Kthale81

Perfect picture of a busy day. All so very true. Why can't family (when visit) help out a little. Think nurses have to do every single thing, even the smallest things. I had to assist a patient to BSC and after a bm, her husband was going to help......

yes, that is so nasty....I don't understand what is wrong with some people

I bet he felt like an uncaring fool...but then again some people don't care nor are compassionate for others

Just love when family members demand for things before the nurse can even assess the patient. I cannot stand that at all. When I would get a post-op pt, after the patient arrived to the room I would close the door. No family would be in the room, I w...

I did travel nursing from June 05 to Sept 06, only stopped because of health reasons. I graduated in May 03, worked full-time for two years at the same facility. I worked post-partum/gyn surgeries first, then I went to a med-surg unit but I would pic...

I wished that type of tubing was illegal. I cannot count how many times I have went into a room and realized that I needed a blunt needle or one of those alligator clips. It is so annoying. I prefer the luer lock system, which those annoying little ...

completely agree with you. nobody should be treated that way and to act that way in preceptor role is beyond words. no, that nurse should have not been assigned to anyone at all. that nurse herself should have been monitored for a while for her behav...

I am burned out now. Due to health reasons, I haven't worked in a month. During this past month, I have realized that I don't want to nurse anymore or need a break from nursing. I may not even be able to work as a nurse for a while due to health anyw...

I think you did the right thing. I don't blame you for being mad about the way that nurse "didn't" handle the situation and just went to the manager. I asked questions while I was in nursing school, I worked on a medsurg unit during school. Asking qu...

I have heard of physicians being able to access pt records and give orders from home or office. Nurses and/or other staff I wouldn't think so, since that is not needed from home. Getting email, time stamps, paycheck info, etc is the most I have heard...

I am so sorry about your father. Patients and their families should be taken seriously about the concerns about any changes. I would be very upset also, since sepsis is preventable and able to treat - if treatment is started asap.

I also have made mistake with medications. Also have had two patients different times that needed a dose of narcan. Nursing is hard work, mostly mentally exhausting more so than phyically. Mistakes teachers us to be more careful and nurses learn ever...

Back pain seems to be very popular. I too have back pain/B leg pain. I just ove it when patients say that unable to move, walk, reach phone.... I often ask questions such as: do you live with family, do you have family nearby, how were you getting ar...

Yes, room temp is best. I am on Rebif, which can be left out of fridge for one month. I always take ibuprofen to help reduce side effcts. Heat is also helpful. I give manually, it allows me to control giving. OK, I have to give it slow or the med wil...

Sorry about you having to deal with those health issues. other tests that can determine if it is MS or maybe something else is a lumbar puncture. Also what all had a MRI? MRI has to be with contrast and lesions can pop up anywhere. My first MRI in Ma...

I take Rebif and it leaves me red spots, sometimes I have side effects which is awful. Depression is common with multiple sclerosis and the meds can also make it worse. I was taking celexz, which was prescribed Aug 06 after my diagnosis. I fell so fa...

I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis Aug 2006, while I was travel nursing in AZ. I spent about 5 days in the hospital, getting tests and IV solumedrol, PT, etc. First sign was in May 06 when I woke up one morning with numbness in my entire left si...

I just learned them from nursing school/clinicals and also with experience on the floor. Usually '/. is one.....two ''/.. three '''/... of course that would be written with the dots on top of each other with the line not slanted. I dont know an...

some doctors will probably not use them b/c of potantial error, then there are those that will never change

what a strange order, that is just funny

I can challenging at first for any facility. My last job I felt like I could scream at a few people but luckily I didnt. The charge nurse annoyed me, it was hard to fit in at this place. Mostly the things mentioned was because I just didn't know, rel...

Oh how wonderful to not have overwhelming sheets of papers. I get stressed b/c of all the paper, it is scattered everywhere so nurses can't find their stuff where is was left at the spot to do patient care. I missed the computer when I went back to ...

When taking a verbal order or telephone order, it should have RB (Read Back) after the nurses signature. Most physicians that come to the unit will write orders, even though the nurse was informed verbally. Although there is a physcian that expects ...

There are many pregnant nurses that continue to work. I worked up till a few weeks I had my baby. There were two other that worked the floor that were pregnant. I had to work or I wouldn't have any money. The time off for recovering from delivery, th...

When discussing this patient in report, nobody could keep a straight face. This man, around 50ish. He was making koolaid in his kitchen. He had just gotten a cup of ice out of the freezer, he dropped a cube on the floor. He sat the cup down to get th...