Do/did your children "suffer" from you being in the medical profession??? I met Hubby in Paramedic school and I then went to nursing school... so we both have solid backgrounds in medicine. Our 3...
Out of the mouths of "babes" ... I was working night turn as the Supervisor in a nursing home and we had a resident that had passed. I called the local hospital to get the order to release the body...
klcrn1987 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing
My 1st clinical day we had a girl that put a woman on the bedpan and when the woman finished and she when to take her off, the smell of BM hit her. She let the woman go, said, and I quote, "This ****...
klcrn1987 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing
Just an FYI... (not saying you did but) if you push Morphine too fast it will react with the nausea receptors in the brain and cause almost instantaneous emesis. A doctor told me this and I found out...
klcrn1987 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing
One of my grossest moments happened 38 years ago when I was a very naive, very new 19 yr old EMT student doing a clinical rotation in the ER... had a gentleman come in with an evolving MI and he...
After 30 years of nursing I have earned one thing for sure....FOLLOW YOUR GUT!!! No matter what...if your "gut" is saying question it....then question it!!!! It is your subconscious telling you that...
I can relate... one of my Hubby's aunts was a RN that became the manager of an ICU unit.... she would always say to me...."You're only a floor nurse??? You could be so much better than that". Well,...
I'm not sure in this case but you also have to think of the condition of the body... sometimes it's not "wise" to have family members see the body in the morgue before they can be prepared by a...
I am not saying that it is acceptable but let's be honest.... EVERY nurse has made some kind of a med error even if it was a tiny one... we are busy, we are frazzled, we can be distracted, we...
One thing I don't see mentioned is when a nurse "pulls rank" to get an easier assignment. I worked 2 12 hr night shifts with one charge nurse and my 3rd with a different charge nurse. The 1st 2...
I am an RN...and a gun owner and have a concealed carry permit. In fact my Hubby, son and I are working in getting our NRA basic pistol instructorship. I belong to a couple of women's shooting...