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Just an idea, but maybe show this thread, to your mom (except for the part that said your family is driving you nuts!).

I am happy that your grandpa is finally pain free. Try to reassure your mom about the duragesic patch. A while ago, they were using Duragesic in the post-op recovery on pt's who have never been on Duragesic and started at a high dose. Subsequently...

Yesterday was an awful day. Work was terrible. It was the first time in 12 yrs. that I cried at work because I was so overwhelmed. I cried the whole day. My patients weren't even that sick. So glad 6/6 is over.

Yay! Very happy for you! I can imagine how excited you are. I was excited just to see my tiny little response to a survey question in RN (2000). Yes, I still have the magazine!

Ugh...This is awful. I can not sleep! I have been up since 2:30 and I have tried to do everything that I could do. Minimal lighting, ironing, laundry. I went back to bed and tried to meditate my way to sleepiness but it just didn't work. I have ...

What an interesting topic! I know that I have heard of a few but I really can't remember. One that does stick out, and I don't know if it is an old wive's tale or not, but, eating Chinese food will induce a Mom. Well, I did eat Chinese food the da...

Thank you all for your replies! I never tried Valerian Root. It sounds like it may be the way to go. Benadryl either makes me wired or gives me a hangover effect the next day. And then of course, every now and then, it works like a charm. Who kn...

What kind of a facility do you work in that the pts recieve "tons of dilaudid"? I have always been taught that a pt. can not get addicted from only several days of use and if taken appropriately. However, I really don't know if that is true. I woul...

Hopefully when the new DON is caught up with everything things will begin to fall into place. Pretty freaky when the police and lawyers are involved.

Did I say trash enough?:icon_roll Okay, I will stop being annoying....

Okay, my bad. I didn't read through all of the posts before I posted. It sounds like I am the only one that throws the larger syringes in the sharp box. I guess my thinking is is that if someone sees a syringe in the trash then it will automatical...

I think it is just safer to throw a syringe in the sharps container. I don't want to provide easy access for drug users. A question is though, What does everyone do with the 30cc and 60cc syringes used for irrigation or flushing ngt/gt/jt's? Every...

I introduce myself by my first name. It is the first thing I say when I meet my pt. "Hi Mr. So, my name is Beth. I am going to be your nurse today...". It is such an automatic thing that sometimes I forget that I already introduced myself so I en...

I have never heard of a place like that. It seems like a lot of responsibility. Is there a DON? Actually, is there even a nurse? Discuss with them your concerns. "Are you right for nursing?" Nursing is something that you want to do. And people w...

No, LPN1974, that site you told us about seems great! I was actually going to start looking for sites that do that and you did it for me. Thanks!

No. This is definitely not reasonable. So many things are wrong with this picture. And you only get paid $75 -- and your on call?! That is way too much to do. I know you have been having a hard time with your job. Is there any way to split these...

There is an outbreak at the local prison up here.

In 1994 I made $16 and change as an RN in LTC/Rehab. I believe that the pay went up and extra dollar an hour for the 2-3 yrs I was there.

We had 4 hrs of inservice time for the computers. For the first few days the nurse educators (the 3) roamed around the hospital to offer guidance...during the day shift. At night we had 1 computer tech to help. We had the same pt. load. The comput...

This is terrible! A few weeks ago I was assessing a confused pt and asked him what year it was. He responded that is was 1996. I looked at him and said "I'm sorry, it's 2004." pause, pause, pause. "Um, 2006...". My goodness.

I have never experienced that with Levaquin. I will be on the lookout now. One thing I have experienced with Levaquin though is that some pt.'s can become confused. A few times the Levaquin had to be d/cd for that reason.

Work as a CNA.

I used to have a fear of sputum. With just the sound of suctioning I would feel as if I had to pass out. Knowing that as a nurse I would always have to deal with sputum, I started working in a respiratory hospital where I got over my fear almost im...

Also, it is important for a chaplain to be involved. Cdk001 brought up a good point - what if the family is afraid to d/c life support b/c of their religious beliefs? They may feel that taking her off the vent is equivalent to ending her life. Wh...

So, every pt. that comes into the hospital is on contact precautions? That seems kind of extreme. How many gowns do they go through? Goodness. One place where I worked did MRSA and VRE swabs on the pt's when they were admitted (actually the pt's m...