Positive Attitude

Large gin and tonic does it for me. Hic.

I can see nothing gets past you.

Do you make a clunking sound when yoj sit down?

Great, and if we ever stop being affected by some of the things we deal with, it's time for a career change! Mmmm, is your husband cute?

I haven't read the whole thread: too much of it!! Most of my 26 years in nursing have involved palliative care in one form or another, and currently I work as a community based Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care. I must have seen thousands of people...

It does sound like it could be a paradoxical reaction to a sedating agent (sorry, not familiar with your drug names), so the more you give the worst the patient becomes!! Could it be a psychotic episode? Have you asked for a psych opinion? The only s...

A million times, especially since I've been out of uniform! Sometimes it's helpful if a patient is disoriented: they sometimes take more notice of a "doctor" than a nurse!!

Me neither. And I am BUTCH!!

Erm, handling body fluids is a potential risk to the health worker rather than the patient, surely? There are a small number of specific procedures that health workers with certain infections (including HIV) should probably not carry out. Suturing, f...