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Oh, I feel so bad that you had to go through that. I am intimidated by the nurses that say "who are you to know what pain the pt has?", but I hate Dilaudid. One morning I had to give one my pts Narcan...it was horrible, they put a pain pump in her an...

very nice video!!! you are one nurse that really loves her patients. good job!!! how about going into teaching? we need instructors so bad and you would be exceptional.:heartbeat

HAHAHAHAHAHA...:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle

If you read what the post says, your reply does not make any sense. The post is very clear, read it again...did you have a long shift or something? Yeah, let's beat up on each other...are you controling the thread or something? Be nice.

I never refused to push the Dilaudid (even if I did not agree with it and even the dr. didn't deep down, but the patient just wanted it so bad and the chaos that pts addicted to Dilaudid can make in an ER is just something else...so I do not blame th...

I just had a health scare with my daughter just a few days ago, so this post is very close to my heart right now. She has celiac and her Dad did a double whammy when she spent the weekend with him (her dad was charged with child neglect in the past, ...

I have read extensively about parasites. It is very delusional to think that we DO NOT HAVE parasites. I only take the herbs recommended by Dr. Hulda Clark for parasite cleanse, because they grow in North America (except Cloves, but cloves are safe ...

I got a jolt of excitement (an adrenalin rush with raised hairs...lol...) when you said about the unexpected twin...you're lucky, what an exciting night! And purposeful. Very nice post!!!

I am a foreigner, coming from a poor Eastern European country and I could never understand how people can complain about the food they get served in the hospital...I am glad I am not the only one that feels this way. Being a foreigner, anything I say...

I just LOVE your post. So logical and true, but so funny!!!! You made my day, I will show your post to all my nurse friends and maybe even a doctor would laugh a little (allopathic I mean, not one of those doctor poets). PS I am editing, I forgot t...

Arrogance, arrogance...I want to become a nurse practitioner and I will and I know I will be able to take a good care of my patients, maybe better than some of the allopathic doctors...thank you very much, I became arrogant myself.

This is so funny...hahahahahaha...

wow...i don't really understand your post...can you elaborate? are you a doctor? i think that this thread is more like a way of nurses expressing sorrow/worry at the miseries of dilaudid that to bash doctors...maybe you should reconsider...

I would have never thought that you were just "drug seeking" (I don't even like this term). I did hear that pain from fractures is terrible. And not treating this kind of valid pain is just dangerous for the patient's well being. I hope that you are ...

I totally agree with you, that it is not done enough to address emotional and phychological issues (but I do my part every time, I make time and talk to the patient even if I risk of getting in trouble, because the truth is very hard to handle someti...

I worked in a very well respected ER and I had to push a lot of Dilaudid. I did not like it then and I do not like it now. I don't like this drug and I do not like this idea, to give liberally to everybody, only so we can have "peace" and the patient...

Keep it up!!!!

Roy, very good post!!! It should be in an ER manual, like "Survival Guide for New ER Employee".

I went from ED to med surg and believe me, I felt like a new grad. It is only about how much you like what you are doing and how willing your co-workers are to accomodate/teach you. It is normal how you feel and it is great that you have med surg exp...

It is so great that you made it!!! One more good person to take care of the ones in need!!! May you have a long happy career and a strong body!!! I know your mind is strong!!!

OK, you made me cry...you reminded me of all the memories that I carry with me but try to act like they were just a bad dream, in another life, in another country (I was a trauma nurse in another country). I can't remember a single name of a trauma p...

This sounds like a dream job! I have came across a job recently in Kentucky, where they say nurses don't want to be, because it is a small place, but I would have been so happy to go there, I like having responsability just like you describe at your ...

I love your post!!!:redbeathe

I don't think that talking to dead patients is nuts. I was probably the only one that was saying prayers at the morgue (I was working in a department that was near the morgue and it was a slow job, that allowed me those kinds of luxuries, to run in t...

I don't know the answer for your hospital, but when I hear "staffing", all I can think of is my last shift I worked (actually more than one shift I had this kind of ratio), FIVE patients on vents (some weaning, so needing even more attention, pulse o...