Pinkmegan

For some people their pet is the only thing that makes their life worthwhile. To take it away, often after they have had it for many year, would be cruel & unacceptable! We look after a cat, a dog, a cockatiel and 2 rabbits!! There are always vol...

Love it!! Interesting to read that you can have shared rooms in LTC. These a very much frowned upon in the UK.

CNA to patient "Do you want to see the Chiropodist?" Pt was an above knee amputee, both legs!!

Hi. I am struggling with the problems that you reported right now. If it's not to much to ask, can you tell me how to go about getting help?

Oh at last!! Someone with common sense and who thinks like me!! Crush the tabs separately?? Give each med by gastrostomy tube separately and flush with water between each! Where are they all going to end up?? If anyone can give the rational for this ...

Defo neurological system! I never bothered much with anatomy, after all, we are not diagnosing! Apparently, don't quote me & I've no refs. to hand, the neuro. system is still not totally understood!

Oh my, one of the best posts I have ever read. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. xx

What is 'per diem'!!?????

PRN staff can't be an option surely if they don't know the area??!!

4 of us share the on-call. The 2 senior nurses & 2 of the staff nurses. We are rostered for on call on the days that we work so this does not impinge on our days off. On-call, basically, is for someone to call for advice. On the odd occasion that...

Can I just ask how old he was?

What is the hourly rate for RNs in the USA??

Nothing, again!!!

A beautiful, moving story, so well told. When our daughter died my husband was so numb with grief that he could not even shed a tear. In my own grief I felt his pain as he is an emotional person who can cry at sad TV shows, films etc. Others might ha...

What a load of rubbish!!!! I am almost a professional mourner after working as a nurse since 1989. We don't attend random funerals but, if I have built up a relationship with a patient, and their family, I would feel extremely guilty if I did not att...

OMG!!! My usual day!! So glad to hear from other nurses of my own age!!! We still manage to do a really good job between changing continence pads (our own!!) don't we????

My point exactly!!!!

Over the last 20 years plus I have attended every funeral of a patient that I have been able to. So have my colleagues. Go with your own instincts.

I'm now entering my 26th year in nursing & it has not hardened me at all, in fact I get even more emotionally involved with patients than ever! My eyes were opened when I did my training as I 'presumed' that all nurses would be lovely kind people...

It's always been this way unfortunately! When I trained, '86-89' students worked on the wards as members of staff before the degree route took over &, as so many people feel, the standard of nursing declined. The RNs treated us like slaves, at b...

Scrub shopping?? Do you have to buy your own??

Thank you so much for sharing this. I am crying as I type. I came into nursing partly due to personal loss, bereavement, and, unfortunately, experiences of very bad care given to me & to my terminally ill baby. When I get my head together I will...

As a cancer patient many years ago I am so grateful for the treatment I was given, but, at the time, I did not realise that I had been damaged. At the age of 32 I had a Pap smear & was told that I 'had a problem'. I went to hospital for further t...

I agree. My problem is not around giving info. its around getting it! I work in a private Neuro facility. Sometimes our patients have to go to Hospital. We don't like it but we have to deal with it. The problem then is we can't get any information fr...

But we have 18 patients remember! xx