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1. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

   Patient replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain Management

   "Vital signs will always show some reaction to pain." Not necessarily. I've been a chronic pain patient for a few years, and in addition to opiate therapy I use self-hypnosis to keep me out of the...

2. MUMFORD PROCEDURE - Distal Clavicle Resection

   Patient replied to ItalianRN's topic in Orthopedic

   knoxvegas wizard nailed it. I had a mumford a few years ago and it took a full year before all the pain finally resolved. It was worth it though. The rehab is extremely painful and the polar care...

3. Home Care for Compound Tib/Fib

   Patient posted a topic in Orthopedic

   My good friend's 16 year old son suffered a compound tib/fib fracure in a football game yesterday afternoon. Surgery was done early this morning and he just got home sprouting 9 pins and a couple of...

4. Fentynal patches

   Patient replied to mrhrn06's topic in Pain Management

   Having used the patch myself for over three years, I've found that the gel patches (generic or brand) dispense too quickly the first two days and withdrawal begins some 12+ hours before it's due for...

5. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

   Patient replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I am deadly serious. Of course, this was back in the Dark Ages in 1981, but at a very well-respected, large teaching hospital. I still remember the nurse looking me in the eye saying, "I just...

6. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

   Patient replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   From a patient's perspective, I have never wanted visitors other than my husband while I was in hospital. My sister seems to think that bringing her 4 children in the room with her is a good thing....

7. Munchausen's by Proxy?

   Patient replied to Patient's topic in Psychiatric

   I got the Patient Advocate involved on Thursday, and she was fantastic. Finally got all the specialists on the same page so the right hand and left hands are actually communicating. When the Mother...

8. Munchausen's by Proxy?

   Patient replied to Patient's topic in Psychiatric

   GAG! I'm with you on the Susan Smith case. I lost track of it since I'm not in that state, but it was obvious from the start she killed her kids in order to try to keep a man in her life. "Evil"...

9. Munchausen's by Proxy?

   Patient replied to Patient's topic in Psychiatric

   Wow. Some sites look at Munchausen's as an "illness", others... well, don't... like this paragraph: MBP Confirmation-Disconfirmation Process MBP is a recognized kind of maltreatment (abuse/neglect) -...

10. Munchausen's by Proxy?

    Patient posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm wondering if anyone can direct me to a FACTUAL website regarding this syndrome, if anyone has had direct contact with a Munchausen's patient. A 2.5 year old nephew who has been 100% healthy since...

11. Accuracy of Emergency Nurses in Assessment of Patients' Pain???

    Patient replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Pain Management

    I have to disagree on using bp as an indicator of pain. My bp is naturally low - most days 90/60. When I'm in pain, it runs around 130/85. So you're going to tell me I'm not experiencing "real"...

12. Topamax

    Patient replied to ER-RN2's topic in Pain Management

    I couldn't take it. Tried it for 2 months and couldn't feel a thing in my hands and feet, and as already posted, everything I ate or drank tasted like... well... orifice. :-) Since it wasn't even...

13. Rules for Med-Surge

    Patient replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Glad you started this thread. Having been a patient myself too many times, I find myself avoiding that call button like the plague. I know how busy all the nurses are, and further, am so afraid of...

14. Very Important Pain News

    Patient replied to rn_imw's topic in Pain Management

    What a horror story! It brings to mind a question I've had for many years, being a chronic pain patient due to abdominal adhesions for so long. If a patient presents with mental problems, he/she is...

15. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    Patient replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    After reading this thread, my jaw is hanging to the floor. I'm amazed any ER nurse has any patience left for the snot-nose-kid and free-medical-care-seeking-parents that continually use the ER for...