elizabeth8503RN MSN, EMT-B, NP

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    Another Waiting Game

    elizabeth8503RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sooo.... My baby sister has started track this year. She just turned 13 last month. Problem is, her joints have been swelling up, mainly her ankles. She has been icing them down for the past...
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    What I have learned from working with a QUAD

    elizabeth8503RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is what I have learned from working with a quad over the past couple of months....(do not take completely literally) * you can lose an arm wrestling fight with them (arm spasms are stronger than...
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    Thes Story of.....Snap, Crackle, Pop, and Fred

    elizabeth8503RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    A slightly funny story.... For the last three and a half months I have been taking care of a vent dependent quad (C3 break). He was in a car accident at the age of 3 years old and has been this way...
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    Thes Story of.....Snap, Crackle, Pop, and Fred

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    bringing this back to the
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    What I have learned from working with a QUAD

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your posts.... The client I have been working with has been a quad for 25 yrs...he was in a car accident and has been paralized since the age of 3....T3 I believe, he is also on a...
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    What I have learned from working with a QUAD

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    no....i dont call them my quad...but i can't and won't call them by their name here on the site... and he's the only quad i take care of....when i take care of him...i call him by his
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    Cant keep a watch working!

    elizabeth8503RN replied to CNA2day's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother (God rest her) my mother and I all have issues with this, for me, it depend on the watch I get, the cheaper the watch, the quicker it seams to wear out, I have resorted to using...
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    Cymbalta Question

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Mom and I noticed alot of change in him when he decided to leave mom.... Both of us tried to get him to see someone.... Mom and I are both aware that he needs professional help....but telling him...
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    Cymbalta Question

    elizabeth8503RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok...so heres the question... Has anyone had any issues or know anyone who has been on Cymbalta who has had mood changes or personality changes since being on Cymbalta? .....there is a story behind...
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    Cymbalta Question

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    The reason for this inquiry is that my dad has been on cymbalta for a while now...since he has been on the cymbalta...he has cheated on my mom...divorced my mom....gotten married ....cheated on his...
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    My Crazy Month

    elizabeth8503RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Over the past month my grandmother has been sick, really sick. About 7 weeks ago she started to cough. She thought it was a side effect of one of her medications, and brushed it off. The cough...
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    My Crazy Month

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Gma passed at 2210 on December 26th. My mother, her nurse, and I were in her room during her passing. She was peaceful. Minutes before she opened her eyes, and moved her hands. Before she had not...
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    Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

    elizabeth8503RN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I was having surgery and was 12 at the time....the surgeron was going to tell my mother that I was a good girl... What I heard was... "And we'll tell your mom that you were a good girl....good...
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    My Crazy Month

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    The doctor called a couple of days ago. He said that gma doesn't have much longer. Her kindeys have all but completely shut down. He gave her about a week. At first gpa refused hospice, but when...
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    My Crazy Month

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well...gma is still in the hospital. Doctor called me and mom into the hospital today to ask us and gma what we wanted to do as far as treatment. She declined dialysis again. She declined to be...
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    My Crazy Month

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well here's an update.... Last night my Gma ended up back in the ER then admitted to our local hospital. She exhibed signs of CHF, pneumonia, and possible infection. Her platelet counts have never...
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    My Crazy Month

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    If only they would listen to that....lol My gma would be much more receptive to that than my gpa would. 11 1/2 yrs ago my uncle went into pallaitve care, for pain control, he had cancer, and ended up...
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    My Crazy Month

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    I got a call from my mom about 6 hrs ago. We had been noticing that my Gpa F had been acting kind of strange lately. He had been going to the doctor alot more frequently, making more trips into...
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    If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

    elizabeth8503RN replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Had the IM, my arm was sore after about an hour after recieving it, was pretty sure that I had a slight fever during the night, but next day I forgot that I had taken it, felt
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    Funny Nursing Dreams

    elizabeth8503RN replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a dream that I was taking care of a psych patient in the ER (never worked ER before) pt was in 5 point restraints, and was yelling at me, trying to get out of the restraints. I was the only...
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    How to deal with those family members who are "nurses"?

    elizabeth8503RN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't had much issues with patient's family members being nurses and problems, but I have taken care of doctors, and their families, and they have been pretty decent to me (maybe because they know...
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    My Crazy Month

    elizabeth8503RN replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS My Gma is doing well in the SNF facility. She is continuining to do her exercising, and seems to be getting stronger each day. She is bound and determined to be going...
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    Funny Nursing Dreams

    elizabeth8503RN replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a dream where I was admitted to the psych ward where I worked at the time, I had a headache and needed some tylenol, and went to ask the nurse for some. I was told since I had worked there and...
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    Wishing I wasn't an RN when it comes to sick family member.

    elizabeth8503RN replied to Avery205's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry for your loss.
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    threatened at work

    elizabeth8503RN replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in psych also, and where I worked I just had my first name and last initial. Had I not had that choice to have my last name be an inital only, I would have scratched it off, covered it...