Another patient had dry gangrene on his fingers that were falling off. I walked into his room and he was chewing off his fingers and eating them. He had blood ann pieces of black skin on his face. We...
My patient had a small bowel obstruction and hadn’t eaten for several days. He was advanced to a clear liquid diet but ordered a pizza and ate the whole thing. He projectiled vomited three times. It...
1. You must learn to think fast and be flexible. 2. Things usually go wrong close to the end of shift. 3. You are able to hold your pee for long periods. 4. You have to have a sense of humor.. 5. You...
An alert and oriented patient who has pulled off his condom catheter for the third time and expects me to replace it again. (I sent in the male CNA in to replace it, and miraculously, it didn't come...