RN58186

RN58186

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  1. Have you ever cried when a Pt died

    RN58186 replied to Topaz7's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yes. Many times. Losing those special ones never gets any eaasier. I will give my manager credit though. She gets the death notices first (we work in an outpatient clinic and they dump into her...

  2. Eating a new nurse for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Or is it?

    RN58186 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I started my first job, I was working with a very seasoned nurse who had at that time been working full time nights for 25 years. And the rule was "Whatever you do, don't annoy _______". It...

  3. How many much older (40+) students out there starting classes? (I'm 47)

    RN58186 replied to nursingstudent3109's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I graduated years ago, but just wanted to encourage you all..... There was a woman in my class who was 59 when we graduated. She had always wanted to be a nurse, but for one reason or another had...

  4. Nurses Week/Hospital Week

    RN58186 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of "hosptial week". In my clinic during nurses' week we get treats at our desk every day, a little gift of some sort every day (pen, lanyard for ID tags, etc) and one day during...

  5. Dear Pysch Nurses

    RN58186 replied to Crazed's topic in Psychiatric

    I have never worked psych, and know that I would not be able to do it. I don't have what it takes to be a good psych nurse. But, I am exceedingly grateful for those who do work psych and have been...

  6. Nurse as a patient...

    RN58186 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I try not to let on that I am a nurse, however my family doctor will add it to my chart when he comes to see me (even if he isn't the admitting doctor). He told me once he does that so that people...

  7. Drug testing a RN while a patient in the er

    RN58186 replied to lori4367's topic in General Nursing

    We had a nurse fired on one of the units I worked on. But we never knew it until after it happened. All we knew was a number of narcotic counts had been out and there was an investigation happening....

  8. Drug testing a RN while a patient in the er

    RN58186 replied to lori4367's topic in General Nursing

    I have been in ER several times for psych reasons (although never went from work) and have never been asked to provide a urine sample. Not once. And in more than 15 mental health admissions, no...

  9. Depressed, or just "Life?"

    RN58186 replied to JDougRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Part of the problem is that we have a common name - depression - identifying different things. There is the "I'm just in a bad mood today" depression and there is the major clinical depression that...

  10. SCALE DRAMA

    RN58186 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    All our pts get weighed at every clinic visit by the clerical staff. I will look at it just to see if they have gained considerably since last visit, but I won't comment on it. I look more to see if...

  11. Future nurses getting used to the job

    RN58186 replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Sputum. Not much else..... Trachs used to bother me until my best friend's son came home with one when he was 3 months old, got over that really quick then. My dad had COPD (died long before I was...

  12. Alberta Health Services -- Let's Empty Emergency!!!

    RN58186 replied to Fiona59's topic in International Nursing

    This all frustrates me no end, and I don't work on an inpatient unit. The inpatient unit associated with my clinic at one time had a small "Day Med" area where pts could go for monitoring post...

  13. Whoever invented the lunch and learn

    RN58186 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Same at my office. Now we are a multi-disciplinary clinic setting, and we always (lunch and learn or not) lock the doors for an hour at lunch and no one picks up the phone then either. Lunches are...

  14. have you been hired on the spot?

    RN58186 replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I was hired on the spot - 22 years ago. I stayed 12 years before moving on. Never regretted taking the

  15. Anyone have their CDN?

    RN58186 replied to mxems's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have my CNeph©, which is the Canadian Nephrology Certification. I did it because I wanted to, and I am so glad I did. It does open some doors for movement within the renal program in my

  16. Nephrology

    RN58186 replied to Anoetos's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yeah, renal failure really is multi-system failure. I had an ortho doctor one day getting consent from a pt for a BKA. Since she wasn't a renal pt (we had gotten her just because we had a bed) I...

  17. Nephrology

    RN58186 replied to Anoetos's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Not sure where you are located, but here the dialysis unit will often hire experienced nurses from the inapatient unit. I worked inpatients for 12 years before moving to Outpatient Transplant. I was...

  18. Weird little things you do as a nurse

    RN58186 replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

    We watched the movie "Jumanji" on a night shift. We'd pause it, do our rounds, then come back to the movie. And the best part was we had our manager's blessing to do

  19. Ortho nurse or transplant nurse?

    RN58186 replied to Abbachri's topic in Nursing Career

    Transplant. Nothing beats seeing someone go home well after a transplant. I would never trade what I

  20. How to explain depression/PTSD to young children

    RN58186 replied to verivici's topic in Patient Education

    What part of Canada are you in? Is there a children's hospital nearby that might have a social worker on staff? They might be able to help you figure out what to say to a

  21. Speaking foreign languages

    RN58186 replied to wanderlust99's topic in General Nursing

    A friend and I made a point one time quite well. My mpom is in LTC, and almost all of her PCA's and nurses are Filipino. They speak their own language all the time, in front of the patients, yelling...

  22. Only 5 units of insulin per injection site??

    RN58186 replied to utah23LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I just figured out that with this plan I'd have to give myself about 40 shots a day. Um, no. Never heard of this, have nursed many diabetics and being one for over 15 years...... I feel for...

  23. insignificant complaint...lol

    RN58186 replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problem being called by my first name, that is how I introduce myself to pts. And we call all our pts by their first names as well, part of the informal atmosphere of our clinic. I will...

  24. Dear Vocera

    RN58186 replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    So, what exactly is this thing you all dislike so intently? I have never heard of it.... Maybe that's a Canadian

  25. Why are we as Psych nurses seen as bottom of the barrel?

    RN58186 replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in Psychiatric

    I think psych nurses are highly under-rated. I have never worked psych, but have required numerous admissions to mental health units over the past 11 years and I am so thankful for the psych nurses I...