Wow, what a wild ride down memory lane reading this thread has been as the "breaking story" unfolded! Just like the responders I have had to deal with crazy family members over and over. I just work...
I have to relay this story my husband told me about a stay in a German hospital (just because I am relaying it does not mean I am agreeing with it, don't get all up in arms!). The room had four beds....
Dear BSN in TX; I did not mean to give the impression, by citing the story of what the JAG told me, that I, myself, was not happy about being in the Army, when I was called up. I was just very...
Be very, very careful about joining the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS). It sounds good, especially if you have active duty time and you are dreaming of possibly...
I made an inference about Pat Reps in a negative contex, and, since it is so easy to get negative (for me at least!), when thinking of the miseries that have befell me in trying to earn a living as a...
I agree with the nurses who pointed out that the patient should have come with some kind of 'med reconciliation' worksheet listing the meds she was taking. It IS true that we can only give the meds...
Some patients are very experienced in playing one shift against another. Have you never noticed; as soon as see you (even though they don't know you from Adam), they say something like "thank god your...
quezen replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing
Hello to all you wonderful nurses out there in "nurseland", I have not read posts or posted in a long time so I just want to say 'Hi' and although I see from the little I have read that the SAME...
When I worked for United States Indian Health Service I was charged with three med errors. (1) Breaking a pill in half to obtain the correct dose (2) Unhooking a patient from his (NS) IV at the end of...