KinshuKiba

KinshuKiba has 5 years experience and specializes in Emergency Medicine.

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1. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   KinshuKiba replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   It was my first year of nursing school, and we were still cutting our teeth on nursing home rotations. Because the nursing homes were relatively small, a lot of us got patients that other student had previously taken care of. The third or fourth week...

2. Happy Emergency Nurses Day!!

   KinshuKiba replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

   We got: -meals from pharm vendors. -a "thank you" email from the director's secretary. -15 or so of us got prizes from, again, the pharm vendors. That's all. Nothing else. Certainly nothing from the management team. And don't get me wrong. The meal...

3. Please help with school project

   KinshuKiba replied to Nursing student85's topic in Student Assist

   How long have you been an RN? 5 years. What is your educational background? ADN What was the first medical job you held? Nurse's Aide on a medical floor and in an ER If you had it to do over again would you still become an RN? I would indeed, but I w...

4. "You cannot have BSN or MSN on your nametag?"

   KinshuKiba replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

   First let me assert that I am an ADN, and proud of it. I feel like I earned both my degree and my license, and continue to earn them every day I work. I care very little about the display of credentials. My badge simply says RN. While I don't have my...

5. Obnoxious overhead announcements at New Orleans hospital

   KinshuKiba replied to Jbug's topic in General Nursing

   I guess managment was trying to be creative about reminders, but it sound annoying and somewhat creepy to me.

6. Time to admit .. things you've said to pt's/family members that you shouldn't

   KinshuKiba replied to kiszi's topic in General Nursing

   The second (Where I didn't actually say something but...): Another hectic day in the ER. Had a woman come in via EMS with a vague complaint of "just not feeling good." No pain, no injury. We put her in T6. Time passed, and we put a little old lady in...

7. Time to admit .. things you've said to pt's/family members that you shouldn't

   KinshuKiba replied to kiszi's topic in General Nursing

   I'm usually pretty good about keeping my mouth shut. But two particular situations come to mind. The first: We were having a really butt-kicking busy day in the ER. We were all running around like crazy, attempting to get stuff under control, when th...

8. Traumatized by pt's attempted suicide

   KinshuKiba replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Sometimes it just happens and there's not a darn thing you could have done differently or better. And it applies to everything. There's a small 2 year old little girl that lives inside my head: she died, despite everything we did for her. I sobbed fo...

9. Curiosity

   KinshuKiba replied to KinshuKiba's topic in Recovery

   Thanks to all of you for your comprehensive replies. Things do seem more clear to me, and let me say, once again, that it touches and moves me to listen to things you have been through and recovered from

10. Curiosity

    KinshuKiba posted a topic in Recovery

    Up front, please know that I mean no disrespct. I am not an impaired nurse, and therefore understand that I can't really understand. But I haunt this particular board because the struggles that you all go through both intrigue and touch me. It takes ...

11. Nursing myths. Stories that you know cannot be true

    KinshuKiba replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard it called a Hollywood Code, due to everyone moving in slow motion. Never seen it myself, but I would certainly not argue against its existence. Right out of nursing school, I worked on a medical floor. I was told several times, by various ...

12. Murphy's Law Experienced

    KinshuKiba replied to luvRNs's topic in General Nursing

    I thought that might have been the case, but wanted to know for certain. Thank you for answering!

13. Murphy's Law Experienced

    KinshuKiba replied to luvRNs's topic in General Nursing

    Out of sincere curiosity (not trying to troll) but if you knew the foley was contraindicated, why did you ask for it? It would seem that maybe you weren't thinking clearly, between the stress, the pain, the shock, and the narcotics I have no doubt yo...

14. To the Experienced Nurse

    KinshuKiba replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Nursing Student: I am sorry that you feel that you are a novice and nothing more; I hope you develop some confidence in yourself. I am sorry if you think you have made my day long and bleak; the truth is, sometimes my days are long and bleak, wh...

15. Drug seekers: where's the compassion?

    KinshuKiba replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I'm all for compassion; I'm all for helping and giving patients anything they need to feel better and heal. But what do you do when it's obvious that a particular patient is abusing the system? Let me give an example: I used to work in a small town E...