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  1. Your most difficult patient and how you turned it around

    hipab4hands replied to SarasotaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    Give us a time when you were able to take that most difficult patient:angryfire and tell us how you were able to turn that around:) . ------------------ Had a patient, who was admitted for back...

  2. Your most difficult patient and how you turned it around

    hipab4hands replied to SarasotaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    Give us a time when you were able to take that most difficult patient:angryfire and tell us how you were able to turn that around:) . ------------------ Had a patient, who was admitted for back...

  3. Rude Families-How do you deal with them?

    hipab4hands replied to sassynurse78's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Rude behavior is never acceptable and I have zero tolerance for it. I tell patients that if they have a problem with my level of service to them, then feel free to tell me in a civil manner. If the...

  4. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    hipab4hands replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Young man called the office and told me that he had to take a drug test, as part of his pre employment requirements. The problem was that he has smoked a joint the night before the drug test and...

  5. Addressing doctors by their first names

    hipab4hands replied to trauma_junkie1's topic in General Nursing

  6. Stupid People Award

    hipab4hands replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I think I may have a runner up:) Alcoholic ran out of money to buy his choice of beverage, decided to go to the local morturary, and broke in. He decided to steal embalming fluid and have his...

  7. My boss is out of control!

    hipab4hands replied to Sgt_Chunk_Spelunker's topic in General Nursing

  8. "undercover" patients in New Mexico

    hipab4hands replied to mscsrjhm's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have the 'mystery shoppers" call us to see how well we triage patients. However, after the same people kept calling, I got to know their voices and was able to identify one of them before...

  9. Advised not to use security to "intimidate" agitated individual.

    hipab4hands replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    It's too bad about what happened. However, you have every right to be protected against agitated or verbally abuse people. You do not have to wait for the the person to take a "swing" at you, before...

  10. How Do You Accept Report on an Understaffed Unit???

    hipab4hands replied to oldernurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have the option of filing an "refused to accept assignment" paperwork. In the form, we state that we are refusing to accept the assignment and that we are not responsible for any bad outcomes that...

  11. Not sure if I want to be a nurse....

    hipab4hands replied to RN-04's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely right. After a night of listening to patients, who dislike their dr.s, but refuse to change providers and women with UTI's for several days, who call at 10pm demanding meds right away, I...

  12. Does Johnson & Johnson Commercial Really Help Nursing?

    hipab4hands replied to Snoopd's topic in General Nursing

  13. Ambulance pts in waiting room

    hipab4hands replied to gotaluvtheER's topic in Emergency

    The ER at our facility does it all the time and/or they will leave them out in the hallway on the gurney, if they complain they are to "sick" to sit in the chairs in the waiting area. I have...

  14. What to do when family says no to care?

    hipab4hands replied to juley0129's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "If" is the main factor here. We know how understaffed most LTC are. I get calls daily regarding geriatric patients in care facilities, who get minimal care. A lot of times, the families are not...

  15. What to do when family says no to care?

    hipab4hands replied to juley0129's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  16. "A monkey can be trained to do what you nurses do"

    hipab4hands replied to angel337's topic in General Nursing

    Just another A--hole, in a long line of over inflated egos. Personally, I would have filed a written complaint for verbal

  17. A resident swore at me!

    hipab4hands replied to pumpkin's topic in General Nursing

    It's easy. If I needed something specific, I would confirm with her- "Then you are giving me a verbal order to do/give _____________. " That's what I would chart. If I needed more of a consult, where...

  18. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    hipab4hands replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Alot of times the docs, who are in private practice, have no idea about "scope of practice", when it comes to MA's and RN's. I've seen docs allow MA's to do procedures or give narcotics. I've had to...

  19. A resident swore at me!

    hipab4hands replied to pumpkin's topic in General Nursing

  20. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

    hipab4hands replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. It's still difficult to get extra hours, if you refuse to waive "premium pay" that is part of our contract. So my motto has become- No premimum pay, then call someone

  21. Drug Seeker Stories

    hipab4hands replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    So many patients, so little time :) Pt "X", who calls 3-4 times a day, complaining of severe pain, but refuses to see his own PCP ( because pcp has put a drug seeking alert on his electronic chart)....

  22. The relationship between doctors and nurses...

    hipab4hands replied to lisamc1RN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, the docs are available for consults, when we need a 2nd opinion or when there is a question regarding the patient's care. Otherwise, my "boss" is my nurse

  23. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

    hipab4hands replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

  24. Do nurses take work home?

    hipab4hands replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. Work hours are work hours. Home time is home time -No

  25. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    hipab4hands replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient do the same thing last week, when I asked her what type of nurse, her mother was, the patient said she didn't know. Turns out "mom" was a CNA in a