sphinx BSN, RN

Sometimes I feel like certain stronger odors are clinging to my nose hairs, lol!

I was in a similar position a few years ago. Except I did D/N and wanted D/E. meanwhile night shifts became harder and harder and rotating just made things harder. I was so stressed and was then diagnosed with RA. I *did* get. Note from my doc saying...

We cleanse with saline and use Allevyn Gentle Border change Q 5 days and prn. Technically with a skin tear with no drainage we can put on only a tegaderm but I have never liked tegaderm on skin tears, they tend to pull on the open areas when removed....

hi, i did a search about acuity based staffing tools but didn't find exactly what i was looking for. i work at a nursing home with around 700 beds. most are general ltc, a few "locked" units for severe dementia, a comfort care unit, and my unit which...

it is not part of a chain :)

I am in New York state :)

It really just depends. As a patient myself, I try not to mention it. I have found that once a Dr knows I am a nurse they change towards me......they will talk to me as a professional, when that is really not what I need. For example, when I was bein...

We have a patient who has profore wraps......she has venous stasis, but her legs are like none I have ever seen or come accross. She struggles with edema, but is also simply overweight. Her knee and just below her knees are very dry and bumpy. Below ...

The question is, *how* to get them dry? We tried several other things before this, and they all left her legs a sopping mess. The profores really have helped her with her edema, it's just the moisture is such a problem.....yesterday they looked a lit...

I am still experiencing problems with this poor woman. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, this is long, but I have a story.....I am so frustrated. She was actually doing quite well for a while. We stopped any kind of dressing such as aquacel, lyofoam, etc. We star...

I have to laugh because when I was still in the hospital, they were doing this stuff-a good 2+ years ago. They had some outside company come in and inservice the entire staff. They didn't have the hourly rounding, but everybody, I mean everybody was ...

Well, she comes in Mon, Wed, Fri.......Monday and Friday are her shower days and she showers and they sprays her legs with a hand sprayer. Afterwards they dry with a towel (pat dry) and loosely put an adult brief on her leg just for the trip down to ...

Well I've been on the "other side" plenty of times, but never had to wait an unreasonable amount of time, and when I or my loved one had put on a light at least someone would pop their head in to make sure we were not in serious trouble...or answered...

I was just throwing that out in the ring, not thinking it as a primary cause. I only mentioned it because it is not widely known, and that it can be "reversible" by stopping the offending medication. I don't know about anyone else, but I tend to find...

A lot of times UTIs have no symptoms at all. Although the elderly often show behavioral changes. Sometimes if the urine smells nasty and there is no UTI present, if you change the bag, the smell goes away. The cleaning should help, but I'v found that...

A lot of times the grinding can be caused by stress...but I have to mention something that a lot of people are not aware of. In some people, certain SSRIs (esp Zoloft) can cause you to grind your teeth. I did it horribly on Zoloft, to a lesser extent...

When I was in Surgical ICU, even though there were residents, it was a closed unit and the residents could only round and make suggestions. We had Intensivists (sp) who took over and oversaw all their care in ICU. There were also PAs who worked only ...

How long ago was she treated for that UTI? Was the treatment based on the results of a C&S? (antibiotics based on the sensitivity results?)...wonder if it didn't clear up, UTIs just make the elderly act kinda nutty sometimes. Or maybe ETOH withdr...

I had always been too nervous to go to a wake/funeral. Could be because I have been blessed not to have anybody close to me die, and previously only been to 1 funeral. But the job I am at now I work with the elderly, and really get to know these peop...

Well, at least she had planned to have it dried and put into capsules, not have it with fava beans and a fine chianti.... I can imagine there are a lot of nutrients, and honestly, a capsule doesn't seem too bad....but those recipes? I'll pass. Buryin...

Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. I totally feel for you. I've had a couple experiences too, both at the "#1" hospital in the area. I will say though, that I've had good experiences too. Last year I stayed overnight in a holding unit...OMG...

I'll have dreams that I am "helping out" at one of my former employers. Um yeah, right. I don't think so! lol! I've had a variety of dreams, but by far the weirdest: I dreamed I was emptying a foley, and the urine wasn't coming out, so I took the tub...

Was a nurse 10 years before I got my first stick from a used needle a few months ago. I was drawing blood using a butterfly needle from a sweet little old nun with lousy veins. I missed and went to put the needle in the sharps box, but for the first ...

I've heard (in jest) Depabloat (for Depokote) and Stupamax (for Topamax) as well as (seriously) Latex (for Lasix) heehee

I also have RA (as well as fibromyalgia), and last year was on short term disability from my job (in the ICU) for 6 months.......this website was recommended to me: http://www.exceptionalnurse.com/ and has some good resources for nurses who have disa...