lemur00 BSN, RN

I have to admit I would have participated just to play the role of Worst Patient Ever. I would have banned everyone from my care except admin. I would have made a mess of the bed and everything else. I would have screamed in the hall for my pain meds...

We had a uc (briefly) who was like this. Would argue with the nurses over clinical decisions and the like, repeatedly claimed all RNs were stupid, etc. Two of the charge nurses went to the manager and threatened to quit if this uc was allowed to pass...

This is interesting since I've read research that strongly suggests men excel in nursing, but because they are heavily favoured and often advanced past their female peers without good discernable reasons (other than their maleness). I'd love to read ...

I'd argue it's likely an example of negativity bias. We all know that people who do well in school don't necessarily do well on the job, and vice versa. However when someone who is just unbelievably BAD tells you they graduated at the top of their ...

I worked with a racist nurse who bullied all the African and Aboriginal nurses by making false reports, writing them up for things that didn't happen, etc. I worked on shift with one of the nurses she was targeting, so we started charting EVERYTHING,...

with those interests, I'd become an actuary. And show your parents how much an actuary makes to assuage their fears. This is considered one of the best fields to get into in the current market.

What got me was the obsession over bandage scissors. I've worked in healthcare for years and never even used a pair, nor would I consider it my responsibility to have them available. We'd use the sterilized scissors provided by the hospital in dress...

What is interesting about this is that it's the intentional formation of a shame culture. And shame cultures make personal accountability an impossibility. I'm sure there's a lesson in there for someone.

I am a woman who has had mostly male best friends; primarily it's just because I had more in common with them. Women in general are okay with me. That said, some of the worst people I've known for cattiness and backbiting have been male nurses and ai...

When H1N1 was the big scare, my hospital drastically limited the number of visitors allowed in L&D and mother/baby (until that point it included anyone and everyone the mother wanted). They got a tonne of positive feedback from mothers who frankl...

I originally wanted to go into PT but at the time it was hard to get into. Now I'd probably do SLP. If I were REALLY doing it all over again (ie 17 fresh out of school), I'd become a radiologist.

I also love when the unit clerk or housekeeping berate nurses because we "forgot" something that is their job. "You forgot to clean the shower. I'll let it go this time but don't let it happen again". WAT

OMG lab and PICCs. I now have a manager that insists we draw labs without an order on every patient with a PICC. The first time I got told "you missed these labs" I said we don't draw labs on a PICC without an order. Got told yes we did and we've al...

Yep we had one that went ama because we took all the isogel away from him, and promptly died a few blocks from the hospital. Sure enough the family called the police and claimed we discharged him while he was still sick. The signed ama papers of cour...

Just to add to what others have said, I worked full time when first hired and made almost 35 dollars per hour. I ended up with about 3500 net per month (then bills came out of that). As a single person with no dependents or other deductions, I lost ...

We can apply what we learn about helping patients to other situations in that establishing proper boundaries and not fostering dependence by "doing for" are priorities for proper helping relationships. Failing to do so hurts you and doesn't truly hel...

Yeah you totally can have two licenses, but it seems that you're more likely to be audited if you do (at least here in SK anyway). So I'd try to truncate that time as much as possible.

In the vein of what some others have said, why don't you get the pin early and then facetime or skype to the ceremony so that you can watch everyone and your dad can pin you at the appropriate time? It's not that hard to do stuff like that these days...

Around here, the colleges don't care if YOU are "international", they care if your education is. You may end up having to pay for assessments and upgrades, and the practice of nursing is quite different in each country. I know people who only took th...

If you do choose to help her, set clear boundaries about what kind of help you'll give and when. I had a friend in school who had the worst study habits I'd ever seen and there were a number of classes I kind of dragged her through. Since she was an ...

The reality of nursing is that it's a helping profession.This is why nursing is on the rock bottom of professions that attract psychopaths, along with most other helping professions; the nature of the job requires a great deal of interpersonal intera...

I realize this is off topic but actually it is different. I read a fair bit of research on the gender divide in nursing while in school; a lot of the stats showed that men in nursing, rather than being discriminated against as one might expect, are ...

I'm terrible at math. Because numbers have no meaning to me, I find them difficult and immediately forget them. My grade four teacher had a total meltdown in the middle of the year and since I was already having difficulty, I just never learned fract...

Question 102: BAT ATTACK. Maintenance forgot to tell you they were working on the elevators again....

Part way through the exam a confused 300 lb pt bursts in with a ripped out iv, foley and FCD tube in one hand while swinging his iv pole over his head with the other and threatening to kill EVERYONE. You have 30 seconds to de-escalate the situatio...