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Aloha, I recently graduated and have begun to work in a local hospital. My only experience with Hospice was when my dear friend was dying of leukemia and complications last year -- the Hospice was great! I am 38 and have worked as an EMT on fire dept...

Okay, I just finished nursing school (A.S. Registered Nurse) and want to go to massage school and then attend NMT workshops (either St. John or Delany). I can't see any other time I can have it so available to me so.... the big question is "Can I jus...

Hi there, I just wanted to make you all aware of Manual Lymph Drainage and Complete Decongestive Therapy. I just finished nursing school and want to have skills that may allow me some freedom in the setting I work in. My focus is oncology and th...

Hello all :) So sorry I did not respond back sooner -- The training was great! Gunter Klose is an excellent teacher of the skills and extremely experienced. After the training, however, I had to focus on passing my NCLEX, selling our home and movin...

I just finished this winter, ADN, and am very thankful for the opportunity. I had a strong background in emergency medicine/ambulance and passed the NCLEX at 75 questions - with no study for that particular test. Now, I am having no trouble finding w...

Well, I leave in an hour for the airport -- looking forward to the training experience, though I have never been away from my husband and son for two weeks I have also found an AHA BLS Instructor course for the week after I return. I am trying to ...

Hello, Cheerfuldoer, I feel like you do about the uniform. At almost 40 I have not viewed those wearing whites as slutty, sex kittens, subservient hand maidens or such. They can look clean, crisp and professional looking and it seems very unlikely th...

Hello all, First of all I want to say how much I appreciate the feedback. Second: to the person who wrote, "Plus, when I wear white it seems to attract coffee. I can't remember a day when I wore white that I didn't dribble some coffee on myself. Don'...

Hello again - well, now that I am not shaky from low blood sugar, perhaps I can participate a little more thoughtfully Deb, you wrote: "wearing whites is NOT practical in all clinical areas...." -- now, I am sure you can give me some examples howev...

Oh, and another thing -- considering ourselves as "professionals" working with "clients" might shift our thinking and the way we present ourselves so that we aren't just "part of the room charge". Maybe that and more of us wearing whites would heigh...

Hello, I personally prefer the use of the word "client". For all of you who don't like to think of the "patient" as having contracted with you so you will provide them a "professional service", I am sorry that is how you see it. I have been hospitali...

Hi Dave, I read you post with interest but am wondering if that would be most appropriate for someone who had a history of using large amounts of opiates - either legitimately or abusively - not a current addict. If a self-admitted heroin addict is h...

Wow! I will stop laughing now and tell something I learned from a patient... 1.a. Don't follow your bosses instructions to pour a half-gallon of gasoline on that rubbish pile.. and THEN wait 5 minutes to approach it again and set a match to it. 1....

Hello, Please realize there is a big difference in protocols for treating Lymphedema (either primary or secondary) versus edema caused by cardiac "issues". Diuresis as a treatment to reduce Lymphedema is absolutely contradicted because though it dehy...

I just realized that the placement of my prior post might make you think I meant Narcan for Ketamine or Versed reversal... nope. Meant to refer to earlier posts where using Narcan was mentioned. Thanks!

Please just remember that you can titrate Narcan during the procedure, definitely no need to jolt the pt. completely with viscious return of pain. I am new to all of this but thought I would share that reminder. It disgusts me that there are docs who...

Hello, I am a new graduate so don't have any real experience to share with you. HOWEVER I just purchased Margot McCaffery's most excellent book "Pain: Clinical Manual" and here is little from that: Pg. 455: Opioids must not be withheld from persons...

Boy is it interesting to read these posts. I just finished school to become a Registered Nurse (A.S.) and am 14 days post head-on MVA which thankfully only left me with bruises and severe muscle strain in my upper body. Several years ago I repeatedly...

Eagleriver, I just wanted to say thanks for your post - I just shared my friend's last days and I came away feeling like that - a total positive... that is once I got hospice involved who helped make the doc face reality. .... I just finished nursing...

Congratulations! I just finished yesterday, graduation scheduled for January. Oh my, what a relief. Of course, now my mind races to think of the future Enjoy the feeling of accomplishment! Kristin

Hello, I am almost finished with an ADN program... I just wanted to share a bit about what happened over the past several weeks. I learned alot about the differences among various nurses and doctors and became more cynical about certain aspects of ca...

Thank you all for your replies and support. At one point, during the wee hours of the morning, holding her hand and resting on the siderails and listening to her breathing I was overwhelmed with a sense that I was in exactly the right place in the wo...

Hello, I just want to second Jadednurse's post... and others that recognize that while this is inconvenient and has legal ramifications which must be addressed, it is extremely important to many pts to be able to smoke. I haven't smoked for 9 years b...

Hello, I was an EMT1-A for about 7 years - volunteer F.D., paid ambulance, etcetera. No beginning RN training program I am aware of will give you the same experience of people "circling the drain" or "code brown" (the first being a rapidly decompens...

Hello, My hubby had one that was under the arch of his foot and getting really large and tender. I spoke to a podiatrist's office and asked about cost (we have no insurance). The receptionist (nurse?) recommended using the acid and shrinking it dow...