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Well I got to ge on the other side of the fence this past week. My 12 yo decided to leave just 1.0 cm of his ear attached, Fx a clavicle and a finger. How? On his bicycle!! We have dirt bikes, quads and jet skis..he did this doing jumps on his bike!!...

Thanks for all the positive thoughts. If it was one place I knew would understand about the "Nurses" kid I knew it would be here! As for the helmets, we have a plethera of them! I have shelves that are devoted to them. I worked for a long time on a v...

My co-workers tell me that even if I didn't initial my IV dsgs they would know I was the one who started the IV... I still do old school chevron..loop..straight tape and then I cover with an opsite. It drives me crazy to see an IV site with massive ...

The only time I have ever seen a pt refusal that was acceptable was: 1.) The nurse knows or is related to the pt & it would be uncomfortable for either one or both to accomodate the assignment. 2.) As previously stated, a multiple request/needy p...

Definitly fits the bill for depraved indifference. BUT...throw in the Hx of mental illness & you have a very twisted and sorrowful case. Jail is not the place for her, psych hospital yes. Perhaps she was off her meds r/t the pregnancy..or on less...

How about "I can't pee in a cup" Guess what? I can help, let me go grab a catheter Mr.Man...I'll be right back. Please note gleam in eye... Why don't you give it just 1 more try while I'm gone?? Miracles of miracles there is a speciman in that cup o...

I remember sitting at the dining room table with my boys doing my homework with them. I am a single mom with 3 boys. I went for my LPN first & then my RN. My house was always trashed. When football practice came I would sit with my books and stud...

Currently using Lidocaine patch on an elderly pt who fell & Fx a few ribs. Patch is placed 12 hours on 12 hours off, used with her reg scheduled po oxycontin she has been pain free. Before the patch she c/o break through pain quite frequently.

Unfortunately I have seen this happen to a few of my co-workers. It's sad that we are in the profession of helping others but when we as nurses have a problem..pain..addiction..etc.. we are almost forced to keep it to ourselves for fear of being labe...

Squee = Squeeze t = to a = Allan Hence Squeeta, add the 2 'cause Squeeta was already taken. This has been my online name since day 1 many years ago. Allan was my brother in law who passed away, young & in the prime of his life. He would always ...

Wow..I never knew I had so much company!! I cannot swallow a pill without totally psyching myself up for it first. I can't take more than one at a time and god forbid anyone is watching or I gag like a cat with a hairball! I don't have a physical rea...

Hudson Valley here! :balloons: Great thread often wondered the same thing myself!

Individuality...wow..now theres a thought. It is what makes people excel or fail in all areas of life. It is also what makes nursing such an inspiring field yes? Patients & Nurses alike. Lets forget about book vs common sense...what I want is a c...

The high glucose content in TPN is the reason why you cannot use blood from this line to do a glucose reading, always do a capillary stick. Your pt will not be happy about this as they of course would prefer not to be stuck. Just an FYI to skip that ...

I just left my "niche" after 5.6 years. I am an awesome confident & knowledgable vent/pulmonary nurse. Why did I leave? Because if you had thrown a peds pt at me I would have been lost. IMHO, you use it or you lose it. I think nurses who allow...

Hmmm...the only reason that a girl requests to be on the same shift as a man & rearranges her schedule around his is to be near to him. In short..are you sure she didn't just plain "like" you? Sometimes the hardest thing to see is what is right i...

I love the night shift! However everyone is right it is NOT for everyone. This is another reason why mandating stinks. Not to mention by the time you get mandated you have already been up way to long.

Great article 3rdShiftGuy! I'm going to print it out & leave it in our report room. In for a penny in for a pound! I want to reinforce to my co-workers we dxon't have to accept unprofessional behaviour. Thanks!:kiss

I have never in my nursing career been so angry!! That said I need advice. I work on an acute Ventilator unit where pain and anxiety reign supreme. After dealing with 2 pts who were in such a state that one was ripping her skin to shreds and the oth...

In answer to the narcotic counts they are fine. In fact the numbers don't change when she is on duty. She just likes to have "control". Her answer IS tylenol for everything. Please keep in mind I DID write this up. I skipped my immediate supv. for 2...

I'm bound to catch hell for skipping my immediate supv. but like i said she would just sweep it under the rug. So my butt is on the proverbial line. Thanks to everyone who has offered advice & support. Now I'm off for another night of fun & ...

3rdShiftGuy, That is exactly what i said in the write up & to the nurse who was issued that directive, there is no way she could discern what prn was going to be needed over the next 12 hours. BTW, this did happen on the ON & she also told t...

I realize this which is why it makes me so angry. Being angry & making decisions have never gone together well. My ideal would be that the facility will take care of this and not make me suffer for it. So do I take a wait & see attitude or w...

I started out years ago as a nurses aid, progressed to my LPN and am now in my final semester for my RN. Would I have changed anything? Not on your life!! My LPN clinicals were much more intense than what I recieve now in college. Keep in mind I'm...

I have a WWII nursing cape that my mother handed down to me. She got it from my grandmother & so on. The theory behind the blue cape was that the nurses used to go out onto the battlefields at night to see to the wounded & the dark blue help...