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  1. Where is the Respiratory Therapist?

    CompleteUnknown replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Boston, I can fix your issues with the RT. Move to Australia where there is no such thing as a respiratory therapist, and items that are needed for the patient are taken out of the cupboard as...

  2. FX of the "Giveadamn"

    CompleteUnknown replied to egglady's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sometimes I walk in the door from work and announce loudly 'Nobody better dare ask me to do anything!!!' Just trying to get in first, before all the 'what's for dinner' and 'are there any clean...

  3. Has Nursing hardened you?

    CompleteUnknown replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Esme12, if only you knew how much I agree with what you've written and how much I wish I could write as well as you do! So much for my deeply buried dream of being a writer......

  4. Has Nursing hardened you?

    CompleteUnknown replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    It really would be a shame to disregard the wisdom in GrnTea's post because you didn't like the tone.

  5. Has Nursing hardened you?

    CompleteUnknown replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Has nursing hardened me? Nope, I don't believe so. If anything, like some of the other posters said, I think in a lot of ways I'm actually softer inside now. I can see the forest for the trees, I'm...

  6. Demanding Patients

    CompleteUnknown replied to slauren's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do understand what you're saying OP, but really, you can make this a bit better. Find some yoghurt before you start so you have it there for the ones who say they can't take a pill unless it's with...

  7. So.....the infection control nurse busted me.....

    CompleteUnknown replied to mindlor's topic in General Students

    Well, much as it shocks me to admit it, I'm going to have to agree with the OP here. If I'm standing at the entryway to a room with 4 patients in it, run my eye over them, yep everyone's okay, then...

  8. Reporting Errors

    CompleteUnknown replied to Vespertinas's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Those of us who work in facilities where reporting of near-misses is considered normal and a 'good' thing to do and have never suffered any repercussions from reporting close calls probably find it...

  9. Pyxis for the uninitiated

    CompleteUnknown replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    That's funny Twinmom, a wallaroo is a cross between a kangaroo and a wallaby.... seriously! That, and the national women's rugby team. Is the little drawer a bit like a pouch or something? (I don't...

  10. Asking family not to visit for a week or two to help a dementia resident adjust?

    CompleteUnknown replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Nascar nurse, this is one of things that I just can't make up my mind about. My gut feeling is that I don't like the idea at all and really, 2 weeks seems far too long to stay away. There has been one...

  11. Health care a right or privilege

    CompleteUnknown replied to jcasablanca's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I did read about your lady with the fem-pop Subee, I remember wondering who gave consent. All universal coverage talk aside, maybe it's time for a public education campaign showing exactly what...

  12. Pyxis for the uninitiated

    CompleteUnknown replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we still get by with old fashioned cupboards and trolleys, and a safe bolted to the wall for the controlled drugs.

  13. Health care a right or privilege

    CompleteUnknown replied to jcasablanca's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    These are big questions for sure, and could be argued back and forth for a long time. But in practice, when the patient is in front of you, it comes down to clinical judgement. Is this procedure or...

  14. Pyxis for the uninitiated

    CompleteUnknown replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    Lol Lobot, and sometimes does it go on the blink and say 'plink.... thunk.... plink... thunk... plink.. thunk.. plink plink plink PLINK!' and all 25 drawers open and everyone in the immediate vicinity...

  15. Pyxis for the uninitiated

    CompleteUnknown replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    This is funny - I'd made up my own picture in my head of what this strange thing called a pyxis must look like too. After looking at the links I see I was totally wrong! For some reason I imagined see...

  16. Failing a student in clinical

    CompleteUnknown replied to Berkshire1995's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Shaking my head at this. I guess there's always been students like this, but it really does seem that the numbers increase with every year that goes

  17. Chasing after alarms. What do you do?

    CompleteUnknown replied to vc01ca's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's a horrible situation to be in, and there's probably no one correct answer that's going to be right every time, much as we'd like there to be. What I have always done is to make sure the one I am...

  18. Is this nitpicking or does the instructor dislike her?...

    CompleteUnknown replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    Yes we all make mistakes but that doesn't make this mistake (or any mistake) okay and something that doesn't have to be addressed. I've been a nurse for a long time and I still make mistakes and when...

  19. Is this nitpicking or does the instructor dislike her?...

    CompleteUnknown replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    Call me harsh I suppose but I think it's a big problem. If the student is at the point of being able to give IV medications, this type of error is worrying. If the medication is 2mg/ml and the dose is...

  20. Drug seeking residents?

    CompleteUnknown replied to Rach823RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like a horrible situation all round but I think that when it's like this, it IS all about the documentation. If he's relatively 'okay' when the doctors are there it can be quite difficult for...

  21. Health care a right or privilege

    CompleteUnknown replied to jcasablanca's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I honestly don't know what to say to that. Maybe it's just semantics but the concept of something being 'denied' is foreign to me. Things are done or not done based on need and clinical judgement, not...

  22. Health care a right or privilege

    CompleteUnknown replied to jcasablanca's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Obviously it's up to each country to decide how their own systems work but I think those of us who live and work in places where there is universal coverage find many of the arguments against it quite...

  23. Easy question - number of sexual partners is this objective or subjective?

    CompleteUnknown replied to tsm007's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would say it's objective. It's like GrnTea said, if you ask someone how many children they have, and they say 'three', well, I consider that objective data. They might be lying, maybe they really...

  24. Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    CompleteUnknown replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    An exponential increase in undesirable traits? What sort of things are you talking about VICEDRN? I REALLY hope my undesirable trait rating isn't off the charts..... :uhoh21: Anyway, what I find...

  25. Barrier Cream on a Skin Tear?

    CompleteUnknown replied to kparry's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Maybe the band-aids are more of a problem than the zinc oxide cream? I've worked in several facilities but never one where band-aids were allowed, I'm really surprised by that. They're not at all kind...