsibilites, especially if they have an aide that does not like to h...

I am a total New Balance fan, best shoe for arch support and protection from the possibility of the 12 hour aching feet syndrome!

I have had a similiar situation happen to me and I finally asked the family member, " why are you being so mean to me, I am just trying to help" This usually will work because it puts them on the spot and addresses the issue up front.

Have you ever considered your diet and the types of foods that you eat. My advice is to start a bland diet and then gradually add the foods that you eat on a regular basis and see what happens? Another question that I have is are they related to the ...

Has anyone experienced problems with IV Phenergan 25 mg. We are currently having trouble administering it to any one. It seems like everyone has respiratory depression with this drug. We have had a few people stop breathing. I know that this is a pot...

Mine was also a RN-BSN program. It is really different than getting your ADN, there is much more theory involved and not much memorizing terms and values. It is a lot of term papers and presentations. I throughly enjoyed getting my BSN and I think th...

Our job as charge nurse from 7a-7p consists of signing off doctor's orders and putting the orders into the computer. We usually do not take any patients however float between and help the other nurses on the floor. We are a resource for others. We ro...

I am 25 years old, weigh 175 and would come home with 2+ pitting edema of the pretibial area. Support hose are a blessing!!!!!!!

In my state I believe the policy just changed and that if a patient is already a DNR the nurse can pronounce the patient and the time of death.

Where do the patients go after they leave the ER? DUH, we are busy too!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with indynurse, I would not expect someone to give a medication that I had mixed without them being there, and vise versa.

Mito, It is a hard chore sometimes when it comes to room assignment especially for us because our rooms are not private. Like deepoohbear says, keep infectious patients together, etc. We have some private rooms (4 to be exact) and this is bad because...

I have a Littmann Cardiology III. This is a really good stethoscope. My advice to you is to order it from a nursing uniform catalog vs buying it in a store. It will be about 20.00 cheaper on the wallet :)

Yes!!!! But is depends on where you work. I work in a Planetree facility. http://www.planetree.org It is amazing the type of environment that we work in. There is light music that plays overhead throughout the day, we have beautiful paintings in each...

I do feel for you. I said the same things about a doc at our hospital whose file is probably bigger than the dictionary, however they cannot do anything with him because he is not hired by the hospital. We are a Planetree facility and I cannot believ...

ADDITIONAL NOTE: the patients that are cultured are ALL nursing home residents!! Sorry forgot to add that little detail

They have cultures done upon entering our facility and then get a chlorhexadine bath. The cultures have to come back negative three times at 48 hours before the precautions can be discontinued. We were told by our infection control nurse that we did ...

Do you guys feel like your nurse manager is assessible? Not meaning that she or he sits in the office with the door open, but are they on the unit really knowing whats going on and being willing to help or are they no where to be found when needed mo...

No I have never tried the bad stuff, hell I have never drank one beer or smoked one cigarette and I am 25

I cannot believe you guys who say that you keep alcohol wipes in the Pyxis. I just grap some in the morning at the station or clean utility and keep them in my pockets. We have two the things, one for supplies and the other for meds, however we have ...

Had a patient die due to an over dose of this stuff!!! She was in her 30's:( She had some other things in her system at the time also, such as cocaine and excuse the spelling, maraquana. I have tried this stuff also and decide it was time to quit whe...