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

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 shut off your warm and compassion and I hope it n...

I hope all goes well for you.

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 sounded too cut and dry I didn't mean it to. And oth...

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 do hear it. Unfortunetly these cancer centers pla...

Oh sooo soooory, just trying to help.

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 with applying the wafer plus several pouches. The U...

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

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 remember when he took his last pain pill. I said "okay,...

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

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 able to use his arms for years.

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 discharge. To me, an ostomy wafer/bag that keeps ...

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 case.

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 effects.:yelclap:

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 may be a good option in your situation if you can...

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

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 waitress.

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" first.

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 here? ME:

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

Good for you! It sounds like you've found your niche:)

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 people than that's what you'll have to do to cope, yo...

I love it too!

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 her milkshake because it was determined by the Co...

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 personal hell following the death of her daughter...