djh123

djh123

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  1. Female vs male patients

    djh123 replied to qaz99's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nah ... I've never kept track or anything, but I'd say I've had plenty of men and women who were pleasant to deal with, and a smaller number - but plenty of both sexes - who could be a pain, or more...

  2. "Your job is to make me happy"

    djh123 replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Good Gawd - thanks for the link (I love the Atlantic), but I couldn't keep reading the article ... just skimming the first 1/4th or so made me sick. Sometimes I think the whole world is going utterly...

  3. Psychiatric Nurses and Safety

    djh123 replied to Kayla_Martin's topic in Psychiatric

    I spent a few days in a psych hospital when I was a nursing student, and saw some 'problematic behaviors', I guess I'd call it. But no, we didn't learn anything about how to diffuse behaviors like...

  4. I had a night

    djh123 replied to AZQuik's topic in Emergency

    Holy ****, Pheebz777 - and I thought *I* had a bad one

  5. when you feel creeped out

    djh123 replied to menot's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't a direct answer, but I want to say that sometimes a 'creepy scumbag guy' may not be what you think initially. I had a pt. for the last few months who'd been in prison for a long time, had...

  6. Anyone ever gotten stuck

    djh123 replied to Twinmom06's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You're not the only

  7. Novolog questions

    djh123 replied to VN2016's topic in School

    At my facility we discard after 30 days. When filling in on another unit last year, I saw one bottle that was 2.5 months old!! The whole place is more on top of it re: insulins

  8. Vacation?

    djh123 replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    Fake a

  9. My Day So Far

    djh123 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I love the 'my arm hurts, it's hurt for a month now' - talk about giving you a heads-up, eh? I had a resident once come up to me, roll up his arm sleeve, and there was a large, reddish-pink, weeping...

  10. Data and charts

    djh123 replied to AlphaM's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well Faraway, every guy wouldn't agree, but I learned a long time ago that unicorns are overrated... I'd much rather have a '7' who's smart than a '10' who's an

  11. Let's have some fun!

    djh123 replied to WinterLilac's topic in General Nursing

    You're the Billy in my Rubin; the Hep'rin in my

  12. Data and charts

    djh123 replied to AlphaM's topic in Nursing Humor

    That is CRAZY! Did make me laugh a bit,

  13. Kudos to this doctor

    djh123 replied to MsPebbles's topic in General Nursing

    He would get a hand-hurting high-five from me for this part alone: Family member screams, "It's THEIR job to help him heal!" Dr responds, "If he doesn't want to help himself, they can't help him. They...

  14. How much autonomy do you have?

    djh123 replied to RN-DC's topic in School

    I'm not in a school, but I just have to comment for fun. In my LTC facility, I have almost complete autonomy, until mgt. decides or finds that I didn't do something to their

  15. I had a night

    djh123 replied to AZQuik's topic in Emergency

    As I think Eric Idle said in a Monty Python episode years ago, "Say No More!". I had one a few nights ago, that's for

  16. "Your job is to make me happy"

    djh123 replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh yeah, re: the pt. asking for a back rub. One of my residents used to tell a CNA that she wanted me to come in and massage her legs. Oh sure, I'll do that in my copious free

  17. Nursing Vs. Teaching

    djh123 replied to Ashbeelee's topic in General Nursing

    As someone else said, we certainly can't decide for you. But I'd think you'd have a much better chance of being a teacher longer, and perhaps easier (physically) than being a nurse, considering the...

  18. Irrational patients

    djh123 replied to Smilie0809RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This thread could be combined with the "Your job is to make me happy" thread. We all have the pain-in-the-***-all-the-time patients, as well as the suddenly-pain-in-the-*** patients. Thank Gawd...

  19. "Your job is to make me happy"

    djh123 replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Uh, in a word, no. You're right - make 'em healthy, but whoever said our job was to make them happy? Don't get me wrong - I DO try to make patients happy, but as a sideline, so to speak. This one...

  20. Patient refusal to shower-neglect?

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

    I think you're right. We have some 'chronic refusers' in my

  21. i love nurse

    djh123 replied to vicy's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I know exactly where Indonesia is. But welcome to allnurses, and

  22. being a home health nurse if you have allergies and asthma?

    djh123 replied to hmlawrence0729's topic in Home Health

    That's why I immediately ruled out home health nursing - the possibility of smoke. Dogs/cats I can take, but not

  23. EMTs Ever Look at You Like You're Dumb?

    djh123 replied to Avill's topic in School

    Oh yeah. Another nurse who used to work where I do used to complain about that all the time. One time, when I told them that (among other things) the person I was sending out had low O2 sats, an EMT...

  24. How heavy is your hammer?

    djh123 replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Exactly - no harm, just little stars or birdies

  25. How heavy is your hammer?

    djh123 replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Try to stay dry! This is somewhat off-topic, but you reminded me re: asking about our 'hammers' that I've joked with my aides that sometimes, when one or more of our residents become too big of a...