Rapheal

Rapheal

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  1. how have you dealt with flirting doctors.

    Rapheal replied to kimmicoobug's topic in General Nursing

    I had this problem with 2 docs recently. Never game them a reason to view me in this way. Couldn't understand it. Then I started to pay more attention to the interactions between other nurses and...

  2. Pardon Me While I Vent about this "Patient As A Customer" deal

    Rapheal replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse to patient "And the reason your'e here is?" I too grow weary of patients who come to the hospital for some unknown reason. If they do not want to comply with the tx then please go home and let...

  3. Funniest thing the nurse FORGOT to tell you in report

    Rapheal posted a topic in General Nursing

    I introduce myself to the patient than go back to check the chart. Yep, this is the correct patient- but the nurse forgot to tell me that this elderly female patient had a beard and mustache....

  4. You Know It Is Time To Leave Nursing When....

    Rapheal replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    You know it's time to leave nursing when: Your patients look much healthier than you. You start celebrating holidays with the families of your frequent flyers. Stool, vomit, phlegm, it's all the...

  5. incompetent coworker

    Rapheal replied to ella401's topic in General Nursing

    She does not sound like she should be in nursing at all. But in all fairness wouldn't it be wise to wait until she finishes retraining to see if she improves or not? I do not think however, that she...

  6. I Got an Interview. HELP

    Rapheal replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    No advice here but wanted to wish you luck on your

  7. childs burn

    Rapheal replied to luvbbs's topic in General Nursing

    If you put ice on it please make sure the ice is wrapped in a clean towel or something to prevent too much cold from damaging the skin. Also remember to keep ice on for only 10-20 minutes then remove...

  8. Is This Normal To Ask??...

    Rapheal replied to headin'there's topic in General Nursing

    I rarely ask the family to leave while drawing blood. But every once in a while when I am overworked and stressed I will ask them to step out. Just less sensory stimulation because many times the...

  9. Patient of the Year!!!

    Rapheal replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    A prayer her

  10. Alzheimers

    Rapheal replied to Janie Mac's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have read a research study on this before, sometime last year I believe. It was very interesting. It is also interesting to note that I previously read a different research article about...

  11. Docs leaving sharps behind....again.

    Rapheal replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Good idea. Stick to your guns, you might end up saving yourself or another from receiving a preventable blood born pathogen or disease. Our docs put in central lines and then gather the sharps, and...

  12. Now Ive heard it all!!!

    Rapheal replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    Very well said. And it seems that when we are so stretched it is human nature to start finger pointing at another department to take the

  13. Working under your License

    Rapheal replied to AndiMac's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Check with your BON but in many states a licensed health care provider must work under their HIGHEST license. Such as an RN must work as an RN not an LPN. You can always perform duties that are...

  14. Please help me, I am at the end of my rope

    Rapheal replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I guarantee that you will find nurses like this and later find out that their nursing skills are far less than those they complain about. Anyhow..... All my support and encouragement to you. Med-surg...

  15. Cute things manager's say

    Rapheal replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Overheard "We have the best staffing in the city". by NM I tripped and nearly dropped a lunch tray. Tarot says "If ignorance is bliss, then folly to be wise-says the

  16. I cant sleep!!!help!

    Rapheal replied to nurseluv9's topic in General Nursing

    I do not want to make more out of this than it is but I am concerned that you describe your thoughts as a television that keeps changing stations. This could be from sleep deprivation but have you...

  17. Elective C-sections

    Rapheal replied to Altra's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had one child natural childbirth, the other C-section. The C-section was without a doubt one of the most painful, slow to recover, horrible experiences of my life. Everyones' different and this...

  18. Chronic Strep?

    Rapheal replied to Jolie's topic in General Nursing

    I went through this with my daughter (no cats at home). She also went and saw an allergy specialists, an ENT. They said she had big tonsils but not a problem. She was on Nasalcron for 2 years. She...

  19. Why Shouldn't I Tell?

    Rapheal replied to kmchugh's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    As a floor nurse I have no jealousy of CRNA nurses or any other nursing roles that someone has chosen (and undoubtedly worked hard to achieve). I say -rock on

  20. Ghostly experiences??

    Rapheal replied to Erin RN's topic in General Nursing

    dragonfly954 you naughty tease-do

  21. In a pickle...

    Rapheal replied to jadednurse's topic in Pain Management

    What will it take? IMHO all that is needed is to follow the golden rule that pain is what the patient states it is. I have believed some of my pain mgmt. patients to be drug seekers and addicts and I...

  22. Ghostly experiences??

    Rapheal replied to Erin RN's topic in General Nursing

    The previous owner of the house I now own died here and laid here three days in the dining room before his body was found. I constantly am subjected to the screen doors locking behind me in the...

  23. Stories from the Edge (of sanity)

    Rapheal replied to Mushu's topic in Emergency

    lol:chuckle

  24. I'll just be a Nurse! (rant)

    Rapheal replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Heh heh heh..... I say let him go to nursing school. It really is for lazy people. He can saunter in for clinicals whenever it suits him. He can do his paper work on the days he does not attend...

  25. unwelcoming clinical sites

    Rapheal replied to BSNgrad2004's topic in General Students

    Wow, what a motley crew that works there. It's a shame to be treated like