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I'm not overly religious, although i was brought up in a highly Christian household. I cared for this wonderful man who was one of God's onward Christian soldiers in the Salvation Army, post-op from L4-5 fusion. Anyway, wanted to write a note or two ...

I agree with you caliotter3, yet i too agree with the OP, that the statement "Learn to tolerate abuse" is a poorly worded and i personally find it somewhat offensive (as does the OP, by the seems of it!)- no matter what the context.

This is tooo true!! Just keep remembering that.... silly questions are easier to fix than silly mistakes....

i'm not sure if they sell it in the US but QV make a product called QV intensive lotion - it is a 50/50% soft white parifin/liquid parifin creme that is real good for the chronically dry. Also have you tried a soap alternative for your pts... a tad e...

I have a glue allergy and i recommened top lignocaine (use the gel for foley insertion) 1% or 2% whichever - for instant relief from the scratching and a Rx for phenergan which will also help the itchy factor. DO NOT USE VICKS!!! and unfortunately be...

Can they make a volume switch on those pumps and call bells for O/N?? sometimes they're so LOUD!! Make a day room for ambulant pts and their families to go and sit/do stuff (TV, DVD, Playstation etc). Sliding doors for the bathrooms - no swinging do...

i understand what it's like to feel that your skills as an rn are potentially being wasted by changing ppl in & out of day/nite clothes, pads & other such seemly small tasks. in saying this however, it is precisely these small and seemly insi...

RNsRWe, thank you for putting it so eloquently - it's the point i was attempting to make... I just hope that LookingForward can do exactly that and ask the hard questions, make the tough (and often uncomfortable) choices and move towards the appropri...

Looking forward,as ppl & as nurses,we all agree that poop smells and cleaning it up (without looking at the person behind it) can suck...but it is something that is BASIC NURSING CARE! Sure,some of us don't want to clean up spills for the rest of...

I'm just wondering what are some of the tasks specifically that "horrified" you?? What have you heard? Are these from the course coordinator or a lecturer or just your fellow classmates? Also, what kind of things did you dream of doing?? Please let u...

This may be so and many of the guys/girls that i work with in the same boat... but this has taken them many years. Many (not all - just some bad eggs) undertake sponsorship programs that hold you for a minimum term and state that you can ONLY work fo...

The first thing i can say to is WELL DONE!!! for hanging on so long in a place with so little insight. They obviously had no idea what they had! Being a mum who has been in a VERY similar position to yourself (overworked & liking the work --> ...

This attitude is not helpful!! Ignore this sad person. It's true that your attitude at the present may not the presently ideal... because your scared of the 'gross element' of cleaning up bodily wastes of a larger proportion... but let me tell you, b...

Hi there, it is a small part of the job and the more that you focus on it the more gross it can get. Rather than focus on the $hite, focus on the poor embarrassed person you needs help and that your empowering them to get on with their day. $hite com...

i have a co-worker that refers to genitalia as "girl bits" or "boy bits"- i.e "don't forget to wash your girlie bits". i have also heard of a young 20 somethings female state she had a USB port - nothing like modern technology getting in the way!!

Tell me about it! Whilst working in Neurosurg HDU we had a blackout of all our equipment and our O2 & suction stopped working all of a sudden! We called Engineering and they told us it's ok - they'll all have it fixed in 1 hour's time as most of...

It is okay that you cried. We all cry over the loss of somebody every now and then - whether we knew them or not. Death is apart of the job. I can be ome sad/happy,long/short,expected/unexpected etc. i have often gone home and cried all the way there...

i understand what your saying but, i don't think that stating that she has to just "let it go" isn't overally helpful. whilst it has worked for some of us out there in the nursing world, the orginal issue is that she couldn't just let it go, hence th...

hi, i'm going to japan for my hunnymoon next year and i want to extend the trip it if can and work. however, my friend tells me that japan does not accept foriegn nursing staff. is this true or is there some way i can work in the land of the rising ...

few! gald to hear that you all made it safe and sound. i work in a dementia facitlity that gets aggressive pts. we have emergency buttons in each room but when you have two pt's linked togeter in a brawl with weapons - they're often not in reach. we ...

i normally don't say anything about being a nurse until i'm really angry! (which doesn't happen often). i normally state that i work in the health care industry if anyone asks what i do for a crust. i find that people are more likely to give away inf...

samantha, i'm sorry to say that you will never really go a day without taking your work home with you, in saying this however, the way in which you will take it home/to heart will change. is what's keeping you up @ night: * the fact that you (as an ...

I've worked in both the hospital network and private practice (GP's and the like). I'm not too sure how it works there - but in Oz you can just mark/add what test you want and the pathologist/nurse usually does it however, even if they do cross refe...

Just remember that nursing someone is a 24/7 job. If you can't do everything but help the next person on the next shift by giving them options and help them to understand where your care for your pts is going. HAVE A PLAN OF CARE - both short term (t...