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  1. Most trivial complaint ever?

    thehipcrip replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for the laugh! This is one of those complaints that need to be added to the "be careful what you ask for" category -- silence the pipe and tune in the

  2. Telling a patient you will be working other cases?

    thehipcrip replied to anangelsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I've just one additional suggestion to add to what the voices of experience have already offered, angelsmommy. In addition to being direct, you'll benefit by being both brief and concise when you...

  3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    thehipcrip replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Cardiojenny, I think it's important that you do correct her mispronunciations/misuse of terms -- just be sure to do so in private so as not to further embarrass her. No need to make a big deal out of...

  4. Nobody Likes A Tattle Tail

    thehipcrip replied to sassyrn333's topic in General Nursing

    Just for the record, the term is Tattle TALE or Tattletale, not Tattle

  5. NON HEALING stage IV pressure ulcer HELP????

    thehipcrip replied to NC29mom's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    This patient should not be getting up AT ALL. The most critical factor in healing a pressure ulcer is staying off of the wound until it is healed. Allowing him to sit up on it for four hours at a...

  6. Last minute refills.... grrr...

    thehipcrip replied to bsn2b2013's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Feeling guilty that you can't get all of these last minute requests completed speaks volumes of your strong work ethic and how much you care for your patients' well-being. Now stop it. Feeling...

  7. Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    thehipcrip replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Must have been a Monty Python fan.

  8. Straight cath vs indwelling question

    thehipcrip replied to PatsFan1969's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to reducing the risk of infection, there are other advantages to using intermittent cathing (IC) instead of an indwelling: -- It is much easier to get bladder control back after IC than it...

  9. Wound vac question/vent

    thehipcrip replied to Nursetastic's topic in General Nursing

    This seems *very* wrong. The wounds will never heal if there is osteomyelitis present, so it seems to me that the first priority should be determining if the bone is infected and if so, addressing...

  10. I Have a Bad Feeling About This Student - Am I Over-reacting?

    thehipcrip replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. There's an assumption that the bullying is what triggered the psychosis, but there's also a chance that this boy is being picked on because he's displaying the symptoms of a mental illness....

  11. Can family members work at the same unit?

    thehipcrip replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Two of the best nurses I ever had as a patient were husband and wife RNs. They worked nights on the neuro floor and could flip a Stryker frame faster and more smoothly than any other pair of nurses...

  12. Disgusted

    thehipcrip replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    Question for you, SistaSoul -- do you vent about the list frustrations with which you prefaced your post with this senior nurse or other nurses on your

  13. Med errors...the scary reality

    thehipcrip replied to phoenix14232's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Shouldn't "or harms a patient" be in that

  14. Why do I have such a bad feeling about this?

    thehipcrip replied to greenclover's topic in General Nursing

    Even if the RN/Director is having her own week from hell (with multiple staff going AWOL and leaving her, and the patients, without coverage), her inability to keep her personal frustrations out of a...

  15. Even nurses do stupid things ....

    thehipcrip replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you're okay. I think the insight you gained from being "on the other side", even in such a small way, will make you an even better nurse than you are already. Empathy is never a bad thing to...

  16. Patient doesn't know he's terminal

    thehipcrip replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    While it is not your job as a nurse to convey the diagnosis to the patient, a situation in which a competent adult's medical information is being shared with seemingly everyone except the individual...

  17. increased confusion with pain med

    thehipcrip replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Since acetaminophen is one of the two ingredients in Vicodin, you didn't really switch her to anything as much as you substituted benedryl for the

  18. Boredom in long-term patients!

    thehipcrip replied to Mbshil's topic in General Nursing

    It may not be within the financial means of the family, but a laptop computer with a DVD drive sounds like just the ticket. With it, he could play games, watch movies, listen to CDs, and maybe even...

  19. Verbally abusive patient

    thehipcrip replied to Tortoiseshell's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree that your responses were correct and professional -- the trick is figuring out how to keep things from escalating. Should this happen again, instead of trying to get the patient to understand...

  20. End of life care gone wrong

    thehipcrip replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious as to how and why that would change the advice you offered to her. Would you have omitted information had you known she was a

  21. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    thehipcrip replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    One night in the ED, a tetraplegic patient who manages her bladder with a Foley and had previous experiences with nosocomial UTIs, was on a gurney while waiting for a bed in Med/Surg. Patient noticed...

  22. foley catheters

    thehipcrip replied to troy09boston's topic in General Nursing

    That same firmness that can make insertion easier can also make removal more uncomfortable. With 100 percent silicone catheters, the deflated balloons tend to not collapse as completely and are more...

  23. Ugh...mini-rant

    thehipcrip replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, anticholinergic drugs like Flomax are commonly prescribed for people with indwelling urinary catheters because they prevent painful bladder spasms and leaking around the catheter, and help...