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TiredMD

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  1. Doctors are Bullies

    TiredMD replied to madwife2002's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Early in our training most of us learn that many nurses are either too busy or act too busy to waste their time updating a "lowly" resident. Very quickly we realize that it is simply far easier to...

  2. the RN's appearance

    TiredMD replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    Historically, scrubs were to be worn only in the operating room, and physicians were expected to present a professional appearance. Even today, many of the older training programs (especially on the...

  3. Prayer Warriors???

    TiredMD replied to Calgon-take.me.away's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds expensive. Can you pay-by-the-prayer? kidding,

  4. the RN's appearance

    TiredMD replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    For the specialties where scrubs are not permitted (most everything except surgery), we are expectedto dress professionally. For most women, it seems to be a little difficult to put on freshly ironed...

  5. when a boxer is cut

    TiredMD replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I see your point about the mucous membrane transmission risk. From what I recall though, the risk of transmitting viruses is pretty still pretty low with this type of exposure. Certainly lower...

  6. Intubation

    TiredMD replied to rnwithtof's topic in General Nursing

    I keep a scalpel in my pocket at all times for any emergency trach that comes up. Sometimes I use my pen just for dramatic effect. Kidding. No more intubations for me. The day I have to tube anyone...

  7. Transfering DNR pts to MSICU

    TiredMD replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    I think the law would consider this "murder". The docs didn't notice? Pathetic. Personally, my living will says, "Full code, extraordinary measures regardless of circumstances or cost" because I know...

  8. phantom limb pain

    TiredMD replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    most patients with phantom pain have an onset within days of the initial amputation. although there have been some reports of pain starting months to years after the initial event, this is pretty...

  9. Doctors are Bullies

    TiredMD replied to madwife2002's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps these characterizations prompted some of the negative response to your

  10. Intubation

    TiredMD replied to rnwithtof's topic in General Nursing

    Not really. It's usually really easy: lift and shove. The problem is that when it's hard, you can't stop and go take ten minutes to find someone else to

  11. when a boxer is cut

    TiredMD replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    His eye was swollen shut. Drain the hematoma and his eye will open back up. Boxers and the MMA fighters (in the reputable leagues, anyway) are all regularly tested for panels of diseases, including...

  12. dishonesty in diagnosis

    TiredMD replied to the tooth's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very bizarre story. So what exactly would her physicians have done if she had requested treatment? How do you consent someone for a hysterectomy and tumor debulking when they think they have...

  13. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    TiredMD replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    They get worse and worse and worse for days. Then one morning you walk in, and the RN tells you, "Oh my gosh, he's looking so much better today!" That's when I wheel the code cart over next to the...

  14. Intubation

    TiredMD replied to rnwithtof's topic in General Nursing

    Intubating is easy. My 8yo could intubate 80% of America. Blade in, lift up, drop tube, inflate. No big deal. The hard part is learning who (and who not) to intubate and

  15. ? about latex gloves....

    TiredMD replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I was supposed to figure that out from your previous post? You could always do what I've seen done in . . . well, every hospital I've ever worked in. Put a box of non-latex gloves at the nursing...

  16. ? about latex gloves....

    TiredMD replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    You filed for workman's comp, but won't stop using latex gloves because it's

  17. ? about latex gloves....

    TiredMD replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    Because non-latex gloves totally

  18. Just wanting to thank the mods...

    TiredMD replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    It was hilarious. Sorry you missed it. I can only assume someone from my usual neck of the internet decided to come by and make

  19. Commonplace to starve someone to death?

    TiredMD replied to HM7380's topic in General Nursing

    When you dehydrate, you go into renal failure and become uremic. It is essentially "going to sleep". Give her all the morphine you want, but recognize that she's not hurting (at least not from the...

  20. Fibromyalgia Question

    TiredMD replied to onyx77's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody does. Trust me, just let it go and never bring it up ever

  21. Hippa Violation

    TiredMD replied to skv38866's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. I still do

  22. How do you get someone to show you their butt?

    TiredMD replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    As a formerly-single male in his late-20s who did undergraduate at a party school, I can tell you exactly how he does it. He hires attractive, college-age women to go out to bars, befriend these...

  23. Hippa Violation

    TiredMD replied to skv38866's topic in General Nursing

    Did you take out an actual H&P from a chart, or did you take a copy of the H&P? From a HIPAA standpoint it doesn't sound like a huge deal. But if you're shredding portions of the medical...

  24. I caught a manipulative family member in the act!

    TiredMD replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    the handful of "boyfriends" i have met who wanted to read the chart were usually the same ones we suspected of putting the patient in the coma in the first

  25. headaches

    TiredMD replied to kashmir's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of different kinds of headaches, and the treatments depending on your type actually vary quite a bit. You need a good diagnosis, and for that you need a good neurologist. Many don't...