misseileen32

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1. Nursing with a hearing loss: Yes you can!

   misseileen32 replied to Donna Maheady's topic in Disabilities

   I am so sorry to hear your peers are becoming less supportive. Without my peers I couldn't make it through a shift. I can't imagine working with people who would act differently. The one who accuses you of hearing selective hearing sounds like she is...

2. Nursing with a hearing loss: Yes you can!

   misseileen32 replied to Donna Maheady's topic in Disabilities

   I always had trouble understanding phone calls but never realized I had a hearing problem until I signed up for a project researching the use of several different isolation masks. Part of the study included a hearing test. My complaints of "I can't h...

3. How do you leave it at work?

   misseileen32 replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Relations

   It isn't easy to leave everything behind when after leaving work. I care about every patient I provide care for....some more than others but I care about them. I talk to them, joke with them, worry about them. I see them as human beings not just pati...

4. Help for lovely 87 y/o Male with Cdiff

   misseileen32 replied to muffin7's topic in Critical

   I side with the doctor. Yogurt is probably the best bet for the patient to help him reestablish normal flora in his gut to prevent reoccurrence of C.diff. It doesn't have to be Activia, it does have to have active cultures and many of the yogurts ava...

5. Nurses Week Ideas, Celebrations

   misseileen32 replied to MPHgrad's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital isn't doing anything official for nurses this year so we have taken it upon ourselves to do something for each other. Our Caritas Committee is offering a Quiet Time room for nurses to get away if only for an hour or a few minutes. That i...