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    Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    UM Review RN replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

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    Do you think there will be a nursing "draft" someday?

    UM Review RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    What shortage? There is no shortage of nurses, there is only a shortage of bedside nurses refusing to work in the poor conditions that hospitals have created. The onus is on
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    Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    UM Review RN replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I got one elderly male patient all cleaned up and changed the bedding and I was about to put the gown on him when he announced, "I don't want to wear anything. I want to be naked." "Fine," I replied....
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    When family members are more work than the patient.

    UM Review RN replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    This type of family member really makes me angry. When I get angry, I get very calm and very sweet. I find myself saying, "Well, we can deal with X problem right this minute, but you do realize that...
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    Hardened emotions from nursing?

    UM Review RN replied to schmakker's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've been going the opposite way. Patients and family members and their situations affect me more than they used to because I can relate so well. I used to be unable to cry because deep down inside, I...
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    Is this all there is?

    UM Review RN replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I really can relate to your feelings, nurseby. Non-nursing friends just do not get it. A lot of us have BTDT, as Emmanual says, and the adjustment period seems to happen no matter what unit you...
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    When family members are more work than the patient.

    UM Review RN replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing you might try: When the call bell rings excessively and the patient doesn't really have an urgent need, try looking at the family member with the humblest, kindest, most sympathetic face...
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    When family members are more work than the patient.

    UM Review RN replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, sounds like my unit. No, really, some of the family members are way worse than the patients. We have to do our best to keep them happy, but it really chaps my hide that the incontinent,...
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    Please help me file a grievance letter

    UM Review RN replied to Rebel_Kitty's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good clinical instructors do not reprimand or belittle students in front of the patient. Period. Sorry you had to go through that, but put yourself in the poor patient's place for a second -- you...
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    nurse proof nursing station?

    UM Review RN replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    I don't suppose that educating the patients to the Facts of Nursing Life would help? That is, that "sitting down" is not "doing nothing." :angryfire As the nursing population ages, Admin is just going...
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    Some people will do anything for money.

    UM Review RN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I saw it too, and the FBI estimates over 4300 patients were affected. I got a glance of the list of adulterated medications and at the top of the list was Gentamycin, Rocephin, and Vanco. I'm still in...
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    Mixing Lantus

    UM Review RN replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

    Our patients will often have orders for sliding scale insulin Novolog, as well as a scheduled 70/30 mix pre-meals, and sometimes a Lantus timed for HS. So if patient needs sliding scale at HS, I have...
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    Husband with Kidney Cancer

    UM Review RN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I have no advice, just a :icon_hug: for you, Mama. You and he will be in my thoughts and
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    Why can't I train my husband?

    UM Review RN replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, my DH had to train me. I was always answering the phone and getting talked into working on my days off, to the point that I injured myself and was stuck home for a few months. Now I never...
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    Difficult Employee...What do I do?

    UM Review RN replied to michael79's topic in Nurse Management

    Does she pull her own weight while at work? She sounds like the kind of employee that I would not care to work with. Workers with injuries get a tad old after you have to continually do half their job...
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    Thoracotomy

    UM Review RN replied to ACKrissy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you mean "adventitious" breath sounds, Krissy? You may have been able to feel a funny "rice krispy" feel when you touched his ribs on that side, that is called "subcutaneous emphysema" or...
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    restructuring the hospital into the Hilton

    UM Review RN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    bottom line: the reality of good nursing care vs. the patient's perception of good nursing care diverge at the point where the patient’s comfort is
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    restructuring the hospital into the Hilton

    UM Review RN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    They're listening to the patients. Patients assume that they will get great care by the nurses, because they know absolutely nothing about keeping themselves alive, so they wig out about how long it...
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    Time mgmt for RN's doing total care with 3-5 tele pts

    UM Review RN replied to merellis2009's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I also worked a stepdown unit without aides. You know, the care was a lot better there because the nurses really pitched in and helped one another, and they really cared about the patients. I miss...
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    Need Help Research on Nursing Shortage

    UM Review RN replied to Blessone's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Actually, I think it's a good thing to have a shortage of nursing instructors. It keeps demand high for nurses. Without a high demand, our salaries, poor as they are, would really be in the
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    heparin flush and giving morphine pulse o2 86%

    UM Review RN replied to puddingpie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just a thought: Did I miss something? I never saw where the OP stated that either of the patients who were given Morphine or Roxanol were indeed end-of-life or terminal. If you give morphine to an...
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    Allow me to set the record straight,,

    UM Review RN replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    We wish you a speedy recovery, Martha. :) Respondents, please do not give medical advice in answering, as it is against the Terms of
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    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    1. That we are not their secretaries? and that they are just as able to pull up their own computer rounding list as we are? 2. That no, I CANNOT explain the risks and benefits of a surgical procedure,...
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    Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    UM Review RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is nothing if not an intense occupation. Sometimes we dream about it. I just woke up horrified to discover that I had five out of seven patients that I never got a chance to look at or assess...
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    I must be an idiot

    UM Review RN replied to sharann's topic in PACU

    Don't feel bad. I had a cute lil Down's pt. completely convince me that I was seeing grande mal seizures. The neuo doc made me sneak a peek at just the right moment and boy, was I embarrassed.Pt....