Davey Do

Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years)

Overcome fear by seeing the funny yet ridiculous side of every situation.- Edgar Cayce

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    Best and Worst Patient Interaction

    One of my worst experiences with a patient turned out to be one of my best. Back in the 80s, after being insulted in a group setting, I learned how to manipulate the situation in order to achieve a...
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    Advice on Home Health Boundaries

    "Boundaries" is a good germ to use, Jane Doe, and those we serve, their families, need to be given guidelines. When I worked in HH 30 years ago, the patient or guardian signed a contract which...
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    Other Options for Nurses

    Sometimes we have to kiss a lot of Warhols before we find our Rembrandt, Jpweston. For example, I started out in nursing by being hired by the hospital where I took my LPN program. In seven years...
  4. If we apply for Unemployment Benefits and our former employer contests it, the case will be explored by an adjudicator. Should the adjudicator rule in our favor, we not only receive benefits, but...
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    Anesthesia question

    Anyone who has behaved in any way before has a higher propensity to behave in a certain manner than one who has not behaved in that way. Now, when one endeavors to change a manner of behavior, it...
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    Anesthesia question

    YEARS ago, when I had a colonoscopy, a woman with who I had had a brief affair with some years before worked in the GI lab. We became platoic friends and ended up working in the same medical center. I...
  7. LTC is a good background for geriatric psych since the population has comorbidities and is generally housed in a medical center where transfer to med/surge is a possibility. In my area, the pay...
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    The overuse and misuse of PRN medications

    Yeah, wow, xsummer, that sounds rather hinky, because if PRN meds are given as ordered, there should be no problem. I, too, have been suspended and/or terminated without good reason, and it...
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    Private Duty Nurse

    After putting " starting a private nursing company in New Jersey" in the search engine, a lot of governmental and private sites popped up giving information which is, at least, a good starting place,...
  10. This is conjecture Curious, but it would seem as if one is not working under their license, they would not be liable to act under that license. I think of @Emergent, who for a while, worked in an...
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    CNA Frustrated with Being the Blame

    Yes, the nurse is partially responsible. When working on the geriatric psych unit, another RN, LPN, CHA, or unlicensed Tech may be taking VS, and I routinely reviewed them. Across the board, sometimes...
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    What to do when a patient alleges staff abuse?

    Edgar Cayce said, "You can get no one in more trouble than they can get themselves into". I've gone as far as reporting, in objective documentation, a Tech for insubordination & circumventing...
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    What to do when a patient alleges staff abuse?

    The most that can be done at this point in the scenario is to inform the patient that, after careful thought and consideration, it would be best for all involved if they handle the situation as...
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    What to do when a patient alleges staff abuse?

    If the patient informed the attending nurse of not wanting a particular individual to care for them, and the nurse supervises this individual, then the request is not honored, the patient needs to...
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    What to do when a patient alleges staff abuse?

    Whenever a patient would say something like, "Now don't tell anyone this..." I would inform them that I was a professional and a member of the treatment team and it was my duty to inform other...
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    CNA Frustrated with Being the Blame

    A good action when critiquing another is to restate their premise in our own words, in doing this, any misconceptions can be righted. Restating their premise also has the added advantage of the one...
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    CNA Frustrated with Being the Blame

    When we are confronted with any problem for which we are deemed responsible for its cause, it's not unusual to explore other root causes in an attempt to redeem ourselves. Heck, in Kubler-Ross'...
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    CNA Frustrated with Being the Blame

    I consider myself to be a monument to trial & error, and in that which I've errored becomes more deeply ingrained in my psyche, Kirsten. The very best coworkers are those who constantly talk...
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    CNA Frustrated with Being the Blame

    We are human beings subject to fallibility, we all make mistakes, but it sounds like you've come up with a plan to deal with it in the future. Good for you, Kristen Creator. Now, it would...
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    When You Live With a Nurse

    Ginger Billy is great, Kitiger! My wife Belinda turned me onto him and he is a ludicrously humorous irreverent redneck philosopher/handyman/inventor! Ginger Billy also has a couple of...
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    Regrets

    No regrets. Working as a nurse was a life priority and I never had a problem working any of the holidays, weekends or midnights. In fact, I requested to do so and was thusly rewarded. Work...
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    Nursing Research

    With any unknown, our need for more information, nursing research is a situation by situational endeavor. For example, as a new LPN back in the early '80's, I routinely researched meds, initially...
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    Nursing Guilt

    Whenever my physical or mental health was impaired to the point that would inhibit me from performing my job adequately, I would call off, which was typically about two times per year. If I felt or...
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    What was missing?

    As an LPN, I got one of my pre-reqs out of the way before actually starting the RN program by taking an ASL (American Sign Language) course, as we had a few recidivistic psych patients who were...
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    How to deal with CNA insubordination?

    You sound like a competent, caring, assertive professional who wants to be a strong link in the chain of service to their patients, thebabenurse. Here are some thoughts to consider: Factuality is...