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That smell is either CDiff and we need to isolate or one of the nurse FINALLY got lunch in the cafeteria and they are serving pork and beans.

I work on a Med/Surg Neuro floor, I usually have 5 patients on a typical dayshift and maybe there are 6 patients scheduled for overnight. I left this floor about 2 1/2 years ago to work on a Med/Surg floor that had everything from Cardiac to GI Blee...

I would like to get feedback from other Neuro nurses who have taken care of patients that have had aneurysm clippings. I have had two patients over the last two weeks who had similar clippings and I have seen patients who were alert and oriented x 3...

I am not sure what you mean by signing out all your meds for the shift. Please explain this. I have never worked in a nursing home and don't know the procedure. Would this have been against procedure for the facility? I understand that you would h...

Thanks mudd68, glad to hear all is well with your mom. This is a procedure we are now seeing done again after many years of neurosurgeons declining to do so. Thanks for the feedback.

I can't say I am comfortable with death. I work with alot of the older population and deal with strokes and brain injury or tumors. I can say that my opinion on DNR-DNI has changed over the years. I now believe in quality of life over quantity. I...

REALLY? He thinks he can scare me?? I'M A NURSE!!

I have read the different replies & all I can say is, I think this little student came into nursing with stars in her eyes, thoughts of saving the world and wearing cute little scrubs. I work at a teaching hospital & am always happy to help ...

No you don't always get the assignments with the most difficult patients. No one else seems to struggle with these patients, so give some thought as to why you find them so difficult. ;-)

I was an older grad so I didn't have any unreasonable expectations as to what I was getting myself into when went into nursing. I have since seen alot of new younger grads who went straight into nursing from high school burn out quick. They complai...

Joe thought he had reached Heaven and then discovered it was just a doctor with a God complex.

Maybe if he was neutered he wouldn't bark out so many orders & it wouldn't be so embarrassing how he greets the patients, cuz we are getting complaints on his cold nose.

Recently moved from telemetry to neuro floor. I agree it is predictable unit. You know what you are going to do before that patient arrives. Frequent neuro checks but you can get a variety of neurological diagnosis. Report paper I made up is prett...

I agree that if you feel uncomfortable with the dosage of ANY medication, you need to check with the patient, check the computer and see if this is the patients norm, and you can always double the order with the doctor. Always follow the your gut.

I agree that people not following protocol and doing proper flushes before and after is a problem and not crushing meds fine is another. The free water flushes are very important. I get Peg tubes every once and awhile and when these people come from...

I agree with the majority about keeping it off your resume but not to lie about what you have been doing for the last two months. When they ask be honest and explain exactly what happened. Someone will see the enthusiasm you have and hire you. I agre...

I would say Pain - Dilaudid and Morphine, Nausea - Zofran, CHF - Lasix, COPD - Solumedrol, and GERD - Protonix I dilute all my meds with NSS and flush before and after each med. Our hospital requires that you document on the MAR each flush as NSS flu...

I feel so bad for you. I have been an RN for 1 1/2 years and although I have not made an med error yet I have come very close and it scared the heck out of me. I would say the same thing that the nurse on the floor told you. The patients had no ad...

I think the thing that irks me the most is when I ask a patient if there is something else I can do while I am there and the patient says no. I walk out and the call light goes on and I return and they say oh I wanted the nursing assistant and I as...

My biggest peeve is a call bell ringing and a RN walks by without answering because it isn't their patient!!