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  1. The patient's family members

    mshultz replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    This should be the standard for deciding whether to allow family members to stay with the patient past visiting hours. Family members providing intimate personal care and who are actually helping the...

  2. Stupid question

    mshultz replied to Travellpro's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the explanation. I now realize that I was not hooked up to telemetry when I was in the Critical Care Unit. Instead, I was tethered to the monitor with a

  3. Im Injections

    mshultz replied to Queen of the E.R.'s topic in Emergency

    Personally, I prefer an IM in the butt to an IM in the deltoid, or an IV. I was a skinny child with thin arms. When I received my first IM cortisone injection after 7th grade (I think) for seasonal...

  4. When circ's go bad...

    mshultz replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In her Saturday, April 29, 2006 blog, http://theunderweardrawer.blogspot.com/ Michelle talks about why she and her husband, both physicians, decided not to get their infant circumcised. They felt...

  5. colonoscopy prep based on insurance

    mshultz replied to tampabaylpn2rn's topic in Gastroenterology

    I agree completely. Now that I understand the informed consent process, no thanks to anyone at my hospital, I expect to actually have a discussion of the risks, benefits, and alternatives prior to...

  6. Video Taping Colonoscopies ???

    mshultz replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Gastroenterology

    I am happy to see that you were able to get this issue resolved. I can understand the prohibition on video taping due to liability issues (but wouldn't a sharp lawyer say to the jury "the hospital...

  7. Video Taping Colonoscopies ???

    mshultz replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Gastroenterology

    This is the best setup, from my (a patient's) viewpoint. There is no substitute for written information that can be taken home and studied, and kept for future reference. Written information is...

  8. THE PROCTOLOGIST EXAM

    mshultz replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am easily embarrassed, but I still do not have much of a problem with your sense of humor. One of the things I appreciated when I was in the Critical Care Unit in 2003 is that no one ever did...

  9. Cone biopsy, bad experience

    mshultz replied to Labrys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with the use of Versed for young children. I remember my Emergency Room visit as a two-year old, when I needed stitches for a forehead laceration. It was not a pleasant experience. I also...

  10. Do you call your patients by first or last name?

    mshultz replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    They tended to refer to me in the third person when I was in the hospital ("His parents are here", "He has pictures!" (referring to the pictures the doctor gave me of my EGD). In the scheme of...

  11. Cone biopsy, bad experience

    mshultz replied to Labrys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I feel your pain! My first experience with conscious sedation was in the Critical Care Unit. The nurse described sedation as "Not caring what they do to me", which sounds appealing for an EGD....

  12. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

    mshultz replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

    I really appreciate your informative posts. You and another poster mention having bad reactions to Versed (referring to your first link). Although I have searched this site for days, I can not find...

  13. Video Taping Colonoscopies ???

    mshultz replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Gastroenterology

    I do not remember the setup for my EGD (It's hard to observe much when your head is tilted back towards the ceiling), but I do know there was no recording device (VHS or DVD) by the monitor for my...

  14. Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    mshultz replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a healthcare worker, but can relate to the doctor. When I called the squad on myself in 2003, I chose to lie naked on the floor, since I was unable to clean myself up. I knew the squad...

  15. open visitation in icu??

    mshultz replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have commented on this topic before. I am not a healthcare worker, but was an ICU patient for 2.5 days in 2003. My parents were very careful to observe visitation rules. I had no more than two...

  16. When circ's go bad...

    mshultz replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have seen this argument frequently used in defense of circumcision. Although I was a small, unathletic, wimpy child, and picked upon a bit because of that, no one ever teased me about being...

  17. Dreading my first Colonoscopy

    mshultz replied to Genista's topic in Gastroenterology

    Yes, they can, with the right patient and the right doctor. My thoughts about this are expressed on Page 1 of this thread. You need to discuss these issues with the doctor before making the...

  18. Obtaining/verifying consent

    mshultz replied to Gampopa's topic in General Nursing

    This was my experience as a patient for the 3 consents that I signed. The doctors NEVER provided informed consent, and the nurses just said "I need you to read and sign this" without asking whether I...

  19. Dreading my first Colonoscopy

    mshultz replied to Genista's topic in Gastroenterology

    I am not a nurse either, but do have a lot of interest in this subject since my own colonoscopy in 2003. Maybe the red color is from something you are eating?...

  20. Colonoscopy prep

    mshultz replied to suzanne62's topic in Gastroenterology

    Here is the prep that I had to follow for a colonoscopy. Starting at midnight the day before: clear liquids only all day At 5:00PM, drink one 1.5 ounce (43 ml) bottle of Fleets Phospha Soda with 5-8 8...

  21. I have a question about humor etiquette

    mshultz replied to gentlemother's topic in General Nursing

    Some of us patients have a sense of humor. My second morning in the Critical Care Unit, I was standing next to the nurse and changing my gown and pajama bottoms while she was making the bed. When I...

  22. Protocols for discharging patients who have sedation

    mshultz replied to chrisf1969's topic in Gastroenterology

    As far as the time frame for my colonoscopy: The procedure took about 30 minutes, I was in the recovery room another 30 minutes, and was back in the hospital room for an hour before being released. I...

  23. What do you do if a patient strikes?

    mshultz replied to Emery's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is why there is a problem with healthcare workers being physically assaulted. You can bet the patient told his friends how the hospital felt he was justified in breaking the nurse's wrist, since...

  24. Protocols for discharging patients who have sedation

    mshultz replied to chrisf1969's topic in Gastroenterology

    what techniques are used in order to make colonoscopy bearable without sedation? the techniques that i have read about include using a gastroenterologist with extensive experience and skill, the use...

  25. Gallbladder or something else???

    mshultz replied to ashlee853's topic in Gastroenterology

    ashlee853: You mentioned that you do not take a lot of Tylenol. I ended up in the ED with a full trauma team, followed by a stay in the Critical Care Unit, because I had become hooked on Anacin to...