flameangel

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1. Things that make you go "EEEWWW"

   flameangel replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I can remember helping a fellow nurse change the bed linen early one morning of an elderly gentleman. The man had been incontinent and left little 'bunny turds' in the bed. For the rest of the morning, my friend kept complaining that the "poop smell...

2. Survey: Which of the following factors most negatively influences nurses morale?

   flameangel replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Staffing is not our biggest problem, believe it or not. It's lack of resources and room. Most of our patients complaints are related to waiting times in the ER. They wait in the lobby until we have an ER bed to put them into. Then lab/X-ray/etc. usu...

3. Long Term Care and dealing with EMS with an attitude

   flameangel replied to sandyth's topic in General Nursing

   Medics are not permitted to refuse to transport anyone in our area - but I'm sure grateful when they talk the "I have a splinter in my finger, I need a ride to the hospital" and the "I hurt my leg three weeks ago but it needs an ambulance at 3:00 am ...

4. patient leaving with iv lock in place

   flameangel replied to ellencrn's topic in Safety

   rncopper - I was not aware of the correlation between bad teeth and meth - it explains a lot to me, we have a large meth problem in our area. Thanks!

5. patient leaving with iv lock in place

   flameangel replied to ellencrn's topic in Safety

   In mental health, people sign "suicide contracts" saying they won't harm themselves for the next 48 - 72 hours, if they feel the need to, they will contact their counselor. This supposedly frees the mental health unit from liability if the pt. leaves...