Miss Ludie

Jo Dirt are you having fun with us here. With over 3000 posts you should be pretty familiar with the various titles. Last you wrote was that you were thinking of going to NP school in Arkansas.

You have written more drama than I have ever read from one person. You need to step back and see who is ultimately resonsible for your life and that of your children. You have 4. I thought it was five from your previous extensive "posts." I have beg...

we need to realize that "health care" is no longer about the patient's well being. it is the $bottom line$ and that is all. the average patient doesn't know who gives them their pill. it's become "hi, i'm jill and here's your pill." the average pa...

Morettia2 you have had some exciting things happen. Be cautious though in revealing too much information about your location and your patient. The recall did involve one brand's leads, but a situation where there was such a sentinel event is not t...

With less than a year experience you are certainly putting yourself in an untenable position. Titrating on a stepdown on 6 patients? Taking on 2 critical care patients in addition to your own assignment. That is just not done. A one time 6 week ...

I believe sleep may be healing, but I agree with Sharrie. People in pain often lie very still with their eyes closed in order to not make the pain any worse. I only worked nights for a few years, but I did find that most patients aren't sleeping -m...

This seem odd to me. One thing I thought of is perhaps your NICU isn't actually a part of your hospital, but a division of the Children's Hospital? Maybe sharing a building but not a budget?

LindaRN again you seem to miss the point. Do you ever post other than to get on the baccalaureate bandwagon? The question is how much difference in pay...........not BSN.

Don't add a degree. Just report it as axillary.

An ideal solution would be to have a pharmacist "on call" with the extra fee charged to the NH. not to the patient. You are not a pharmacist, therefore you can not dispense meds. Your ADON is not a pharmacist therefore she cannot store/stock narco...

We've been married over 3 decades going on 4 now. Over the years we've both gotten heavier-me a gain of about 60# but he has put on nearly 100#. He is exhausted all the time, and in particular he is COLD all the time-winter, summer,spring and fall ...

I had a brady arrythmia with a 9 second "pause" at home. To ER and a heart cath the next day. I don't recall much pain except the immediate site pain for an hour or so. The next day I got a pacemaker whose site was considerably more painful but no...

Oh bless you ; first for choosing Nursing. Then for choosinc oncology-that is a hard place to start. That's where I started and I admit I could not hack it there. I was 34 had no peer family or friends that had died and didn't realize what oncolog...

I checked quackwatch. I agree there. And what does it mean when you said the TSH has been lowered? I've tried to get an appt w/ an endicrinologist but they apparantly are so busy they can choose who they see and so far we are not among the chosen.

Linda, RN Normally I am not a confrontational person. But do you ever post ANYTHING other than BSN, BSN, BSN? I sincerely believe that once would have been sufficient. ________

I am very interested in what goes on during ECT. Can anyone talk me through it? Is it painful? Is there a chance of blood vessel damage from the sedation meds? Please I am very serious. If you have viewed this please share.

I had great problems with the newest IE. I got freezing, screen jitter and unfocused screens. I removed it after just a few hours. Norton never jumped in though I have 2006 and Protection center. But I do scan every nite and use adaware to get r...

I mean would you be willing to agree to a time sheet / schedule or what you call it,. to a contract for certain days a year at a time. So you'd be employee # 34567 who will work every other w/e, and tues, th, fri...for a year at a time. I did this i...

Do you have those thin cotton blankets called bath blankets? I need 3. One I put under the patient. Roll to the left roll to the right whatever. One I put over them toes to chin. Basin water, lotion squirted into the water, bear with me here. Hand ...

I think also you have to respect the roommates privacy --What a JOKE in a semiprivate. Just say because your mama has a roommate, you need to have only a lady in the room at nite who can visit a while and then rest in the lobby. Daytime, you can say,...

Can't you just see those lady inspectors in their little black suits wearing nursemate clogs to show they approve? Or maybe pink Crocs. All I ever see is the swarm of suits every 3 years and then we hear of something ELSE we should have been doing....

No I still won't have my name out there with contact info. IF I want to give that info to someone they can either notebook it or I will write the info on the back.

Beg? You mean lay on the guilt. Are they willing to give you a day off when you call THEM at 0530? It blows my mind that HEALTHCARE for goodnes cares NOT for the HEALTH of their caregivers. I'm reading this is most in long term? I'm seeing poor l...

What do you mean when you say crawly?

Walmart usually has long sleeve t shirts either plain colors or holiday print. For about $10 your arms can be warm.