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  1. He tore their heads off. When I asked him why, he told me, with a flat affect, that he didn't do it. I told him their blood and feathers were on his hands and he looked me straight in the eye and said" they didn't like me so I tore their heads off." ...
  2. Help, 4yo grandson killed my finches

    Also :killing and beheading 5, yes f-i-v-e, Finches goes way beyond acting out. This is the crap serial killers did when they were little.
  3. Help, 4yo grandson killed my finches

    You can't talk sense into a woman who has none. If you could it would have happened years ago. I am more concerned with my grandchild than her. I even wonder if one of his Uncles or his cousin could be doing things to him. This was an act of rage, do...
  4. What would you do?

    I wouldn't recommend taking that job if I already knew I wouldn't like it. And the 1:9 ratio isn't good either. Pediatric patients can be very tricky. Wait for a better offer. There is a Nursing shortage after all.
  5. Many hospitals in my area require that an Rn co-sign the LPN's. I refused to do it and actually got written up for it! I was agency. so I refused to work outside of the units ever again. This same hospital would also leave an LPN as the lone nurse in...
  6. This is sick

    I agree with fergus51 and plumrn. I was told to give morphine to a dying patient, in significant pain and discomfort. I was warned by the doctor that it was possible she might die as I titrated for pain relief and not to be upset. I was a newby nurse...
  7. Ok ladies and Gents, try this one on for size. See if you can correctly guess what is wrong with the patient before the Doctors finally figure it out! Real Life scenario: 17 y.o.w.f. presents to her GP's office with her mother, a disabled former ICU ...
  8. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    I had really meant the post to be an educational experience. Oh well. I appreciate the support I've been getting from everybody. I want to plug how good this kid is one more time though. During this whole mess, she and she sister both took jobs and b...
  9. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    I didn't call her a liar, I said she lied about not having symptoms and denied, to me and herself what was really going on. At least that was what I was trying to say. She is a good kid and had not been prone to lying in the past. Which is why I acce...
  10. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    And Oh but she had had a Neuro consult, right after the accident. He is the one who gave her the nerve blocks and she lied and said they had worked. Teenagers can go to extraordinary lenghts not to be different and this kid is the Queen of denial.
  11. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I was not worried about a tumor as she had CT scans post MVA that were negative for everything except the "Brain Bruise" (The report actually said that":
  12. Can you guess the DX of this patient?

    Mom WAS there all along. But the child was hiding important symtoms because she thought she was going insane. She thought she was going to end up in a nut house. I could only tell what I knew and observed. As she rarely spends time at home,(she is VP...
  13. What to do about a bad instructor?

    She sounds oddly familiar to me. I had several instructors behave in such a manner. None taught for more an a couple of semesters as the College I attended had little tolerance for such behavior. I favor the tape recorder, only I would take a copy to...
  14. This is not a Nursing issue, but I had a very bad night tonight. First I get to work and get a phone call about 1930 from my husband that my Mare is in foal and something is wrong. I've had her 19years and so I'm upset.I tell him to call a vet, I'm a...
  15. I really need help

    I remain very depressed. Things with Worker's Comp could not be worse. I still believe they are deliberately messing my checks up to create financial hardship. My lawyer sucks. He said they were within the boundaries of the law, I have no recourse. I...
  16. I really need help

    Well, things didn't get better, they actually managed to get worse for a while. I finally had surgery on my lt hip May 5. Unfortunately, it took so long to get it done that now I have to have my rt. knee replaced and I have carpal tunnel so bad I can...
  17. Khaia passed away peacefully during the night of December 31, 2003. She had lost weight dramatically over the course of a two week period, and the vet could find no cause. I had resorted to feeding her by hand for the last several days and she rallie...
  18. I really need help

    I thank all of you for your caring. The Hotline I called was the only one in my area. The fee for counciling is based on income, something I don't have right now, all of it is mildly ridiculous."Hello, I want to kill myself""Oh, OK, what's your incom...
  19. migraine faker at the ED!

    dear fab4- Perhaps YOU would like to inform my worker's comp. doctor about changes in CNMP. I have also never left a patient in pain. But the fact of the matter is , I live in pain.
  20. Phasing Out

    My husband used to get on to me about time on the computer. Then I got hurt and he had to go to work full time for the first time in 7 years, night shift to boot. Now I can spend as much time as I want on it.Heh, heh, heh.....
  21. disciplinary nightmare

    When I graduated from Nursing School, I was given a pin that said ETSU School of Nursing. As I lost it in bed linens about a month later, I can't check to see if it said RN. I was hired as a GN. I was told by the hospital to sign as GN. I remember c...
  22. migraine faker at the ED!

    Well, I am always in pain, and most people never even know it. I have DJD, need a hip replaced, and I get migraines about twice a year. As for having to shake a patient awake and have them rate their pain 10/10, not BS. Do that with me, and that is p...
  23. Should I do this

    Ok, here it is. Work has dropped off, Im lucky to get one day a week. I have been offered a traveling position at $32/hr, furnished apartment, $75/mo for utilities, guareentee 36 hr./wk. I don't want to leave home, but I have a family to support. My ...
  24. I want to know if anyone can help me handle this situation. I work in a small 3 bed ICU where I am the ONLY nurse. I recently had two critically ill patients. One had been on the floor (I had worked there one night and had her) and been transfered to...
  25. Running blood through a #22 or #24???

    I am in orientation as a traveler at an urban hospital and they have just told me they run blood through #22's and #24's. Ok, I know I'm getting old, but when did that start? I was always taught that it would lyse if you used one that small. I'm very...