SoCalCrafter

Mac users rejoice! (PC users can do this too!) I went into System Preferences, and Word preferences, and Pages preferences, and in autocorrected typed in the hex codes for "with" "without" and "after" also the Rx glyph and the Micro glyph, which I just added a "g" to the end of for short hand of Microgram. Hex codes are easy to do, there's a bunch of websites that tell you how to do them. I used "^c" for "with" but I made another autocorrect entry of "cwith" to achieve the same resume. An entry of "^s" and an entry of "swithout" for the "without" symbol etc. I used "*rx" as my shortcut for the Rx symbol and "*mcg" for the Micro symbol with a "g" tagged to the end of it. Heres the codes: overbar (also called Macron) : c 0304 s 0304 p 0304 Recipe (Rx) : 211E Micro symbol: 00B5

Any ideas for the Mac user? I've been searching the internet and the only thing I have found is to use Microsoft Word and then insert the "overbar" symbols using the Equation Editor, which takes way to long. Any thoughts for us Mac users?

Oh I have to hear this one... Did pt. give a reason for not washing?!?!

I am making no more replies to this thread; if I wanted to be bashed I would take up kick boxing. I have called the hospital and talked to someone. They have had "several speed related complaints" about said nurse before, (her words not mine) and assured me it would be "taken care of" (again, her words not mine)

When a person is wrong: they should admit it. I admit it was wrong to pass judgment on this nurse, that is only for God to do. But she was slow, and in my mind, slow response to a potentially serious situation is a safety issue. PLEASE, correct me if that statement is wrong.

She stopped vomiting, what else was I supposed to do? Was I supposed to track down the nurse and say "oh by the way she stopped, thanks for not showing up" If she was in serious danger, I would have screamed, banged on the glass or thrown a chair through a window, I would do ANYTHING to get some help for her. :redbeathe

Thankfully the vomiting stopped about 2 minutes after I made the call. When the nurse finally did show up my Granny couldn't help but laugh when she asked if the vomiting had stopped. "Alotta good it does now doesn't it?" I would have gone to the nurses station but unfortunately the nurses station was completely enclosed in glass, and I was yelled at the last time I knocked on the glass to get a nurses attention and have been afraid to do so ever since. (If she was obviously in serious danger [ie choking, heart attack, suddenly unconscious, etc] I would not only knock but full on pound on the glass until I got some help)

We were on a Cardiology CCU, (not a stepdown unit) thats why when she started vomiting I was ****** no one showed up, and the CNA (who was on FaceBook, sitting all but fifteen feet away from Granny's open door) didn't do anything either. (Didn't even look up from her computer screen) She was admitted for abdominal (bowel) pain with heart palpitations. (She's also labeled as a high stroke risk because of her heart, she's had several "mini-strokes" in the past because of her hear palpitations) ["mini-stroke" is the term the doctor used] I'm sure this nurse did have 5 or 6 other patients, but she's on the cardiology ccu floor... you'd think she'd put a fire behind response to things that cause your heart great strain (ie violent vomiting)... Maybe that's just me, but again, I'm not a nurse...

Her blood pressure was something absolutely ridiculously high (unfortunately I was exhausted at the time and I don't remember the exact numbers) and she takes both the meds at home on a regular basis. She was due to take them at 10:00 just like at home she took both meds at 10:00 every night. Thats why I didn't understand why she wasn't given them. They had been on her chart to be given since she was in the ER nearly 7 hours earlier. (I know the nurse has to order it from the pharmacy and that takes time and all that but still, I would think, and hope, that she would have it ready by 10 when it was due...) Am I wrong about this one? If I am I will take full resposibilty and blame but these are meds she takes on a daily basis and were all due at the same time... To me there shouldn't be a problem, but again, I'm not a nurse.

Thank you for responding so politely, trust me, its appreciated!

I'm sorry if I crossed any lines or upset anyone. I was worried, annoyed, scared for the life of my Granny, and thought I would get some advice from a place I know I could get some real-life answers instead of just the textbook answers. Since I have upset so many people maybe I should just delete this account and not come back until I have my Masters in Nursing.

Unfortunately not, I'm going to school to be a MA. And I know to "some" nurses I'm the lowest form of medical staff there is; but hey, gimme some credit, at least I've got my foot in the door to be a nurse.

I've had this problem, but not in nursing. I was a lead cashier and my store manger would walk up to the front of the store (His office with camera's was in the back of the store) and tell me I need to call for backup, and then walk away. Instead of just jumping on a register to help with the line, he left his office, told me a seven word sentence and walked away. I would then get on the 2-way-radio (this is why I mentioned that he walked up to the front, he could have just said something over the radio) and ask for help, making sure to say "[store-managers-name] was just up at the front and told me I need back up. Can anyone drop what they're doing and jump on a register?"

While my Granny was on the hospital I noticed that all if her nurses take nearly fifteen minutes to respond to any call. While sitting with her through the night she began violently vomiting. I pressed the call button, asked for her nurse and it was nearly an hour before she strolled around and asked if the vomiting had stopped. Another example: at 20:00 she said a doctor had ordered antibiotics, a pain killer, and a bp medication. She gave the pain meds, and never administered the other drugs. How do I go about getting another nurse? This is a serious danger to My granny's health, she'll die of a heartattack before the nurse gets around to giving bp meds.

Great news. A friend gave me the tuition to go to the Medical Assistant class. :) I start Sept. 14th! I'm so excited!