nursefrances BSN, RN

Ambulatory Surgery, Ophthalmology, Tele

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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Speaking of Freudain slips: I worked with an eye surgeon prior to being a nurse. We had this patient (a lady who was not nice at all and very pushy). The Doctor was educating her and meant to say...
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    We had a guy on a PCA pump, who did not react well to some pain meds, call 911 and his family to say he was locked (by hospital staff) in his closet (you can barely hang a hanger in there let alone...
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    I am glad I found this thread! I needed a good laugh after the rough day I had at work today. Here's my funny story: A 70 year old male patient wanted to be put back on his bipap machine after eating...
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    Need Advice from you guys

    I just finished nursing school so this is a fresh topic for me. I went back later in life with the support of my husband, and sixteen year old and eight year old kids. I quit my job and made school my...
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    My 9 year old patient was raped and required surgery

    Bless you for sharing your story:heartbeat In regards to your question at the end, we discussed this alot in our ethical piece of my BSN program during clinical rotations. We were always told that you...
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    Passed my boards Saturday

    Awesome!!! Congrats from one new grad to another. Well technically, you are no longer considered a new grad, you are an RN. I just scheduled my board test today for the end of January and I was very...
  8. Thank you for sharing your experience. I graduated a week ago and was pinned 6 days ago. I have my first interview tomorrow at the hospital where I had most of my clinical rotations. My interview is...