DidiRN

DidiRN

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  1. What medical term do you dislike the most ?

    DidiRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    "Harvesting" organs. I cringe every time I hear

  2. Are nurses unsupportive spouse magnets??

    DidiRN replied to sticknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I can SO understand this. I found this same thing on the dating sites (ie men wanting to be taken care of) that I had tried; so much so that I stopped putting down that I was a nurse. I gave up...

  3. OB Nurses....Question For Ya

    DidiRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I no nothin' about OB (work in ICU) and was just curious about something. Is it normal to have frank red blood in a Foley during a lady partsl

  4. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    DidiRN replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi Susan, here's my two cents. Do not allow yourself to focus on WHAT he said, but WHY he said it. Try to figure out what is going on with him to provoke him to say this. Do not take this personally....

  5. pts going out to smoke

    DidiRN replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If the patient is a/o x 3, not a danger to self or others (although that is debateable with the smoking and being pregnant I guess, but I am talking suicidal/homicidal in the legal sense), then the...

  6. help me figure out how to say...

    DidiRN replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work stepdown anymore (I did for many years), but do ICU. I've used this scenario several times with families, and it usually works, perhaps it might be helpful in some of your cases with...

  7. nausea...I have new understanding.

    DidiRN replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    Two things come to mind for me. One was when I fell off my horse and bruised my ribs. I never doubted anyone had alot of pain with trauma, but just having to suffer with bruised and not even fractured...

  8. Some musings about reading posts here...

    DidiRN replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    I personally have wondered about the all caps posts...with every word capitalized. Does someone who does this really hit the shift key with every new word or something? I can't imagine doing that,...

  9. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    DidiRN replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    I didn't say anything about "locking them up"...in fact, I mentioned that they might be too non-compliant to go through with it, which means that I was not suggesting they were being forced into it....

  10. alternate ways of treating borderline personality disorder

    DidiRN replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    Okay, I have zero psych experience (other than nursing school many years ago) but have also been raised by a mother with BPD. Maybe this is something that has already been tried, or maybe you guys...

  11. Ok maybe a dumb question but.....

    DidiRN replied to cristina2581's topic in General Nursing

    I was fresh out of high school when I started nursing school, and had no experience whatsoever. I didn't even know a nurse or anyone in the medical field at all. Here's something REALLY...

  12. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    DidiRN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    $6.59/hr as a RN new grad in 1985 (nursing home). Got a raise up to $7.10/hr after I received my license (you could work on a temp permit back then until your results came back a few months later)....

  13. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    DidiRN replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    I took care of someone in this very situation many, many years ago; a man with ALS who was intubated against his wishes, became vent dependent, and would cry multiple times every single day, begging...

  14. Funny Ebay Ad

    DidiRN posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Hurry, auction ends in less than seven hours. Funniest thing I've seen on there.

  15. You have a what on your where?

    DidiRN replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Not so much a what on your where, but had a patient in a nursing home I worked at many, many years ago as a new grad ask me for a "physic". (sp?) I said, "A what?" I had no idea what she was talking...

  16. nursing a calling?

    DidiRN replied to hTx87's topic in General Nursing

    I think you need a bit of caring too, not so much a "calling". The worst nurses I have encountered are usually the ones who went in it strictly for the money/job opportunities. Not all of them, of...

  17. Please help-I cannot get a job (LONG)

    DidiRN replied to blackIrish's topic in General Nursing

    Can you get some former coworkers to write up something, like a letter of recommendation, for you, that you can provide to whomever you apply to in the

  18. What W.Virginia towns/cities do you recommend working in and why?

    DidiRN replied to fd5151's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't been to Clarksburg, WV in many years, but back in the 70's was there all the time to see family. I'd love to see sometime how much it has

  19. Disappointed with new job

    DidiRN replied to medicrnohio's topic in General Nursing

    Try going to your Human Resource department and talk to someone there about your situation. I don't know about your facility, but I have worked in others that can make exceptions about transferring...

  20. violent alzheimer's....

    DidiRN replied to sav's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Would someone like this qualify to be admitted to a gero-psych unit, to get this behavior under more control, then return to

  21. anyone quit after orientation? an new grads thinking of leaving nursing

    DidiRN replied to celle507's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Although I think ideally sticking it out for six months to a year is true, I do know with this awful nursing shortage, there are alot of facilities out there, out of sheer desperation, pushing new...

  22. Cant find a job in almost 6 months. Thats ridiculous!

    DidiRN replied to Woman_in_love's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this is your problem...but I don't know. Suzanne4 would be a good one to

  23. What Would You Do?

    DidiRN replied to cnolan's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly what I'm wondering too...is there a policy on how you treat psych patients who need to go to ER? If so, does it require a RN/LPN to escort them down? Do you have a float nurse/rapid...

  24. Excuse me, I wasn't talking to you!!

    DidiRN replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you, but I worked at a facility that completely ignored living wills or the wishes of a competent patient, once they were unable to make any more decisions about their care, the docs...

  25. Excuse me, I wasn't talking to you!!

    DidiRN replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, that's awful. Poor