manjaNurse

this does not happened to me. It was told by one of my much senior staff nurse. A patient chased her during night shift with a glass bottle and shouting that he wanted to kill her! Patient had history of violence and the hospital refused to admit hi...

It sounds as if you are burnt out. I do agree that nursing has changed its meaning...it is more like a customer service...the customer's always right. I have been in nursing for 11 years only and i'm 31 this year. I am not the type who can sit in the...

I'll never forget this - she said, "We don't necessarily do it for the pts, we do it to give the families time to say good bye." Wow! new perspective... mine - one man came in at the start of my shift from ER. Suddenly he became delirious and started...

yup yup yup...stomachache and headaches are very popular!! why don't i think of colouring books?! what a great idea!

When my infant had his routine immunisation injection, I was holding him and explaining to him what the nurse is doing and what will happen next. The nurse looked at me and asked, 'Are you a nurse too? I've never heard any parent explaining an inject...

Oh ok i remembered one man! He had a lung transplant, not from a human, but from a pig. he did it in some country and seeked treatment in Singapore because he was not really functioning well. He was a famous patient, always in and out of the hospita...

A few times while I was on duty, the call lights beep on their own....from empty rooms or empty toilets....and the doors were locked from the inside! now, what's up with that?!

Oh God, I thank You for not having to go tru d worst like all of those nurses here!! my grossest - was doing home care a few years back. Patient refused BKA. I haf to do dressing. pt said put on a pail to 'collect' the pus that will be oozing out. i ...

i have 4 cards/notes - Green: teacher to fill up, name n class, date n time, and tick the problem or write, and remarks to be taken seriously or not. Blue - from me to the teacher, what has been done etc (all has ticking columns). Yellow - from me t...

does that mean each visit will be recorded twice? One in the log book and the other on their cards? That means I have a LOT of things to do now!!! Once the cards are up, should I copy each kid's visits from my logbook to the cards? oh gosh...

I just wrote everything in a logbook. each kid has their own medical sheet of cos, and the one with problems has a separate emergency plan. i want dis kind of system too so its easier to monitor their issues and number of times they comes in...

Hi all, Thanks for the replies on my topic "tiredness?" posted yesterday. Today the same teacher came to me and said 4-5 kids in her class are having stomachache and nausea. 2 of them were the same kids that she sent to me yesterday. Only one of th...

Thanks guys! I am lucky to get a good principal! She's backing me up. This teacher is not new but she has had problems in the past of being "unstable" (that came from my principal btw). She even told one of tthe parent who is a doctor on all those sy...

Welcome back everyone! Hope all of you have had a goooood break! Current problem - teachers have been sending students who are tired or sleepy AND demand me to send them home! What do you guys do in this scenario? I did not send 2 kids home today. Se...

Hi all, I am from Singapore and I have never heard of this side of nursing though I've been a RN for more than 10yrs. I have worked in a residential home for the intellectually disabled before, but there is no 'specialty' cert or degree for this. I ...

Hi all, I am the only nurse taking care of a thousand plus students. How do I ensure that medicines are given out when I'm not around? Currently, I instruct the admin to administer the medicines. It is definitely NOT the right thing to do, but there'...

thanks flare!! i like the consent part! I already told my principal the idea of hiring a sub nurse as well!

My country (singapore) ministry of health advised children who has vomited 2x or more within 24 hrs to see a doctor. So only if they vomited twice, I'll send them home. Unless of course its accompanied by fever or active bowel sounds etc

thanks for the reply... My country will not allow medcines to be handled by non-medical staffs. That is why I am not sure how to handle this issue.

Oh God! I don't have a list at all! How am I supposed to grab all the Epipens/inhalers? My whole cupboard is full of them.

Hi, I'm a school nurse. I have an autistic son. Does hyperbaric really helps?

Hi all, I've been having this problem a few times already. Some teachers are so concerned that the child was coughing in class. These few times, they have send the children to me to send them home. I find this ridiculous. I will asked the child to s...

You know what I did? I laughed at them who look down on us. What do they have? shift work? working on holidays? children who are confused with their working hours? i have experiences in acute care as well....i do love it..but it does not suit my fam...

My 2 yr old has just been diagnosed with autism, so I'm going to spend lots of time for his intensive training etc....

Hi guys, Quite upset today. first case early in the morning - a Grade 3 boy complained of chest tightness. He was not in any distress....talking in full sentences...no hard breathing...no SOB....pulse rate normal...respiration normal...lungs are cle...