enchantmentdis

enchantmentdis BSN, RN

Hospice, ONC, Tele, Med Surg, Endo/Output

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  1. What grosses YOU out?

    enchantmentdis replied to JenTheRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    My mother-in-law lives with us and we only get to wash her hair once about every 2 weeks due to her dementia. When i am standing behind her i want to

  2. Why everyone wants to become anesthetist? Is it because of the salary?

    enchantmentdis replied to Datu's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Once they are "under" there is no interrupting and

  3. morphine sulfate given even though has an "allergy" listed in chart

    enchantmentdis replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2:

  4. morphine sulfate given even though has an "allergy" listed in chart

    enchantmentdis replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Pick up the phone and call the ordering doctor, clarify, then call the pharmacy, and document in the medical record that you did all of the above before giving any morphine. Also let family know...

  5. Sigh. Is this really how we are graded?

    enchantmentdis replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    The patient sounds like a total, unrelenting, burden--be glad you won't have to care for her again. And her daughter needs to get a

  6. Sigh. Is this really how we are graded?

    enchantmentdis replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the DON. They usually still blame the nurse even if the documentation is up to snuff because management knows how much trouble a family member like the one described by the OP will cause,...

  7. Sigh. Is this really how we are graded?

    enchantmentdis replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I've done the quick letter writing and even a morning phone call to managers the next morning, and, always they take the side of the of the family and patient. This is why i have a problem with...

  8. Sigh. Is this really how we are graded?

    enchantmentdis replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Blame our politics and lawsuits for the entitlement we see in this

  9. Sigh. Is this really how we are graded?

    enchantmentdis replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that. My last hospital job was in 2009 and, boy, am i glad to be in hospice now. These family members in acute care can very easily get a nurse

  10. New Grad Co-worker driving me NUTS!!!!

    enchantmentdis replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you will be fired very

  11. They canceled the contact after we're here!

    enchantmentdis replied to poolela's topic in Travel

    I did traveling a few years ago, could not get into any hospitals except Kaiser. Man, was that a mistake. Did three separate assignments and two of them cancelled thanks to the bad economy and a...

  12. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    enchantmentdis replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Right. And there is no way i will lose my job because of poor documentation because i spent all my time doing a CNAs job. If i wanted to be a CNA i would have stayed one. The occasional bath during...

  13. Where are the "normal" births?

    enchantmentdis replied to what2donow's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    It's all about money, lawsuits, and OBGyns not wanting midwives to do their

  14. How important is it for nurses to have knowledge of Nutrition?

    enchantmentdis replied to NutraNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals, LTCs, ALFs have dietician. They will handle the nutrition part for the most part. You will have plenty to do just trying to do your nursing

  15. Hidden Cameras in Nursing Homes/ALF

    enchantmentdis replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    I work in hospice and am shocked by the number of on call visits i do to those beautifully appointed alf facilities. The visits i am making there are almost always for falls and usually they are the...

  16. Hidden Cameras in Nursing Homes/ALF

    enchantmentdis replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Right. ALF's will take the money as long as they can, even though there are no licensed nurses in those

  17. How can an rn with no nursing experience be a supervisor

    enchantmentdis replied to mozella's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Obviously she got the job because somebody who management likes referred

  18. So angry and annoyed!

    enchantmentdis replied to SweettartRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    He is miserable, and doesn't have health insurance, and that I can't be with him 24/7 is driving me bonkers. And why in this day and age doesn't your Dad have health insurance at his

  19. So angry and annoyed!

    enchantmentdis replied to SweettartRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you are worried about the care your father is receiving then you have to take time off work--it is called pto or family leave--and you have to sit by his bedside for a few days. You have no idea...

  20. I lied to the state surveyor

    enchantmentdis replied to tammietan's topic in General Nursing

    If you are old enough to be a nurse then you are an adult and will make adult decisions which are often difficult--that's why adults have to make them. No one can force an adult to do anything unless...

  21. What grosses YOU out?

    enchantmentdis replied to JenTheRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    People with no teeth, gums flapping in the wind. Large, red gums--overgrown. Tiny heads with huge dentures that move around when the patient talks. People who have dentures of any age--why did so many...

  22. What grosses YOU out?

    enchantmentdis replied to JenTheRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    People who don't wash their feet--cheesy growth that you can peel off, thick, overgrown nails! Elderly people who are afraid of baths--they stink and look awful. Smegma on a member. Pull back the...

  23. Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    enchantmentdis replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of the transcriber's typed something a patient said-- "I don't want that med, it goves me gas and makes me

  24. Medical words that make you cringe.

    enchantmentdis replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    Pseudo-cyst. Is is a fricking cyst or not? Hydrocele. pleurodesis. some of the ugliest words. I also refuse to use the words extremities or bilateral in my documentation. I say both legs, both arms,...

  25. Getting hit on at work?

    enchantmentdis replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

    "knock his butt out!" He