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to the OP if you were that pt. what would you want ??? Just curious, I got my BC in hospice/palliative care and that is where my focus is. However, I'm curious if you were the patient, what would you want.?

Run, run fast run far. Of course there are always 2 sides to a story, however, in my experience, if there is lateral "harassment", someone is still behaving like a school kid and management/supervisor can not fix their issues. Most of the time these...

Don't give up. One of the hardest parts of nursing school is getting in. I took the entrance test 3 years in a row. Finally accepted when all of my scores were 89 and/or above that. All my prereqs were complete with the most recent 2 year GPA 4.0...

Our facility uses a couple different airmatresses. The prim-aire, we do put sheets and a cloth washable chux on them. The air overlays- our WOCN advised us to only use the "cloth-like" chux on them. These are different then the ones that tear with mi...

Definately humor!!! Laugh ALOT. Taking care of the caregiver.... helping with meal prep....clean up...do it together, and do it as a surprise. A good foot massage upon arrival at home...PRICELESS. A glass of wine to sip during the massage, icing ...

that is great you want to become a nurse, there is definately a need for them. i too, as many of the people who post here, was an "older" parent wanting to make a better life for my family. it isn't easy. what helps is learning to communicate with ot...

#1) Sleep is so important. Sounds like your body is out of sync. Talk to your manager and see if you can't get consistent shifts. #2) Don't eat anytime/anything when ever you get a chance just because who knows when you'll get a chance to eat again. ...

If acute rehab is anything like the "subacute" rehab wing I work on, it is anything but boring. It may "look" better on a resume to be with IV therapy, but, you would get ALOT more experience on the rehab wing. I We start IV's there too, so if t...

Can you tell me what book you found this in? I'm all about EBP, I graduated 2yrs ago and this is a great example of EBP. To me 30-45 degrees is almost "splitting hairs", but, if EBP shows better outcomes (shearing issues?), it is definately somethi...

She may have said "common knowledge" because if one reads Perry&Potter 'Basic Nursing' 2003,Mosby Inc. pg 756 it reads "Elevate head of bed 30 to 45 degress. Also states "If volume (residual) is greater than 100ml on several consecutive occasion...

What a nice post. Death was scary for me as a new(old)nurse. Then, the power that is, placed me on a rehab/hospice wing, the last place I thought I would ever be. The first few hospice pts. overwhelmed me. Now, I feel priviledged to be a part of m...

I always appreciate family members, yes, they can be a pain in the _ _ _. But...I've also found if I can find them jobs, helping their family member, they feel useful, and tend to criticize less. At my facility, pre-op generally goes over much of t...

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would love to see ANY of you, experienced or not, to give prilosec/synthroid (1/2-1hr before other meds) on 60 pts. what if even 2pts werent feeling well.... aides are busy with other toileting/fall risk pts?? bs's need to be...

only been a nurse for 2yrs now, and can count on 1 hand how many lunches/breaks i have taken. 2 weeks ago a very seasoned nurse pointed out to me... "look around at the end of shift, see who is clocking out and gone..." i did... all the CNA's were ...

Well...it all "depends"... first, 22.72 is not being "overpaid" for a RN. you say you "argued", was it an argument, or were you advocating for a fair wage? with the down turn in the economy, yet, with the increase in basic living expenses, and the ...

Like so many others, I LOVE the seasoned nurses. I graduated nursing school at 47, so started off "seasoned". When I work with those who have been nurses "forever", not only am I thankful/grateful for them and their knowledge/experiences, I go out ...

I work at a "no restraint" instituition. I understand the goals of this place, however, when staff is getting kicked, bit, spit on etc... there is nothing wrong with chemical restraints. Of course some behaviors happen for reasons (pain, cold, loss...

Gotta agree with southernbee girl. So many call-offs are crap. I have honestly NEVER called in sick in over 35yrs of employment. I would never call a cough/runny nose, sore/achey body a reason to call in sick. The reason for this great WORK ETHIC? My...

Although I am not a minority nurse, I am a minority in the population I serve. On many occasions I have felt the barbed tongue of discrimination and racism from my patients/families. It is not a good feeling. Many times I have gone home and cried,...

:redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeatheWow!!! That sounds like a BUSY floor. Take a deep breath........ I know from 7p-7a the pts are suppose to sleep, thus, the incontinent ones....aren't (yeah, right). However, if, as your post says, it is a 30pt uni...

Wow, obviously this post has touched ALOT of nerves. Some defend the way students are "meanly" treated. With the defense "maybe they don't want to instruct students" WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did they learn to be a nurse???? ....born that way:cool: Ye...

I loved the OP wording:redbeathe You took an unfavorable situation and put humor to it. :up::up: Laughter truly is the BEST medicine. I was laughing so hard at the end of your post:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya: In nursing school, during some clin...

First: to the OP, WELCOME to allnurses.com. This is the place to come to vent, ask for ideas, and give feedback:redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe Thankyou, for posting. Second: agree with inshallamiami:.... you came here for help/ideas, you ...

Our policy: if PIV change q72h PICC tubing change q48h TPN/Lipids change q24h

My employer provides benefits for anyone working 16+ hours weekly. 32/hrs per pay period. 3-12's is DEFINATELY fulltime. Now, the rate of pay is lower then in the past. Some of the LPN's make WAY more money then I do, or probably ever will. Thats on...