BelleKat BSN, RN

He was shaken to his core but he faced the surgery with remarkable equanimity and had the amputation knowing that he would have to learn how do things very differently from now on. He plunged gamely into his physical therapy even while still healing ...

So actually,after I looked trough all the paperwork the IPN has kicked me out twice for paperwork even though they said they never would. I was in the middle of moving and hadn't forwarded my mail yet and the new contract went to the Port Office. Whe...

Since I got very depressed in 1987 following a severe health issue( I had just finished working 8 years in charge of a Burn Center) I was reported to the IPN for depression. I jumped through all of their hoops,sat in groups of addicts who mainly talk...

Yes,I'll tell you all I know,I'll PM you.

Hi,in my opinion no it's not. Just on a regular floor it's difficult enough to learn the priority setting and organizational skills while learning massive amounts of new information with increasing amounts of responsibility.In critical care just doub...

Doctors.residents,medical students are immune to all germs do ya know? I love when they go into the isolation rooms,use their own stethoscope while leaning over the pt,their tie is laying on the pt and their coat is touching the bed. So they put thei...

Have you read the thread ?

Incredibly unprofessional and illegal,I'd be talking to a lawyer.

Gah! Now it's in Fl,well it was just a matter of time.

I've met some really dear people and it's true that they take a piece of you with them. If it ever stops hurting then you need to take a break. [[[[Diane]]]]

Thanks for your updates Indigo Girl and your sage,calming advice.

Karma :monkeydance:

The flu deaths in Mexico raise fears of global pandemic. This is a new flu virus that is not covered by the flu shot of this year and could take months to develop a vaccine for. This is very frightening. Mexico has shut down their museums,schools,li...

Aww I'm so glad the baby made it,thanks for taking such good care of them.:flwrhrts:

Oh I think men are much more hazardous!:lol_hitti

Also maybe a note to risk management as this is hugely dangerous for the pts,they might want to know about how many lawsuits to anticipate. Sorry I know that's not very helpful but it really makes me angry what they're doing now. They keep precious...

I'm so sorry to hear this,prayers and positive thoughts for the child and all involved.

You sound just like I did in nursing school,my hands shook so much when I was trying to insert a foley in a woman I that it was impossible for me to get it in (LOL?) but my instructor was very understanding,in a stage whisper she just said "relax,you...

Yeah,I started to say I'd give birth if it was to kittens but then I had a disturbing flash as to who the father would be.

I'm sorry that your cousin is going through this Vito,pain control is not very well handled in health care these days(a large understatement) being that if you actually complain of pain and ask for drugs by name that "you must be a drug seeker",which...

I think you did fine too,learn from it,any intervention would have just prolonged the inevitable,seeing the overall picture and stating that to the physician comes from experience and confidence. It wouldn't have changed the outcome but might have e...

I guess what I bring to this is that I know everyone feels that way about their loved ones and had I been there I would've showed you where the ice machine was and empowered you. My problem is when I have a patient crashing,actively dying and someone...

Accounting... sorry,needles and blood are part of the job,there are some types of nursing where there are fewer injections and such but all of them do at least in the entry level. Your sister would have to demonstrate competency with giving injection...

phew! That's good it's not a clot.

Call risk management,if this is in fact an abuse situation and at the very least it is very inappropriate the hospital needs to be much more active in finding out what is going on espeically in view of the difference in age and the pts HIV status.