tothepointeLVN

The part I loved the most is when he told you this was the "2 glove technique"

Maybe the theory is a dirty sterile glove is cleaner than a dirty clean glove and if the cannula accidentally comes out you don't have time to reglove. IDK I wouldn't do it that way. I always thought wearing multiple gloves increased the risk of the gloves breaking and exposing you though I might be thinking about downstairs gloves.

The OP says the patient frequently decannulates so maybe so he can recannulate if that happens.

Quite simply because the people telling them that there is going to be a shortage and that there will be plenty of jobs aren't the same people that are in charge of hiring. In other words they are issuing uncashable checks.

When you have that kind of attitude your shutting the door on them emotionally. But hey I only work with the terminally ill patients every shift so what do I know? Though most of them are pleasant to me and a delight to work with so maybe its my attitude they feed off. Its not about you. It's about them. Grow up and be a nurse.

Ever heard the words sick and miserable together?

Have you tried registry work?

I wouldn't worry about it I think I do that a lot and don't realize it. Not at work persay but other settings. I see you but I'm preoccupied and think say in the case of a neighbour that I see you a lot so I'm probably said enough hellos to tide me over and not be thought of as impolite.

Um hellow CANCER. You seem to be more concerned about how they treat you as to how they feel. Think about it this way they are just coming to the conclusion that life is supremely unfair. Wouldn't you be picky or neurotic too? Maybe I've been working hospice too long but I find it easy enough to take a mental step back and realize. This is not happening to me it's happening to them. It's pretty easy to be kind and empathetic then.

Have you seen the full PI sheet for those. It has directions on how patient caregivers can "hide" the medication in applesauce.

Yeah I've done this too for patients that were periodically unresponsive and unable to swallow and they did have the SL version on hand if it even came in SL. Things like Dexametasone and ER narcotics. I would just get it changed to a non ER and given more often.

Well I can understand that they might be a little hostile with you going off on leave after only 6 months on the job. Its a pity you couldn't have held out to 12 months then you would have been covered by FMLA for 12 months. Unfortunately nursing isn't like an office job where other people can cover parts of your job while your out. I'd have to have more details on your abandonment situation to understand why they complained to the board that's a pretty drastic step even for mean nurses.

Yeah but Geordi needs to work harder on not blowing up the engine room. After the NCLEX I was broke so I couldn't afford the personality transfusion.

Hey no suggestions LOL. We are just starting to have fun and become "unmean". Or wait is the intention to keep us "mean" by working up to a tizzy. Stephalump, In high school they sent us to volunteer at the local creche (playgroup) as part of the reproduction module of our science class. The lesson stuck for me

Words cannot describe how livid I would have been either as the patient or the nurse.