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Was wondering if anyone out there had an alternative to the VAC sponge for negative pressure wound care? We have had nothing but troouble with KCI and there money hungry administration in the last year and would like to tell them where to put there ...

When I worked in California, Texas and Florida had several patients make remarks about my pronounciation was awful, so I told them that they were right and would only speak english in the future.

I ask why they need more chairs when there is a sign stating only 2 visitors per room and there are already 2 chairs in the room. Then go to the room and request all but 2 visitors leave.

I was a patient in a Kaiser hospital in Los Angles and less than 2 hrs. after returning to room from OR after having a ruptured appendix removed, was put in a w/c and taken into a room to assess a traction set up. Was recognized as one of the orthop...

Have a couple that would like to share. #1) Many years ago right after passing boards was working the night shift on a med surg floor. We had a pretty violent patient on the floor and I suggested that he be assigned to me due to my size. Well the e...

Some of my favorite t-shirts (that the hospital hates when I wear) that should be on post-its. I am here to save your ass, not kiss it! Your HMO has refused your enema, so I am here to slap the **** out of you! Do you want the doctor in charge or the...

Was reading the H&P on one of my hyperbaric patients and found out that the patient was a 43 y.o. black male. This surprised me as I had just put him in the chamber and one of the means of identifying him was his birthdate (he was 48 y.o. white ...

Depends on the hospital. IMO my current workplace really caters to crazy family members and does not support its nurses. Last year we were having a celebration for the nurses on our unit that we paid for ourselves. It was catered and was set up for ...

Iwas fresh out of the Marine Corps and starting nursing school, while working in the ER as an orderly. Was going to get a motorcycle for the commute due to bugetary concerns, but after a month there and seeing head injuries, spinal cord injuries and...

Actually the response that got me into the most trouble in nursing school (I was the first male in the program) game during one of those lengthy lists of everything that had to be done preparing a patient for a pelvic exam. Since the first 2/3's of ...

I have been a Nurse for 25 years, I am male and would not trade the term for anything else.

I have been involved in hyperbaric medicine for over 20 years and have started up units all over the country, published in articles and one of the contributing authors for the only textbook on Hyperbaric Nursing. The best staffing of a unit is a mix...

Or one that recently became popular here (used it before when in the Marines). BOHICA- Bend Over Here It Comes Again

Yes, as stated in my post a CO2 one.

I have removed JP, hemovacs and just about every type of drain that you can think of patients having inserted. Of course have been a trauma/ortho nurse off and on for over 25 years and have been in hyperbarics and wound care for the last 15 years. ...

I have the opposite problem, being 6'1" and 270 lbs. In addition to whacking my head on the traction all the time, when I work with my co-workers doing dressing changes end up with a back ache as can't raise the bed high enough for me to be comforta...

Knew I shouldn't of responded to this thread as this week have treated two hospital employees for migraines (1 from OR and the other from Trauma Unit) after hours in the chamber. Since we cannot charge for the treatments as the insurance will not pa...

I have CEN, CCRN, ONC, CHRNA and thinking of going for the wound care certification. (CEN- certified Emergency room nurse, CCRN- critical care registered nurse, ONC- orthopedic nurse certified, CHRNA- certified hyperbaric registered nurse- advanced)....

The first time I took care of a frequent flyer that came in with maggots on his leg it took 2 hours to clean the wound. The second and third time it took 45 minutes using a little bottle of ethyl chloride (a freezing solution) that made cleaning the...

You might want to check and see if there is a hyperbaric unit in the area. We have a couple of nurses and doctors that have problems with migraines and have found that an HBO tx works great on them. Usualy able to return to work with in 30-45 minut...

Mine isn't quite as interesting, but fairly gross. I was working on the triage desk of Tampa General Hospital when a pick up truck came roaring up and the driver started screaming for help as his was was in the back and she wasn't breathing. Called...

Well I started refusing to cover for her or letting my schedule be altered to accomodate her and she then called in 2x so could be available for events she had asked for, but was supposed to be on call. She has given notice.

Although don't have snow emergencies here in Savannah, last year we were on hurricane alert multiple times. We have teams that alternate being in the hospital for alerts so no one person is supposed to get stuck with being at the hospital for extende...