enchantmentdis

enchantmentdis BSN, RN

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

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  1. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    enchantmentdis replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    As a hospice field nurse there was an 80 year old man married to a woman in her 30s. Gigantic member. His wife was a mail order bride he proudly said. Anyway. He had a catheter fetish. Yes, he had to...

  2. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    enchantmentdis replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    The hospice pt's daughter's house was dusty, cluttered, dishes in the sink, and musty sheets, stained rugs: she refused our hospital bed when i coudn't get the DME company to provide a brand new one....

  3. I saw another nurse assault a patient

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

    You are a mandated reporter.

  4. Hospice Admissions nurse

    enchantmentdis replied to neonurse97's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Be prepared to be in constant contact with your Service Center and management. You will have an admission that you will be driving to then you will be re-routed somewhere else because the one you were...

  5. This isn't the hospice I used to know

    enchantmentdis replied to jeannepaul's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have families tell me right up front, "She's not dying. We want diapers and meds. When she's gone can we keep the

  6. Vent about toiletting patients

    enchantmentdis replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, those "few" lazy CNAs are why you are doing lots of answering the call lights and toileting pts. Management needs to re-place the "few" lazy CNAs. I do not miss acute care for this

  7. I want to throat-punch my co-worker

    enchantmentdis replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm just glad I do hospice and don't have to watch annoying co-workers act passive-aggressively all day. So glad to be done with acute care--10 years away, oh happy

  8. I want to throat-punch my co-worker

    enchantmentdis replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah. Saw movie a bazillion times. You identify with her then? Hmmmmm. Don't want to tick you off then. Just

  9. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    Because you haven't blocked them

  10. why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

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

    Actually, people like this CNA, I do as follows: I mention to them to consider the LVN or RN program. To that I have heard over and over, each time I ask a CNA to do this, "No way; way too much...

  11. What keeps you going as a nurse?

    enchantmentdis replied to guitargirl88's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I stay because I have a 19 year old daughter in college. I stayed in a career I've disliked and tried to make work since 1994 for my child's sake. It's stable employment, being an RN. Yes, the money...

  12. Which nursing specialty has the most autonomy/independence? Apart from nursing practioner

    enchantmentdis replied to Zyrv's topic in Nurses Rock

    I like hospice case management because I am alone practically all day; driving to/from pt's homes and facilities. If a patient's condition changes I text the doctor for the orders I need. It's great....

  13. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    enchantmentdis replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We're having ground rounds in 10 mins. Where is my neurolologist? Can I have some ice crisps? Abdominal

  14. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    enchantmentdis replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Sugar for diabetes----ugh, I hate that

  15. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    enchantmentdis replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Phenobarbritol.

  16. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    enchantmentdis replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    What happened to the

  17. Paracenthesis at the bedside

    enchantmentdis replied to jj5128's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If the patient already has an access device in place, in hospice we as nurses are able to connect a drainage kit to it and remove 1,000 mls once per week. Any more than that is

  18. Highs and Lows in Hospice

    enchantmentdis replied to cd365c's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Not working acute care in large hospitals anymore is why I enjoy hospice work. Doing evals in hospitals, caring for pt's in facilities, and doing admits, especially in facilities are tasks that make...

  19. Can u be an rn without degree

    enchantmentdis replied to Darkpk55's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Some folks have become RNs without finishing their BSN --long ago, when they were able to sit the boards during senior year, pass the NCLEX, and work as RNs. Some states, but not all, allowed this....

  20. Changing to a non-nursing career?

    enchantmentdis replied to Eleven011's topic in Retired Nurses

    If I miss working as a dishwasher at The Village Inn that tells me that I picked the wrong career

  21. Changing to a non-nursing career?

    enchantmentdis replied to Eleven011's topic in Retired Nurses

    I've decided it would be great to live in a one bedroom condo and just cater for a living or work as a cook at a medium sized restaurant. This nursing is getting very old. I want very few possessions,...

  22. Changing to a non-nursing career?

    enchantmentdis replied to Eleven011's topic in Retired Nurses

    Your life sounds like absolute heaven. I would give my eye teeth to have been able to stop being a nurse in my thirties. No bills, no kids, a husband who makes good money--girl, you have it made. Do...

  23. What age of patient's are the most difficult for you?

    enchantmentdis replied to ddane94's topic in Patient Education

    Awake

  24. While You are In Here..I May As Well Try To Go To The Bathroom....

    enchantmentdis replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of the top reasons I ran from acute care when I had the

  25. I cringe at the thought of work

    enchantmentdis replied to ALHRN11's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you. Though I have a great job now doing hospice case management, I dread going to work every single day. I'm 50 years old and have been a nurse 20 years now, and am so ready to retire. I wish...