djh123

djh123

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  1. Stuck at the bedside forever?

    djh123 replied to Tbutbu's topic in Government, Military

    I think I need to make that a chorus line in a song. "Stuck at the bedside,

  2. Manners....are they obsolete ?

    djh123 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I've sarcastically said 'You're welcome' too, under my breath, in response to demands (read: barked commands :^) from residents & family members. Luckily that's the exception rather than the rule,...

  3. Client vs Patient

    djh123 replied to srercg's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I too hate 'client'. And many other words, terms, slang, etc. today - but that's another topic.

  4. Manners....are they obsolete ?

    djh123 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    It's not just in schools, of course. There have been many articles written about the rise of rudeness, lack of manners, and other related stuff in the last what, 20

  5. It's almost summer! What are your plans?

    djh123 replied to Avill's topic in School

    Perhaps quit... maybe take a long vacation/life re-boot/get rid of some stuff/think about moving/get back to doing some creative stuff/think about doing another kind of nursing ... yeah, just a thing...

  6. Natural Caesareans...anyone seen this?

    djh123 replied to quazar's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Natural Caesarean" is like "Genuine imitation leather". But having watched the video, I guess it's

  7. Natural Caesareans...anyone seen this?

    djh123 replied to quazar's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Wot's this? Look, mate, she's got a little Yoda in there,

  8. But I'm the Nurse

    djh123 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    I like 'But I'm the nurse'. Too bad I couldn't have used that w/a family situation recently where they kept hammering me re: their post-surgical family member and pain

  9. Second Career Nurse Roll Call

    djh123 replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Programmer/analyst for several large corporations, one state and one federal agency, for almost 25 years. Should've changed careers sooner, but stuck with it for this reason and that. Graduated 4...

  10. is this normal???

    djh123 replied to Dsullivan13's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I got a crappy amount & quality of training too, and felt overwhelmed at first. You'll get better at it if you can just hang in there for a while. Work on time management and prioritizing

  11. Hostile families

    djh123 replied to KC,RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have had a very recent and very similar experience. The best thing you can do with 'hostile' families is to be professional, be polite, tell them when 'their person' last got a pain med, when they...

  12. Being blamed for fall after shift

    djh123 replied to notyetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    You needed to get them up, couldn't find an alarm, had handed patients over to the next shift, and you get blamed? As my mother said in her last few years, 'What a load of crap!'. That's my opinion,...

  13. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    djh123 replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Where I work (an LTC/rehab facility) at least 1/2, maybe nearly 2/3, of the nurses are LPN's. Don't worry about a MSN becoming the norm. Think about it: there's a huge demand for nurses, and...

  14. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    djh123 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good Gawd, target98765 - could those doctors have been any less professional? Pretty unbelievable. A nurse at work told me a few days ago what a NP said in front of her, which was pretty bad, but...

  15. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    djh123 replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    Yeah, I've seen some of these articles lately too. In school (just a few years ago for me) we were told it was 100,000, so it's quite a jump from that to 250,000, but it could be possible. I've heard...

  16. African American in San Antonio

    djh123 replied to NurseDMSN's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm from central TX, and I don't think you'll have any problem there. San Antonio doesn't have a huge AA population, true, but 7% is still quite a few (given the overall size of the city), and there...

  17. Open confrontation with unit attending-advice?

    djh123 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sounds like it wasn't really about you at all, that he was angry about his own situation and just blurted all of that out when he heard you talking about asking for time off. Does that make it OK?...

  18. Why do nurses.....

    djh123 replied to offlabel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure many of those with an alphabet soup after their name won't agree with you or I, but yeah, it me it gets kind of ridiculous when one degree supercedes some of those other certifications...

  19. Doc calls nurse coworkers monkeys...

    djh123 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would keep all interactions with this (male appendage) as short and professional as

  20. 3 Big Issues?

    djh123 replied to MattRN95's topic in General Nursing

    We only get to choose THREE? :^) Problematic CNA's. Too much to document (or worse, having to document the same thing 3 diff. ways). Too much to do (often). Supply problems (too often,

  21. Obese Nurses

    djh123 replied to Goldentreasure's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Re: the BMI calculation based solely on height and weight: yeah, I've always disagreed with that, because weight isn't simply whether you're 'overweight' or not. Someone who has more muscle weighs...

  22. Day 6: 2016 Nurses Week Meme Contest

    djh123 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm just checking your temp - don't try to bite

  23. Day 4: 2016 Nurses Week Top 5 Things Contest

    djh123 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    1. When you're doing anything with or for a patient, always be observant. Is that hand shaking? SOB? Clammy? 2. If you can make it work, grab or bring the next few things you need when you make that...

  24. Day 3: 2016 Nurses Week Meme Contest

    djh123 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "HEAL, my people!

  25. male nurses

    djh123 replied to bonta's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm here, I'm here! :^) But hey, we can hurt our backs too ... I did not too long ago. Here's a funny story, though: one of the stranger residents (who isn't on my unit) in my facility saw me...