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When I worked nights in our LTAC med/surg, we got 8 to 9 patients each with usually one or two RN's. A staff RN demanded safe harbor one night, stating she was unable to provide adequate care under the circumstances. She got laughed at and ridiculed ...

True story. A morbidly obese woman who had died was being transported to the morgue or funeral home via ambulance here in the city. While going over a busy overpass, the back doors somehow opened and the body fell out onto the highway. I have alw...

I became an LPN because it was faster and cheaper than going the RN route and then I let one thing or another come up and never finished getting my RN. I regret not having the extra money, but I enjoy being a nurse, I am content where I am and I kno...

Here's what happened to me this past weekend. My CNA and I had a patient whose family had complained to management, administration, etc. about the quality of care Mr. X had been getting. When I came on duty Friday, the social worker was there trying ...

My question is, if she told the husband the day before that she was going to sacrifice the baby to God, why did he leave her alone with the baby? If psychosis is present or thought to be present, and in light of previous incidents here in Texas invol...

I was very idealistic when I first got out of school and wanted to make a difference in the lives of others. After so many years, I can truthfully say that it is just another job to me but one that brings a bigger paycheck. I will probably do it unti...

This makes me wonder now about where I work. Our night supervisor was telling us about a nurse that was stopped as he was about to leave because he had a Vicodin in his pocket. He said he had forgotten it was there. When us nurses asked how manage...

Glad to hear that Mattsmom. I hadn't had opportunity to speak with my supervisor yet and was thinking about this thread yesterday. Good luck.:)

omg!! if i had been the nurse who did this, i think it would have ended my nursing career--i would have died on the spot.:uhoh21:

Team nursing sucks if the people on your team are lazy and you have to pick up the slack. I did it once 10 years ago. The RN was unit coordinator and stayed at the desk, made us aware of new orders, made rounds with the docs. Usually had 10 or 11 pat...

Interesting thread. When and if the BON addresses the situation I hope someone posts an update here. I would really like to know the outcome of the whole thing.

If you possibly can, try not to focus too much on making a mistake during clinicals because the more you focus on it, the more your anxiety is going to build and the harder you try not to make a mistake that's when it happens. Just focus on what you ...

I agree.

Unusual occurence here. Got a call from the supervisor last night warning any nurses going outside the hospital to be on the lookout for a guy who was approaching people asking for needles and drugs. Drug seeker..mmm...ya think?

I work with a supervisor who inserts PICC lines--DFW area (Arlington). Would you like me to fish around for some info? She has been a nurse around here forever, so I am assuming she picked up the PICC skills around here somewhere.

I work with a supervisor who inserts PICC lines--DFW area (Arlington). Would you like me to fish around for some info? She has been a nurse around here forever, so I am assuming she picked up the PICC skills around here somewhere.

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Eeeewww. That is a clinical nightmare. Bless your heart.

PCT's do our accu checks. The only problem I have with it is when they get a blood sugar that is very high or very low and chart "Nurse aware" or "Nurse notified" when in fact, they have neither notified me nor made me aware of it. Their response to ...

I've seen a trend over the years where patients and/or families seem to be more demanding and rude. Television programs have demystified the medical community --there are all types of programs that realistically and unrealistically portray what we do...

I never let my kids ride a cycle or ATV growing up. Too scared. A family at our church let their 4 year old ride a four wheeler and thought it was great that he could do that at such a young age. One day he rode right out of the woods and into the...

We had a retired RN, frequent flyer, diabetic, non-healing foot wounds. She received lots of pain meds but her favorite was Dilaudid. She was on Dilaudid 4mg IVP q 3 hours until her last admission. The doc changed her dose to 8mg po every six hou...

Guy walks up to the desk at the crowded clinic I worked at years ago and says he swallowed a fish bone and thinks it's stuck crossways "in my butt" because he's got pain down there. The waiting area got awful quiet when I said,"Excuse me?" and he re...

These posts remind me of the days I worked hospital med/surg. I've seen nurses who were so overwhelmed they couldn't or didn't want to take report, ER waiting until change of shift to send someone up to dump it on the next shift, floor nurses who tol...