mykidzmom

slower push, anti emetic prior to flush (if feasable) and sour hard candy.

1. what are the nurses and doctors view on end of life care? (nurses separate from docs) 2. how is the subject approached with the family. (during a code? an arranged mtg? the nurse because the dc is too chicken?) 3. if a patient is non pallia...

oh yes, nurses don't just eat their young--they eat those that they perceive as young as well, even if we're old. nurses are a tough buncha ******* to work around. but i can't imagine doing anything else. i went into nursing school thinking a i wa...

this is a pretty hot debate. i'm not even going there because i know PNs who i would trust with my life and RNs i wouldn't let water my plants. i wanted to comment on your CLEP comment. don't know what that means, but i THINK you mean trying to te...

specialty residencies are not just for new grads: i actually took one in L&D --6 months long--after i was a nurse for over 2 years. you might not like this suggestion...but i have done it and it is a very common tactic in the entertainment ind...

i had a rough day. thanks for that. it helped to hear.

i am very sorry for your loss. i am very sorry you were treated poorly by the nurse. as nurses, even the most compassionate of us have all responded to a family member in a way that we might not have meant. i am not defending her, but her tone of v...

please don't come on this site and tell me these stories. i can't handle it. my head is going to explode. are you trying to kill me????????? i see things like this all the time, but from The Other Side Of The Fence, so even though i see this abus...

critical care/icu is full of lifting. med/surg too. most outpatient types of nursing would have less lifting. peds would have lifting but the load is lighter. post partum and l&d aren't terribly hard physically--compared to lifting comatose 3...

there are lots and lots of nursing jobs you can do with a bum elbow. clinicals and your first job might be tough because in clinicals you are trying very hard to impress and might not be as careful as you need to be. and first jobs in nursing, like ...

i wish it wasn't common for admin to kiss the butts of everyone who makes a scene. this sure seems like an extreme example, but this sort of thing happens every freakin day. we even give out gas cards and walmart cards to anyone who expresses displ...

there are several issues here. the first is the respect MDs have or don't for RNs. many doctor's don't care if you are an RN, MA, CNA--you are not an MD, so we're all alike (to him or her). without disrespecting the value of the UAPs, we MUST make...

i know i just posted. but i am really really really excited for you! have you written your name with RN after it yet????? congratulations and welcome to the club! i've never been so happy for someone i didn't even know! (i'm relieved myself!) h...

Woo-Hoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you should print out all these posts for posterity. the whole NCLEX thing is now just a memory.......

many pre-req courses can be done on line. however, i would STRONGLY suggest you refrain from putting rigid time schedules on yourself. life will get in the way, as it always does and if your plans include getting certain things done in a certain am...

Night shift handed off two pts to me, one with a glucose of 388 and the other with a blood glucose of 279. Accucheck was done at 0600...neither pt was covered w/insulin this is not unusual. usually insulin is given right before breakfast. it...

repeat this over and over and over until you really believe it. "i cannot relearn nursing school. i already did the work. it's in there. i know what i know." don't study the day before your test. at all. you know NCLEX doesn't test your knowled...

we CAN"T. it's TERRIBLE! but don't worry....my goal is to provide very good care. i have been a nurse for 9 years and i have time. if my goal was to provide excellent care, i'd go for that, but unfortunately, surveys indicate that patients don't ...

hey--what do you call the guy who finishes last in his med school class? DOCTOR! hahahahahahahahaha. there are many reasons why grades can be important, so always get the best you can. i was mildly offended and a little worried (as a straigh...

we had to do scripting where i work. some people refused--they said they could get across the essence of the message, but in their own words. they were told they would be fired. managers will stand outside a patient room and listen--and if you did...

different stress. still stressful. adding to the stress is that you have to do your chores, errands and fun on the weekends with everyone else when it is crowded. plus you will be tired 5 days a week instead of 3. forget doctor and dentist appoin...

at the risk of repeating what others have said. i agree the pain issue was handled inappropriately. i am sorry about that. when i have medicated a patient with everything i had ordered and pain med is still being requested.....i have been known to...

is the resident capable of consenting? also, i am not sure about this, but your facility likely takes pictures of wounds, so that is part of the medical record, which can't be floating freely out in the universe. i don't think any good can come fro...

achot chave: sorry that my examples made it seem like the examples themselves were important. it doesn't matter why we need to leave on time. she could say her laxative starts working about the time she would get home if she left on time. the ide...

whenever i want to change something about myself, i start the day off saying "okay--i am going to make sure i ___________(whatever, talk quieter, eat healthier...). the problem is, we all tend to lose awareness while we are going thru our day. you ...