Jo Dirt replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing
Well...I am going to say this, right or wrong this is how I feel. It is extremely difficult to stay awake all night. For most, it disrupts their whole life, because the world operates during the day...
I'm also facing hiring discrimination in my area, and it looks like I may enf up having to drive 70 miles to Nashville just to get a hospital job. From what I can see around these small town...
On one of the private duty cases I work we have an 85 yr. old alzheimer's patient with insulin dependent diabetes, anemia and a spastic bladder. I have worked in this home off and on for a year. The...
Ouch! This reminds me of the time when I worked in LTC and it somehow got reported to the DON that a CNA changed a resident's wet diaper without washing him. I remember hearing her screaming at this...
I'm kind of in the same situation. I'm tired of the private duty scene (among other things with this job) I've been with them over a year and want to get out. But after busting my butt to get through...
If you're a prude I'm even more of one. I work with someone just like you describe, and it's downright embarrassing when I have to listen to the smut that comes out of her mouth. I don't know how to...
I started anew case yesterday with a 14 yr old boy who is immobile with a tracheostomy. He was terribly congested with thick phlegm that was hard for him to get up. After I gave him a breathing tx...
I recently took on a home case with a 49 yr. old woman recovering from knee surgery. I was really excited about it because it was just a few minutes from my house, compared to the 30 plus miles I...
this is a classic case of denial. we are not talking about fat nurses we are talking about nurses who reek of cigarettes, and it is not up for debate which is worse. give me a room full of fatties...
In one of the private duty cases I work one of the nurses has started smoking in the patient's home, even though this is a big no-no (the patient tells the nurses to smoke in her house--still supposed...
Are those the only two choices for the viewpoints on this? Because those are both lousy options. Just because there are children born to terrible younger parents doesn't mean that is justification for...
It seems like when someone has a controversial idea the people who come to "the rescue" are always new users and they usually have viewpoints that mirror the ideas of the person who introduced the...