FutureNrse

FutureNrse

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  1. Ideas to avoid being wrongly labled

    FutureNrse replied to angelbear's topic in Pain Management

    I think it's a great idea. If nothing else maybe it will put a stop to nurses giving patients that look, you know the look, the one that says "you're nothing but a drug-seeker and I'm going to make it...

  2. How do you all like the pain scale???

    FutureNrse replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Can you name them

  3. How do you all like the pain scale???

    FutureNrse replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I am just angry because it always falls back on the nurse's shoulders. Housekeeping can't clean up puke off the floor- nursing has to wipe up the chunks so they can mop. Pharmacy isn't in...

  4. How do you all like the pain scale???

    FutureNrse replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    That seems like a good way to do it. Maybe some nurses take the pain scale too far because I recently heard a nurse tell a patient who was just out of it he was in so much pain " I can't help you...

  5. How do you all like the pain scale???

    FutureNrse replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    That was wonderfully written and makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, a lot of doctors don't seem to agree or they wouldn't routinely undermedicate those with chronic pain. Like the doctor who knows...

  6. How do you all like the pain scale???

    FutureNrse replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    And such an unnecessary experience! It's awful that you suffered just because he preferred prescribing Vicodin. Medications do not work the same on everyone, that's why we have so many different...

  7. How do you all like the pain scale???

    FutureNrse replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you made this post. I have so many things to say in response that I hardly know where to start. Okay...I have used that example when trying to make a doctor or nurse understand my pain. I...

  8. What not to say / do while you are in the ER...

    FutureNrse replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I have only begun to vent...I know pain patients are frustrating, and I know the drug-seekers are a pain, but sometimes it seems like both groups are lumped together. The previous post mentioned a...

  9. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Please keep venting! Vent for the chronic pain patients like myself so maybe someone else will be saved from suffering level 8 pain for 4 damned years before anything is done about it. Vent for the...

  10. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well said! :) :)

  11. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There's venting and there's judging. You are clearly venting. Some here are judging, complaing, and allowing this subject to alter how they treat and perceive pain. That's when it becomes a

  12. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  13. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You don't. Trust me. I am a smoker myself and the one and only time I got adequate pain management in the ED, I certainly didn't worry about having a cigarette. There's a time and a place for...

  14. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I just HAD to respond to this one. As a chronic pain patient, with an average pain level of about 8, I have to say that any patient who can sleep, eat, or laugh probably is faking to some degree. I...

  15. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i have to say that although i've been to the er many times due to my chronic pain, i have never requested a meal. one time, i did request to be admitted and knocked out. seriously, i was in so much...

  16. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That was beautifully stated. You seem to be a very caring person

  17. Overuse of opiates?? Opinions?

    FutureNrse replied to NiteShiftNut's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'd like to start by admitting that I am not a nurse. I am intensely interested in all things medical, probably because I am a chronic pain patient. I used to be a social worker, before chronic pain...