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  1. Next of Kin

    DemonWings posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a weird situation on my hands. My biological father is in an ICU in another state. I have met him twice in my life. The only person on that side of the family that's ever had anything to do...

  2. Next of Kin

    DemonWings replied to DemonWings's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you both. Social worker would be a good idea for my aunt, it's just the two of them. I have a call into the unit he's in, hopefully explaining the situation to them will remove me from the...

  3. What is the worst hardship/story you have ever seen/heard in your nursing career?

    DemonWings replied to succinate's topic in General Nursing

    Huntingtons disease, its totally awful. Had a patient in his 30's who found out about the disease after he had 4 children. If I remember correctly, they were in the process of testing his kids, what a...

  4. getting a job again after almost 2 years

    DemonWings posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this question asked before, but still dont know the right answer. Ive been out of work for almost 2 years. I was taken off for medical reasons, wasnt cleared to return in a timely fashion...

  5. New back-to-school worry: Unvaccinated classmates

    DemonWings replied to wtbcrna's topic in Nursing News

    Discussions like this just make me cringe! I'm all for vaccinations, but I too, have one child who has airway compromise with the flu vaccine. Makes me feel like she's a sitting duck around flu...

  6. Waking up in the OR

    DemonWings replied to Kidrn911's topic in General Nursing

    Now that is truly

  7. Waking up in the OR

    DemonWings replied to Kidrn911's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely, they were extremely rushed. Thinking about this happening during heart or trauma surgery makes me

  8. Waking up in the OR

    DemonWings replied to Kidrn911's topic in General Nursing

    I woke up as I was being stitched up during my emergency c section, I was intubated and remember gagging frantically and trying to bend forward to sit up. Luckily I don't remember any pain, they never...

  9. hospital broke contract?

    DemonWings replied to donnaalyssa's topic in General Nursing

    That's ludicrous, no way I would pay. From what I understand, these contracts are generally not pursued. I have never heard of someone being taken to court and forced to

  10. Do you have friends and family that don't understand your nursing career?

    DemonWings replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sounds as though you feel like you need to prove something. My best advise would be to ignore their behavior. What exactly are you trying to educate your boyfriend about? I would tread lightly because...

  11. And then the MD said.....

    DemonWings replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My doctor will call me at home if I've been having issues, he called me once after I went to urgent care to make sure I was fine. There are many good ones still around today. My sons pedi is the same...

  12. Thanks for taking the time...

    DemonWings replied to RN58186's topic in Nurses Rock

    A similar thing happened when my papa was transfered from a SNF to ICU. Everyone knew that he was going to die, but someone took the time to give his face a nice shave (he was a pretty hairy guy), and...

  13. Rectal use of opiates???!!!

    DemonWings replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Patient Medications

    I had a doctor tell me once that for his patients that he knew were going to use drugs, he would tell them to take the needle off the heroin (or whatever) and inject it into the rectum, this way they...

  14. Help!!! Caught btw rock and hard place--Instructor sending students home early...

    DemonWings replied to meatballgirl's topic in General Students

    If you are so intent on being annonymous, maybe you can create an email account "student2012@ gmail . com" something like that, and send a very detailed email to the dean, and to anyone else that you...

  15. The flu shot making people sick

    DemonWings replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But then we would all get MRSA right??

  16. When parents should keep their child home.

    DemonWings replied to tanna898's topic in School

    I wish my childs school would adopt a policy that allowed for a sick child to actually be able to stay home when needed. My oldest child was in kindergarten last year and the school has a policy that...

  17. The flu shot making people sick

    DemonWings replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Im not sure why she got it in the thigh, she was 3 or 4 so I assume that the deltoid would have been appropriate. I agree that the bruise is likely just from the injection and her system being so...

  18. The flu shot making people sick

    DemonWings replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Do they have an egg free version of the flu shot now? I am just curious because my oldest daughter is allergic to egg and we tried the vaccine only to have her break out in hives shortly after, and...

  19. Clinical Preps Rant

    DemonWings replied to rei-chan's topic in General Students

    We had to do the reasons behind why each test was ordered and the nursing considerations also. I spent a weekend going through each and every lab test imaginable listing by CBC, BMP, LFT ect and did a...

  20. Anyone else think HIPAA rules are getting out of hand?

    DemonWings replied to BrandonLPN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    My daughter was in the hospital a few years ago, and they told me that I would not be able to get the results of her stool culture unless I went through the proper channels that included a trip to the...

  21. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    DemonWings replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    My first error was for a patient that was on two syringes of antibiotics every 4 hours. For my entire shift I gave only one syringe per dose:/ I also crushed medication that said non crushable, I...

  22. Would you become an RN again if you had the choice?

    DemonWings replied to eminthesr's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Not in a million years, nope, never. Its really REALLY sad to me that so many of us feel this way.... If I could go back, I would not have done anything related to the health care field. I would...

  23. Waitressing as a pre-req?

    DemonWings replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Haha I feel you on that one. When I have been in the hospital I, as the patient, dont feel comfortable asking for things that I don't absolutely need. I once had a patients family ask if we had...

  24. Question about marijuana use as a nurse

    DemonWings replied to sasha_t's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Its actually really commonly prescribed here in California. I have a neighbor directly behind me who is a 20 something year old who is prescribed MJ and he is able to grow 12 plants or something like...

  25. Things I wish I could say to my doctor...

    DemonWings replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    I too, understand your frustration. I have had many doctors that have blown me off. The key is to find a good one (if you can!!) I actually have a PCP now that will personally call me to check in on...