woody62

woody62 RN

icu, er, transplant, case management, ps

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  1. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    What interactions do you want me to post? Do you want me to talk about an R.N. who came into my room and told me I was a nurse and I very well knew how to get out of the deep depression I was in;...

  2. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think I will. I have always kept journals, all of my life. Even after my accident, even in the deepest of my depression. I have always been a patient advocate, even when it was neither popular or...

  3. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think my view of the world is black or white. But my view of laws is. A frequently heard remark "if you can't do the time, don't commit the crime." I have been pulled over three times for...

  4. Rapid Response Team for Families

    woody62 replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, your husband would most likely still be alive. But my remark was not directed towards you or your situation. It is directed at the nurses who view family members as someone who is there to...

  5. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are quite right. I went into a very deep clinical depression after I was injured in a bad car accident. After fighting for a year and half, I lost my home. I was finally told, by my treating...

  6. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    You should go to an AOL diabetes board. There are a small group of people who claim they control their blood sugars by eating only an average of 32 grams of carbohydrates a day. They are so proud of...

  7. Jehovah Witness RNs

    woody62 replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    You didn't make that clear. But when I was in hospital administration I took call once a week. I had to be available during the sixteen hours of call. Such a situation would have been brought to my...

  8. Rapid Response Team for Families

    woody62 replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Sweettooth, I could take a vacation in Hawaii for three weeks, if I had a dollar for everytime I've heard that excuse. The families will not come to us, they will just call the RRTF. Every stop to...

  9. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    But it is this unwritten law that is wrong. Why should police officers let anyone off, including brother officers. Laws are written for a reason. In no law that I am aware of, does it say 'let off...

  10. Rapid Response Team for Families

    woody62 replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in ICU last summer, my daughter, who had to go to work, would call in once or twice a day to find out how I was doing, the results of any test or procedures I had (which were several) and...

  11. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry but I have to take a different position. I was diagnosed in 1990 as a Type 2. My doctor and nurses taught me what to eat and how to manage my diabetes. For the next two years, I ignored my...

  12. Jehovah Witness RNs

    woody62 replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand and accept the mother's religious beliefs. What I have a problem with is the nine days your hospital waited and did nothing. I once had to file, in Kings County, New York for a...

  13. How Many Patients Do Your Monitor Tech's Watch?

    woody62 replied to Ace1's topic in General Nursing

    When I was charge nurse, my monitor tech kept an eye on ten patients. When I went into the hospital, several years ago, and was on tele, the monitor tech was an LPN, who monitored eight patients....

  14. boards need to regulate MA's

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    We do, both as patients and as nurses. It is very easy to tell a physician. Just ask him if he would mind you calling his P.A. Doctor? He would object. Point out that as a nurse, you are only...

  15. boards need to regulate MA's

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not in the two community ERs that I use do CNA's ever draw blood It is left to the RNs or LPNs. And there are not CMA working in either ER, that I am aware of. And since I want to know the...

  16. All those conscious sedations I've done........

    woody62 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    perhaps she could get a new one. without the dings and dents. my grandson looked like a beautiful angel, when he was a sleep.

  17. cosmetic surgery

    woody62 replied to pinaypower's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't agree with you more. I had it done in 1981. No body knows what it is like to suddenly not to be carrying around an extra six pounds on your chest. Or the relief to my back and shoulders....

  18. I turned in my 2 week notice today!!

    woody62 replied to TexasPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember one very important thing over the next two weeks: Don't burn any bridges behind you:devil:

  19. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    woody62 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    you should see our 'cells.' they are really tents, without air conditioning. the temperature dips to 97 degrees every night.

  20. Nurses with disabilities

    woody62 replied to zipcat's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I believe a lot of us could return to useful work but our peers seem to stack the cards against them. Too many of our peers, I believe, kid themselves into believing that we are making much to do...

  21. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    woody62 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    Sure you can. Just like I can. And what would you like for your meal, here in jail. I understand the cheese sandwiches are pretty good.

  22. All those conscious sedations I've done........

    woody62 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    was i making an unwarrented assumption. if so, she will turn into the nasty brat she was before:lol2:

  23. boards need to regulate MA's

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have an old friend who teaches both CNAs as well as PN students, who tells them just what they are and their responsibilities. I would like to see it made into a law here in Florida. The...

  24. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is likely to get a large group down on me but why give just nurses, firemen and other police officers a break? Police are there to protect the public. This doesn't mean just some of the...

  25. All those conscious sedations I've done........

    woody62 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    if your incident hadn't been so sad, i would be rolling in the aisles with laughter. i have had versed several times, especially during my stay last july, and i can barely remember leaving icu or the...