Over the years I've gotten a little jaded, at first I would try to do everything I could to appease the patient. Now, I give them copy of the survey, a pen and I make sure they spell my name correctly.
That's too funny! Next time, get one of the big, sterile q-tips and some steri-lube instead of trying to remove the dried up and no doubt stuck to the long nose hair snot! I'd still rather pick the nose!
kathy313 replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in Geriatric
I think the continuity of the care, knowing your patients or residents, is what makes LTC special for some people. Not only that, but the routine....it's easier when you have a "normal" routine. I had 30 residents and it kept me busy, but it was pred...
I take public transportation in a very big and congested city....train and then the bus. The commute time adds anywhere from 3-4 hours to my day, five days a frigging week! Thankful my job has a transit subsidy.
I work on a really busy med-surg unit, admits and discharges fly through there. Yesterday, my assignment completely turned over. The charge tries to space them out, but sometimes the acuity level for one nurse isn't quite as high as the others. It s...
I was in the hospital for four days, the first three were npo....when I was allowed to eat, my first meal was turkey and stuffing. Freaking nasty! Made me nauseous all over again, even the smell. I requested jell-o and ginger ale. You were probably b...
I wouldn't mind carrying a gun, I'd hate leaving it in car while I worked or worse yet, turning it into security every day though. Somebody else stealing it would be horrible.
That's horrible. I would have raised holy **** with that nurse. What happened to identifying the med, the dose, the patient??? Technically not a patient...but the same rules apply. Just crazy.
I played an online game called Second Life. You create a character, chat with folks from everywhere, there are so many different things on there. I spent a lot of time on that game...lol! Also how I met my boyfriend.
I knew a guy a long time ago, I met him when he was a cop in a pretty rough area, he was hard core....he retired from the police department, I didn't see or hear about him for awhile. I started working at a hospital...lol, he was my charge nurse. He ...
kathy313 replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing
Quite possibly he's thinking she's going to finish school, get a good job and leave him. So he may be trying to sabotage it. Finish school, do what you need to do take care of yourself and your kids. Find someone to talk to....counselor, therapist......
kathy313 replied to JOErotorRN's topic in Emergency
Honestly, if the rooms were full and we needed one for something major...we'd put the other patient on a bed in the hall. Never kids or someone who was confused/disoriented or someone who presented with vomiting/diarrhea.
kathy313 replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in General Nursing
I'll have about a 1.5 hour commute on public transportation, the thing is, I really don't think it'd be that different driving, the traffic here is insane. My issue is safety...folks are getting the crap beat out of them on Muni, at least in a car it...
Exactly....When I was working as an aide, I had a patient say that to me, he seemed okay....vs good, no real discomfort, nothing you could put your finger on...very scared though. He did pass that afternoon and it has remained one of the biggest and ...
I'm from the East Bay area and my boyfriend's brother has been laid off from NUMMI. I really don't think he wants to be a nurse. Seriously, I never realized that there was such a lack of jobs for nurses here. I'm lucky, it only took me six months to ...
kathy313 replied to Txnursekristi's topic in General Nursing
I was an stna/tech before I became a nurse. I had learned some shortcuts over the years. When I started school, I stopped,pretty much all of that. I had also seen some nurses I shadowed or were assigned to do some things that scared me. I knew the ki...
kathy313 replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in General Nursing
When I worked in LTC, the biggest pass was 1700 (30 residents), I started about 1530 and usually finished about 1900. It was crazy, dayshift tossed many meds and dressing changes onto my shift. When I'd get a new admit and try to schedule the meds di...