NiteShiftNut

would like to know what your opinion is on an issue that has bothered me for quite a while. patients being admitted to medical/surgical units with various diagnosis, for instance "abd. pain, nausea, vomitting, " you know the type, frequent flyers w...

sorry if i am a little confused on the details (it's way past my bedtime). the nurse who cursed at you was not even the nurse for that pt? and if i am getting it straight, the pt wasn't even there at that point?(being that she was sent to the hospi...

i think i need to get checked out, full cardiac work-up, i have chest pain on a regular basis- always occurs when i'm walking in the door to go to work..............:rotfl:

if we weren't cynical and realistic we probably wouldn't last long in this profession. a dark sense of humor helps, also. you can't see everything we see, put up with the situations we put up with, and come out on the other side without at least a ...

um, the cup of poop wasn't in the bedside table, it was on top, and i wasn't snooping, it's kinda hard to miss a steaming cup full of poop..........

poop, in a cup. how can they be so demented, yet have such good aim?.....................

man, if i hear one more "overweight" (whatever happened to just plain old fat? is that not pc anymore?) person crying about the big bad guy with red hair who held them by the throat and stuffed chicken nuggets down them until they were 400 pounds i t...

lgreen, first of all congrats on deciding to go to nursing school. i agree with some of the others posts, don't stress about shift work yet, you still have 4 years to worry about that! no sense in getting yourself all cranked about it right now. r...

thank you for understanding the need to vent frustrations once in awhile

i have a question that i hope someone can answer. a person lives in state #1, graduates nursing school in state#1, but plans to move to state#2 immediately following graduation, can they sit for boards in state #2, or would they actually have to res...

i wish we had an "isolation unit" where i worked. of course it would have to be the biggest unit in the hospital. i can't remember a shift where i haven't had at least one patient with either mrsa or vre. it seems like everyone has it. and i hav...

i guess since i'm the one who originally posted this, i should clarify---i was not talking about every patient with pain meds ordered..............i was actually doing nothing more than venting after a long frustrating night of dealing with a known a...

thanks so much for the information! that helps a lot! :) :)

Seen it a million times....(okay, not a million, but you get what I'm saying)

jacelrn, first of all (((big hug))), second of all- i know how it feels when a supervisor doesn't back you up on a situation like this and it sucks. no matter what else might have been "going on" with the patient concerning pain meds, pain manage...

here's an interesting little tidbit of information i read in a journal just the other night. a study of healthare workers who work in a hospital setting( doctors and nurses) found that 22% had antibiotic resistant "cooties" of various types on their...

all i'm saying is, i have no problem giving pain medicine for legitimate pain. and 99% of the time i truly believe my patients when they say " i'm having pain that is a 10" ok. let's give you some pain medicine. the situation i was refering to wa...

just remember, we are there to take care of the patient first and foremost. the most important thing is that the patient is cared for to the best of our ability. yes, we should try to accomodate the family/visitors also, but there have been many ti...

krissee, i work at 2 different hospitals in indiana. both allow lpn's to push iv meds, hang antibiotics, hang all ivf, give blood, draw blood from ivad, picc line, basically the same as an rn. all nurses must go through the hospital training with ...

the thing that strikes me most about this whole topic is the fact that this girl is 17, and she is still seen by a pediatrician. that says it all right there. if you are still being seen by a pediatrician, your parents are still footing the bill fo...

oh, i'll give it, it's not the giving part i have a problem with, it's when i've given dose after dose, and i'm calling the doc for the third time to ask for another increase in dosage and the doctor reeeeeemmmsss my a**, and refuses to up the dose, ...

i guess after 3 horrible nights on the floor i can now go to bed satisfied that i am snotty, judgemental, and i have a superiority complex. who knew i was on such a power trip? i guess this isn't the place to vent after a long night. i think i'll ...

just to clarify, i did say 100mg of demerol every hour. yes. and the most disturbing part of that situation was the fact that the patient wasn't even slighty affected by such a large dose. he was still awake, cursing at the staff, threatening to le...