OjoRn

The latest trendy fashion is the fleece zip-up jackets tied around the waist or worn over a thin tight top with scrub pants. I am not sure how I feel about it, to each his own until administration decides. However, I would end up taking out half a bedside table if I tied my jacket around my hips and I am not wide by any means......just clumsy. :chuckle

Does anyone know if a transplant recipient should get a flu shot? Thanks in advance Ojo

I forgot to add, I am asking about an RN clincial supervisor position in an agency, not a hospital, again thanks in advance if anyone has done the job or knows anything about it. Ojo

Thank you (and everyone) for your response. I know you understand the dynamics and nuances of a child with CP. They are pretty neat kids. Again, it would have been perfect to have people like you there to care for my sister's child. Bless you and your son. Ojo

Thanks to everyone who answered, I appreciate it! Sorry it took me so long to respond. It is uncomfortable fo some people, I have witnessed this ad nauseum, but a nursing assessment is a nursing assessment. If we just catered to the "norm" in patients we would be in big trouble, then again, what is norm when a patient comes in anyway? Thank you for your caring response. I wish all of you were the nurses that hospitalization! Ojo

I am curious as to what the job description is for the RN clinical supervisor in an agency, salary, duties, benefits (usually) etc..I would appreciate any feedback, do they fill-in or do homecare as well? thanks in advance! Ojo

Just a question, when you admit a child with Cerebral Palsy do you find out what their ADL's are (or maximum abilities etc) immediately? Have you ever had an experience (not just you, perhaps someone else) where the child is "ignored" because of the CP? I am only asking because of an experience my sister went through with her child recently. No one asked for a history (except meds of course) and though the parents tried to explain the history and what they would need (diapers, moisture barrier etc) they nurses totally ignored them. Each assessent (I was present for most) was a quick peek under the covers and then asked the parents if they needed a meal ticket. Only one doctor actually interacted with the child by playing with the stuffed animals and holding a hand etc. My biggest question is this, what can I tell my sister to do so that the next time there is a good communication and bond between the nurse and patient/family, what could she do to make it easier for her, her child and for the nurses (mind you I think of the nurses though I am very upset by the the total indifferene of 99 percent of the staff. One nurse was very good with the child and I told my sister to make sure she is mentioned in the satisfaction survey, in fact, she was excellent and made up for the bad feelings all around to an extent. Please help, I know you are the experts in pediatrics and could possibly help out if this happens again. Sorry to ramble, just upset at the moment. PS, just so you know, the parents handled things the best they could, she is a nurse too. The other thing I forgot to mention is the child is a very very sweet child, very affable. With pain it was a bit tough but nothing unusual with CP or not, pain is pain.......Do parents of special needs children drive nurses crazy? Are they usually a pain in the ......? My sister got what she needed eventually but you know how hard it is when you are emotional and angry already........ Thank you so much in advance...... OjoRn.

All I know is this: When I got pulled to tele or m/s I realized that they were experts in many areas and I was dumb as a box of rocks. I have had patients say "you are an ICU nurse?" I wanted to say, "oh yes and I am failing miserably without all my STUFF to tell me what is going on, use a bp cuff? WHAT?" They had better relations with some departments (eg: lab, pharmacy, xray etc) than we did. I gave the nurses kudos to their managers and to anyone who would listen. To have more than two/three patients is like juggling jello balls blindfolded. I had no clue. One time I went to oncology years ago and found arrythmias everywhere, an oncologist took my steth off of my neck and said "chill out." When anyone floated to my unit I always showed them around, made them feel comfortable and thanked God we had another nurse to help us out. And I liked having someone new to chat with (always a plus!) OjoRn

I hope I can help here. I had a transplant, kidney years back, I have also worked in an ICU in the past dealing with organ donation (post transplant as well, and I never mentioned my transplant to my families as it is their time for decision making that is heart wrenching as we all have seen time and time again). I never actually prayed for a kidney. I lost the plot once as you will read below. I just knew it would happen. I knew someone would "die" to possibly give me a longer life.That was/is big business inside my thoughts pre/post and futuristically. I do know that people pray, talk about and desire a kidney, people prayed for me to get one as soon as possible (which freaked me out, however, being a person of faith I understood how they meant that.....it was for me to be free of dialysis as I had more complications than the Titanic and a very sick child to deal with.) Even before the transplant happened I sobbed to my H "I can't take another moment of this, I just want to be free." Of course, I felt horrendous guilt (something that NEVER leaves most recipients) especially a month later when I was called upstate to prep me for the surgery. Being on dialysis is a hell that only those who were on it can speak of. I do know that some do quite well and I did my best to live my life the best I could but it was a certain hell for me. So as you can see, my outburst was primal, not a death wish for anyone honest..........I hope people can believe that. This isn't black and white. There are so many shades of grey with this issue that even I struggled with many things while working in ICU and to this day, personally. It's unfair that aggressive people stalk a family, I have been fortunate to work with professionals, one of whom completely broke down in front of me and said "I do this for folks like you." That floored me, was I to thank her? Was I to be grateful? Again, shades of grey. I was grateful that someone would be so caring with a family in the most awful of circumstances and yet, think of the donors waiting on the other side. It was quite a conundrum. I saw the family crying with her, saying no to donation, seeing the child of the patient screaming and watching one member of the family saying "please do it" to the spouse. I am not sure I will ever get over that post transplantation. I am not sure my guilt will ever leave me while I carry someone's child's organs in me for the rest of my life, God willing (and my body's willing). I can only thank them (I did and wish I could a million times a day) and only hope that they had a very supportive team guiding them through the decision making process a few years ago. I pray that no one faces this with their own loved ones but I do know that I hope if they do that their loved one had a clear idea of what they wanted and discussed it concisely with their families. I know things change when that loved one is in the bed and the family is filled with grief however, the families that said to us in the unit "we knew exactly what she/he wanted as far as the organs go" were the very families you heard from later that were doing well, regardless of a yes or a no. Education is vital before something bad happens. Thanks for listening, I respect everyone's view here. OjoRN.

Sorry! I usually search things but I just reactivated myself on here after a leave and was pretty excited to share the news! OjoRn

Sandy, It's just what the "nurse ordered." I love it and can't keep my nose out ot it though I am only 1/3 through it which is mainly her introduction (great "epiphany" story where she "nurses" a friend from same day surgery to home) and the history of the dynamics between nurses and docs (I hate to say it but I was pretty surprised reading some of the female docs take on us). Gordon does an impeccable job with detail and elaborating both sides of the coin. I highly recommend it to everyone from nursing/medical students to retired nurses and everyone in between I do believe it could be a prequisite read for anyone going into the medical field. Enjoy and I hope we can all continue a discussion in this thread and learn from it for our future. Thanks for the responses. OjoRN

Hello! I just purchased this book after reading the review in the NYTimes. I have read 80 pages so I won't give my opinion yet but wanted to know if anyone else read this, are reading the book or have read any of her other books? Thanks, OjoRn "Nursing Against All Odds" Suzanne Gordon

Matesupover is a great site, you may find some help there. Ojo.

Bear in the Big Blue House has an orange bear named "Ojo" My daughter loves Ojo, and dreams about "Ojo Island!" Ojo

Bear in the Big Blue House has an orange bear named "Ojo" My daughter loves Ojo, and dreams about "Ojo Island!" Ojo