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  1. Rejected after 8 years of working for the company

    Poochiewoochie replied to oliviabel's topic in General Nursing

    My Mom is in a SNF and most of the employees that were there in 2009 when she was admitted are no longer there. Nurses, CNAs, dietary director, admissions, activity director and administrator. There's...

  2. What would you say to this shocking patient statement?

    Poochiewoochie replied to aboucherrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Funny, but the patient that was described is the type of patient I see a lot of negative comments made about here and on various medical blogs. Not condoning what she did but there is an old...

  3. how to ask patient for pain scale score correctly?

    Poochiewoochie replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

    It's not your pain you are documenting-it's the patients. So what a 10 means to you is

  4. Narcotics administration

    Poochiewoochie replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm glad that some of the comments helped you. I also think it's important for nurses who do struggle with this issue to hear from people who are or have been chronic pain sufferers and what they go...

  5. Narcotics administration

    Poochiewoochie replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    That's what happened when I had my ACDF this year. The medication wasn't strong enough so one time I asked for it an hour early. The nurse said no, it wasn't time so I had to wait. I understand that...

  6. What do OR nurses do anyway?

    Poochiewoochie replied to greyL's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you for being the advocate for us patients while we are under and can't speak for ourselves. I've had 5 surgeries in the past 2 years and I never did get a chance to thank the nurses in the OR...

  7. Narcotics administration

    Poochiewoochie replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    That's the problem-everyone is a drug seeker to some nurses and other medical professionals. Someone said on another thread about pain medication that no one dies from pain. That is wrong. People in...

  8. Narcotics administration

    Poochiewoochie replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    Thank you so much for stating this. As someone who WAS treated like a drug seeker in the ER last year when I went there for excruciating pain from 2 herniated disks in my neck I applaud you for taking...

  9. Advice on becoming a CNA/PCA?

    Poochiewoochie replied to sciencegal's topic in General Nursing

    Places don't hire CNA's right out of school. At least that's how it is where I live. They want at least one year of experience. LTC included. As for the hospitals they want one year of LTC experience...

  10. Night Shift For Newbies

    Poochiewoochie replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Loved my nurses when I was in the hospital but I wish they would have not been so noisy at night when the patients were trying to sleep. Yes, the hospital is not the Hilton but you'd think the nurses...

  11. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Poochiewoochie replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    My Grandparents lived outside of Pinckneyville. My cousins RuthAnne (age 11) and Frankie (age unknown at the time) were brother and sister who spent most of their childhood at our Grandparents...

  12. Our jobs as nurses is to protect/help/serve the doctors.

    Poochiewoochie replied to thesundowner's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Aren't people in the medical field supposed to treat patients without prejudice? Oh, and it is also common practice for a nurse to lecture patients about not having insurance? I no longer have...

  13. Our jobs as nurses is to protect/help/serve the doctors.

    Poochiewoochie replied to thesundowner's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I had major cervical spine surgery it wasn't a nurse that healed me. It was a very caring Neurosurgeon who performed the surgery that made me feel better. As for the nurses that I encountered...

  14. Treating pain in ER

    Poochiewoochie replied to Butterfly0328's topic in Emergency

    I too have spinal stenosis plus foraminal stenosis, Both are in my cervical spinal column. One section is 5 mm and the other is 6.6 mm. I also have been to the ER and it was an ER doctor who told me...