ledzepfan

ledzepfan

Member

  • Content

    48

  • Visitors

    2,933

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by ledzepfan

  1. Nurse Interfering with Medical Care, AGAIN!

    ledzepfan replied to JacksonCare's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's not welcome by me either. Do go away.......for

  2. Leaving Work at Work

    ledzepfan replied to yuzzamatuzz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    After 32 years in nursing, I think I've learned pretty well how to leave work at work, but I admit that now and again I have that patient that I can't get off my mind on my days off. You don't have to...

  3. This radio ad ENRAGED me

    ledzepfan replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I hope all goes well for

  4. This radio ad ENRAGED me

    ledzepfan replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I understand your viewpoint, I really do. I'm not advocating that we burn down all these cancer centers and shoot everyone who is diagnosed with ca because they're going to die anyway. If my reply...

  5. This radio ad ENRAGED me

    ledzepfan replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    On a recent thread about healthcare trends and the customer service mentality, someone wisely stated that patients claim to want to hear the truth from their doctors but they can't handle it when they...

  6. What are some good sites where I can get information on colostomy care?

    ledzepfan replied to onlyj's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Oh sooo soooory, just trying to

  7. What are some good sites where I can get information on colostomy care?

    ledzepfan replied to onlyj's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Good for you! I think it's great to see someone interested in ostomy care. Who provides the ostomy supplies at your hospital? We use Convatec and the rep. gave us a plastic stoma to use for practise...

  8. I'm an Idiot....

    ledzepfan replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    You're not an idiot. I let it happen also......once. Lesson learned and it never happened

  9. The happy policy

    ledzepfan replied to Tepidorchid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll never forget a patient years ago that accused me of being flippant when I answered his call light. He said he was in a lot of pain ( this was way before pain scales were used ) and couldn't...

  10. Is it weird that I love wound care?

    ledzepfan replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in General Nursing

    You are perfectly normal. I am probably the only nurse in my hospital that gets excited when they get a patient with a new

  11. Patients dying

    ledzepfan replied to nesje30's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I didn't witness this, but shortly before my grandfather died my mother said he raised both arms in the air as if reaching for someone. She was so shocked because he'd had a stroke and hadn't been...

  12. What are your favorite types of patients??

    ledzepfan replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I honestly enjoy working with new ostomy patients. It is so satisfying to see a patient that couldn't stand to look at the stoma right after surgery participate in their ostomy care with confidence at...

  13. Workplace Behaviors We All Know and Love

    ledzepfan replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I had never heard of Genene Ann Jones, so I googled her name....... unbelievable........just unbelievable....I actually had a knot in my stomach when reading about her

  14. amazing natural remedies

    ledzepfan replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I recently had to stop using prescription allergy meds due to side effects and starting using a Neti pot for nasal irrigation instead. Wow!.....works almost as well as the drugs...without the side...

  15. Day vs Night

    ledzepfan replied to mejajo08's topic in General Nursing

    I started working nights(7p-7a) 3 years ago after working the day shift got too stressful. It took me several weeks to acclimate to a night schedule but everyone is different of course. Working nights...

  16. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    ledzepfan replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    Oh go on.......tell us what your solution

  17. Diapers. Ice. Excuses.

    ledzepfan replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    Unfortuntly,the public is being told to EXPECT this kind of "service" when they go to the hospital, and some people will always think of a nurse as little more than a

  18. second thoughts

    ledzepfan replied to violin9's topic in General Nursing

    If you've been fired from numerous jobs in the past, I really doubt you'll have much success in nursing either. I think you need to address your anxiety and "racing thoughts"

  19. Just for fun.... re: call bells...

    ledzepfan replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I walk into a pts room to answer the call bell. I am dressed in a scrub uniform, I am wearing my hospitals ID badge, I have a stethoscope around my neck. ME: Can I help you? PT/FAMILY: Do you work...

  20. I've been waiting for....

    ledzepfan replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    Oh you bad,bad nurses, where is your compassion? That's what I love about allnurses, a safe place to

  21. First week in ED

    ledzepfan replied to ktsummar's topic in Emergency

    Good for you! It sounds like you've found your

  22. Sometimes... do you hate your pts?

    ledzepfan replied to FRESH_90's topic in General Nursing

    While I wouldn't say I hate some of my pts, I understand your frustration completely. I hate the behavior and it's much more tolerated in society. If you need to be more dry and clinical with some...

  23. The dreaded pregnancy test

    ledzepfan replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    I love it

  24. So Sick of Pushy Patients and Verbal Abuse

    ledzepfan replied to applesRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The pt's admitting doc was a surgeon. She was NPO because not all the test results were available to the doc to determine cause of abd. pain and he didn't know if he needed to do surgery. The pt. got...

  25. So Sick of Pushy Patients and Verbal Abuse

    ledzepfan replied to applesRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To anyone who doesn't know what a Condition H is in a hospital, google the name Josie King or Condition H. I don't know Josie King's mother personally, but I doubt she petioned, from the depths of her...