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  1. Rooting out Racial Bias in Nursing: Hope and Grace

    I understand what you are saying, but in this case it was a Diep procedure that lasted 9 hours and no pain meds were ordered?? 7 seven incisions, the longest being 19 inches, and it was not...
  2. Rooting out Racial Bias in Nursing: Hope and Grace

    Says a non person of color. I have just experienced this as a patient in the hospital. After a Diep procedure I was not given pain meds for 7 hours. Correct seven hours. When the resident came...
  3. Night Shift PDNs....

    use droid tv app for $8.99 every 3 months, you do not need internet. have the shows download at your house and you can watch them internet free at the PDN. I LOVE this app. I think its on google...
  4. How much personal info do you share with parents?

    I mention my children, but I am usually asked where I live. I do not disclosure my personal location. Also my phone number, at this point I have been there almost 2 years, so they have my cell, but...
  5. Night Shift PDNs....

    Hey y'all, I haven't posted in a while, computer was down. I work nights too... okay here are my secrets, lol.... I have a tablet and have an app called DroidTV off of amazon apps store. Its 8.99...
  6. Bad Parenting equals difficult patient

    No, they fight me on every sugguestion. The next day the mother "showed" me how to use the nose bulb. The patient likes to start fights about the smallest of issues. Example I asked for them to get...
  7. Bad Parenting equals difficult patient

    thanks guys, I thought I was going crazy... I started really researching his dx because I truly could not understand why he didnt know how to blow his nose, or do anything simple like that... What is...
  8. Bad Parenting equals difficult patient

    What I am finding out more and more is making sure there are clear boundaries. My patient is clearly a product of bad to zero parenting. He reminds me of that episode of Twilight Zone where the kid...
  9. PDN and snow: how do they treat you?

    After I got a ticket for parking on the street, I discussed with the father "our responsibilities" on my coming to work and the parking situation. If I will be snowed in like last year when we got...
  10. PDN and snow: how do they treat you?

    That is crazy talk! What job would require you to be sooo on call to want you to sleep in your car, and they had adults home!! Crazy talk I tell
  11. Per Diem

    Okay, Per Diem means you are not full time or part time, no benefits. You and the staffing person, decide on a schedule that works for both of you and you work that. You are not guaranteed hours,...
  12. Pediatric PDN skills are not "marketable"?

    Okay, maybe I need more sleep, or this room is hot, but I am not seeing a problem here. I work 48 hours PDN and work at a hospital and Long Term on sats and suns.... not every weekend, but a least...
  13. Craziest PDN/PDN Venting Thread

    I have the same problem, but instead of talking about it they put all the paper towels away before I arrive. So now I either bring a hand cloth from home or uses the patient's, he has a lot of them...
  14. Vent about coworker

    Like I said, you did not see this nurse sleeping, as for the documentation, talk to her about it. if she is new like you, she might have been taught some bad habits by the previous nurse. I always...
  15. Vent about coworker

    Good advise to the patient. Don't get involved. Also don't let the patient vent to you about the other nurse, they are trying to drag you into this issue. Why tell you about how late they are, they...