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when I was in nursing school I witnessed something similar. Mom came in with c/o cramping. We asked her last fetal movement is it normal, etc, Whe was 36 weeks. She was telling us she felt movement all over the place. But we couldn't get any feta...

I was terminated after just six weeks at a job. I had worked agency previously so this was my first real job. It was a poor fit for me and them. I was given a very unsatisfactory review. However, in my case it was also about the fact that I had b...

while emotionally I agree with the entire idea of castration, I do feel I need to point out that castration doesn't work. In fact even with out the "right equipment" these men reoffend using whatever implements are at hand. In some ways it may even...

Don't do it for guilt. As a weekend supervisor I have to call people to see if they will come in or not. People act really surprised when I tell them "no" is an acceptable answer. I work very little overtime, Don't have to have the money and my top ...

When my mother was working in a psych facility a nurse was fired and lost her license over something like this. They used stock meds instead fo unit doses...so (by the way this was a geriatric forensic psych ward) when every one would start getting w...

Funniest that I saw was when an MD... perscribed MOM 30 cc constipation, for a LTC resident in the hosp. He had done this for 2 days. The floor nurse who had the patient was complaining to me that it wasn't working and she couldn't get the MD to ri...

Or how about in LTC where the physcian only comes in to see the pt once a month? "She just doesn't look right" over the phone doesn't cut it, and no the physcian isn't going to make a house call at 9pm on Sunday and no you cant send to the ED for "sh...

Gotta tell you I checked and I know two facilities that should be on it but aren't...Yikes. And at least one that was on it I thought looked awsome and have been told good things about. I'm confused.

Many facilities have a policy of suspension without pay pending investigation. If you are cleared and even if you do find another job, demand pay for that time. Go to the labor board. They are very supportive of this. As some facilities have been...

What makes me crazy are the nurses who their 2nd day of oriantation tell me "I've got it". Some people really want to do it that way. Me personally I want to know every single one of the residents. If things aren't real busy some of my favorite ac...

If they never have to walk into the patient's room right there is part of the problem. A) If they truly never walk into the paitient's room then they are just plain nuts. If something goes wrong, bet your bottom dollar the hospital, the school, and...

All nurses that I know purchase there own scrubs. Except if they work in a specialty area such as OR, Nicu, or LD. Yes there is some concern about taking the crud home with you, however hotwater and bleach kill all those buggers. One of the reason...

definetly 2 pockets hanging out. I'm over weight and think it helps hide problem areas. Also if you wear white or light color pants and a contrasting top it shows through if you tuck it in and then I think it just looks goofy. A few people I have ...

Yes I have run into the same problem...or MDs not calling back...or MD on call for medical director not available for call for medical director only for emergencies with his patients...its a horrible process... Do you have a nurse or administrator on...

For me depends what shift. AM 1) insulin 2) metopropolol 3) lasix 4) colace 5) senna PM 1) risperdal 2) aricept 3) depakote 4)seraquel 5) restoril

Why don't you look at Delaware or the eastern shores of Maryland or VA. Its close to the beach, weekends in the Poconos, or along sky line drive aren't ridiculus. Close to DC, Baltimore, and Philly. Not terribly far from NYC, VA beach, or Richmond. ...

Absolutly...I just know the difference in me...imagine being12 years old and unable to sleep for 36 hours because it caused you that much anxiety and because you were so depressed. Imagine remembering being 6 years old and thinking when you saw your ...

My sister is a medical tech (the BS type not as in pt tech). During her labs one of the things the professor had them do was fill a latex and nonlatex glove with water, tie a knot in them and leave them sit on the lab bench over night. In the morning...

As someone who has suffered from major depression most of my life, I don't even think of them as happy pills. I think of them as my functional pills. I was first dx with depression when I was 9. I have been on so many different meds as they became a...

I do not believe that we should stop chemically treating depression. Here are my reasons 1) medicine has a long history of effectively treating some ailments without a true understanding of the underlying disease process for a very long time. True d...

okay this may seem like quackery, but I hated the side effects of Bentyl so I tried some off the wall stuff. A) reduce stress- that was a definete trigger for me. B) avoid high fat foods (keep the diet under 60 gm/day) C) add lots of fiber to my diet...

BTW. normal serving is 2 oz and she ate between 5-8, 8 oz bowls. :imbar

My worst BM story... Well in our facility we serve PABA-its this nasty mix of Prunes, apples and Bran (never have figured the last A). Any way A&O residents, scream when they see it coming. But here I was on the dementia unit. I was orianting a...

I don't stop as often as I used to. I believe that I would be more of a hinderance and danger than a help when I am carting 2 or 3 kids around. I do usually stop and question if any one has called 911 and yes I do keep a home made first aid kit that...

You probably did nothing wrong...on a humanitarian level you probably did something very right. Speak to your supervisor(s), see what they say. I don't see it as that different from when a former patient or family member sends the nurse flowers or c...