rnmi2004

rnmi2004

private duty/home health, med/surg

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  1. What's the craziest order you've ever seen?

    An order for a hug, q shift. Edited to add: no, this wasn't a pediatric
  2. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    Here's a way to deal with it no matter the reason they're asking for pain meds (seeker vs. truly needing pain relief): Dilute the Dilaudid in 10-20mg NS & pull up a chair. Sit down &...
  3. How Do Moms Do It?

    That Guy I'm married to helps out a lot. Not that he's able to Do Stuff the way I'd Like It Done, but hey, you have to let some things go. Seriously, if you are married or even divorced with a halfway...
  4. Burned out!!!!!!!!

    Oh Mah Dawg, ah-men to that. I love my patients most of the time but I sure do wonder what kind of crazy pills I was taking when I though this was the career for
  5. Share a patient story with me???

    I had the 5 filled patient rooms with the Dreaded One Empty Room of Doom. Then I got the report sheet of the Little Old 96-year Old Lady with the GI Bleed. It turned out that she was the most A &...
  6. What made you want to become an RN?

    Earthworm Jim crawled into my ear and promised me $1,000,000 in gold doubloons if I fought my way past the bog of eternal stench in front of the Goblin city with the nursing instructors with the fake...
  7. Do you have your own malpractice insurance?

    It doesn't matter if you are a "perfect" nurse. If your employer feels that they can decrease their liability by throwing you under the bus if and WHEN a patient sues, they WILL do whatever needs to...
  8. The point I was trying to make is that you can't "suddenly want to be a nurse" and there you are taking the NCLEX-RN. You still have to go through the waiting lists, prerequisites, nursing courses,...
  9. Simply Dehydration

    Any hx of HF going on
  10. because, of course, right now *everybody* that wants to be a nurse gets to *suddenly* be a nurse. and all the waiting lists have suddenly *poof*
  11. "You hit that call light one more time and I swear I will beat you with it." :lol_hitti Hey, who says therapeutic communication always has to be therapeutic for the
  12. Urine Sample from Foley

    If the patient is able to produce a urine specimen by voiding, why is there a Foley in place at
  13. Post mortem care

    Post-mortem care in the hospital is going to be different than a hospice case. I can't answer why no one in the hospital seemed to be able to answer your question other than deaths don't happen very...
  14. Holding each other accountable..

    I can relate. I hate feeling like I'm being confrontational, even when the situation calls for being up front with your co-worker about the unacceptable conditions the patients are being left in. I...
  15. Dangerous nurses

    Why did you assume that the nurse "just brushed if off and said to give it and follow like a blind mule the doctors order..."? Perhaps she knows more about the patient's history than you do. You could...
  16. Holding each other accountable..

    I think that is a good idea to describe how you found the patient. It might be a good idea to start out by acknowledging how tough our job is, and could you maybe bring up something positive first?...
  17. Dangerous nurses

    I work with plenty of MD's that screw up patient care and nothing happens. I'm honestly surprised that I haven't been deposed for a malpractice suit against some of the attendings in my hospital. It...
  18. Our unit clerk

    I like the idea of messing with her head. What kind of manager would tolerate this kind of tattling? Sounds like the manager has too much time on her hands. I hope you can find another place to...
  19. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    It isn't a stint, it is a
  20. Curious about your job

    I am much more efficient and pleasant nurse when I take breaks during my 12-hour shifts. There are the occasional crazy shifts where I don't get to do more than swipe a cracker from the kitchen, but...
  21. Not only do my co-workers and I clean up poop almost daily on our med-surg floor, we discuss the more memorable Code Browns while we're
  22. Need help/questions answered

    Brian, I wouldn't give up. I'm not sure how long ago you were hospitalized. It takes a few years to complete your nursing education, so by the time before you even get to the point where you are...
  23. One Wish Granted

    I'd go one step further and say that nursing management needs to spend one shift per month as a bedside
  24. Question about patient's death and ethical issue

    I had a patient die in front of me. It wasn't what I would call a peaceful death. (Please note, death was not due to hospital error, and I was not trying to cover up anything). Did I tell the family...
  25. AAA rupture

    I was thinking, if a pt has a ruptured AAA, who the he** cares about the WBC? I should have known it was a nursing school