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:roll :roll :roll This is fun, great examples. I remember a female patient who proudly showed me a bracelet. She said look, my husband gave me a bracelet with his genitals on it. (genital =initial)

I was wondering about youre fav. patient. One patient you think of that made it worthwhile for you to become a nurse. I remember an obese grumpy patient, who was put on a very strict diet and hospitalized, at Christmas. He was very angry about this diet. X-mass being his favourite time of year, because of the great food. So he told his family (children and grandchildren) to leave him alone in the hospital in the hollydays. Saying he would'nt be pleasent to anyone, not even his grandchildren. They listend and didn't visit(not even 10 minutes) It was my first working christmas, I was stil a lvn and had a late shift together with nurse ***** who asked to work at x-mass, hating it. She was horrible, grumpy and not at all communitive. So there was I with a non-speaking nurse and an angry patient, feeling kind of low. Then just when I was thinking about al the other wonderfull job oppertunities in this world, I heard a dark crackling voice starting a x-mass carol. It was the patient with the diet, I went to his room and joined him and even nurse ***** urged a smile on her face and came in to join us. We had a good time after all! How about your stories?

better luck next time jayvee, don't despair! Good luck:)

I remeber a parent of a 2 month old, who came in with her little one, because of some minor surgery. She had a 12 pages handbook written out for her baby and demanded us to care for the child according to her handbook. It had explanations like; Burp child after feeding, Change diaper when wet etc. I was amazed but also amused. I so much wanted to ask stupid questions like"how do I know if the diaper is wet?" Or "what does the burp sound like?" But we didn't. My VCR has a manual to:)

amen to that Mario. I know we don't want to hear this, but how can we care for others if we don't care for ourselves? We know how to advise our clients, but do we listen to our own advise? Breakfast is an important meal!

Thats good advise, thank you. Does anyone have experience with recruitment agencys that promise to help you with all that clutter? And are those exams difficult?

I won't laugh, I'll even practice my y'all and thanks!

Yes Michael, I do think she is sick, but lets not jail people for that reason! Last year my best friend (for 4 years!) told me she had cancer in her breast. I was of course shocked. This after so much bad luck, divorce, abuse pneumonia and diabetes in 5 years time. She was my friend, I believed her. I knew that she had a big imagination, told some lies, but they where usally harmless. They where also a kind of charming. She was a girl who always made you laugh and feel good about yourself. But when I realised in february that there was no cancer, I checked out the hospitals myself, I knew something had to be done. I confronted her with the facts, it was horrible, she even hit me. But she wanted help. I told her I would stand by her, support her on 2 conditions 1; she had to go in to therapy 2; I could check up on her Well...this didn't go well. The lies continued and she didn't keep her promises. I lost a lot of sleep about that, I didn't know what to do. The professionals didn't help me to find a solution. So my friend and I decided to end our friendship. Two weeks ago I heard she was stil faking cancer, even her mother doesn't know the truth. But these things are complicated. Her youth was bad, als a disapearing father. And the mother? Well, she lives in the same state, works in the same hospital. How can she not know? How can a mother not see what is goig on? You know what I mean? With a mother like that, who needs ennemies, she messed her girl up pretty bad. I miss my girlfriend and I feel terrible about not being able to help her. So when I read a story about someone who lies about cancer, I think of the story behind her.

thank you, that is helpfull, good luck with your own papertrail

first of all, congratulations on acting the way you did. So many nurses take this crap and stay there, only to complain later. You took a stand. But it must feel bad, that your action wasn't enough to stop this dr. I don't know about the culture in your hospital, but I think a second conversation with this guy is important. Tell him preciesly why you where mad, like you did to us. Let him know that you are shocked and worried about ethics and ask him to spell out exactly why he did and how he would handle it in the future. If this conversation is not goimg to satisfy you, if he gives all the wrong answers, the ethics committee sounds like a good idea. Before hand I would ask (non hostile) other dr's how they see this. If you go ahead with a formal complaint, do it after you talked about it at lenght. Don't be emotional, this will backfire. Most of all I wish you good luck, judging from youre story, you really don't need my advise, you know what to do. Take care!

I'm a european registered nurse, currently training to become a dialysis nurse. Next year, my husband is going to Texas (Fort Worth) for a few years. I intend to go with him. Do you know if there is work for forreign nurses in Fort Worth? Do you have tips, where I should apply, do you know some definite no-no's I have to be aware of? So many questions! Can anyone help with some info?