scubadaddy66

I had just drained a pt.s davol drain into a steril speci cup. I placed the lid tightly on it, and put it on his table so I could help him up to the bathroom. We received a second pt in the room, so I explained I'd remove the speci cup after he was out of the bathroom and I had gotten my new patient comfortable. It was a few minutes, and then I hear "This tomato juice is rotten" coming from the other side of the curtain. Sure enough, he had the lid off, and had drank about 10-15cc of his own fluids.

Where does it say in the posting that they DIDN'T do an assessment? at 19, learning life and career at the same time can be very overwhelming. Where are the other nurses who are working with her? How come they didn't make sure things were done correctly? Also, Nursing is Continutity of Care, Not SHIFT CARE! Team work is a big part of nursing. I see alot of people with the attitude that "thats not my patient" or "I'm a nurse, not a housekeeper" What ever happened to common curtesy to help one another?

I think the other posters here have failed to recognize that this individual is less than 6 months out of school. I was more than 1 year post grad before I was ever involved with feeding tubes. Every day is a learning experience in Nursing. New Grads have it rough. Poor preceptors, I had one new grad who went through 3 preceptors in her first 4 months because they felt she should have "more" instinct. This person is in her late 40s and second career. Information associates who keep calling on them over and over again. I've seen new grads get paged 5 times in less than 10 minutes. People need to STEP UP and help those new people out. Otherwise, you'll be losing them. Or is that the reason, you don't like new people because you feel threatened that they might out perform you later on in their career?

I haven't really caught my coils on cords, but while stepping on an iv pole to hold it while i'm placing a pump, had my heel get caught. I also broke one of the actual springs, so they replaced it under warranty. You'll also get alot of comments from others about them. Everyday, patients as well as staff comment on how odd they look. But I still wear them and enjoy them. Joe

I have been nursing for 4 years now, I have gone through shoes on a monthly basis. Cheap ones, mid-line ones, and expensive ones. I "invested" in a set of Z-COILS back in Nov, 2007. Most expensive shoes I've bought. I still wear them to work. http://www.zcoil.com