Blue Roses

Blue Roses

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  1. Dealing with a patient's suicide.

    Blue Roses posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    It's been a few weeks since this happened. I came in a patient's room in the morning to pass meds and found him cool and blue.. With a phone charger cord wrapped around his throat. The code team...

  2. Dealing with a patient's suicide.

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Oh god that's worse than mine.. You actually saw it happen. That's completely terrifying; the thought of watching it and not being able to do anything. Thank you for sharing.. If you ever want to pm...

  3. Dealing with a patient's suicide.

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've seen an outside counselor before; I might go back for more help. It also helps that I am blessed with a fantastic support system at home and trusted friends at

  4. Dealing with a patient's suicide.

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Jeez. You'd think that given the very nature of the EAP program would help prevent gossip like that. That is unsettling. Anyway, thank you for your kind

  5. The sloppy image of nurses today

    Blue Roses replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I find the OP's description of the ICU staff more than a bit judge

  6. Read this,..its real not a joke! copied from craigslist and i think its funny and crazy

    Blue Roses replied to harmonylove28's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lol!! I'd hate to be the poor soul who responds to that

  7. Denying Death As A Society

    Blue Roses replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Amen. I wish I could share this on Facebook. I've tried tentatively in the past to explain my views on assisted suicide but I can't find the right words and I always get shut down. Honestly my...

  8. have you ever caught norovirus from work or a patient?

    Blue Roses replied to Healthcare102's topic in General Nursing

    Last winter the unit I work on had a major noroviris crisis. We have about 40 beds and it ran through the patients like wildfire. About 50% of the bedside care staff caught it. I remember how...

  9. Death bed visions

    Blue Roses replied to legend0710's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to drop in so late in the thread. In reading the replies it seems like death-visions and out of body experiences are very, very common. Now, I haven't been a nurse for long, but I've seen and...

  10. Can't Shake Off Rude Patient

    Blue Roses replied to bboy45's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you have her again and she acts this way, try this: 1) get down on her level; sit on a chair or kneel on the floor, anything so that you're not towering over her making her feel uneasy 2) let your...

  11. How much trouble am I ? Scale: 1 to super fired

    Blue Roses replied to imalilteapott's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When she told you that you should "watch out" it sounds like a borderline threat!!! I would get as far from that place as possible and never look

  12. Media a bit too invasive of nurse's personal info following her catching Ebola?

    Blue Roses posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Am I the only one who feels very uncomfortable reading this article about the Texan nurse who caught Ebola on the job? Or is this ethically ok because of the availability of information these days?...

  13. Media a bit too invasive of nurse's personal info following her catching Ebola?

    Blue Roses replied to Blue Roses's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm glad I'm not the only one! Reading the article made me feel like I know more about this poor woman than I do about presidential candidates during election season. Too much

  14. Dizzy during circumcision

    Blue Roses replied to RavensNation's topic in General Students

    That exact same thing happened to me in nursing school. It was the most embarrassing thing that has happened to me because the doctor doing the circumcisions was my old pediatrician!! My episode was...

  15. Do you have (or are you) a bully queen of the ICU?

    Blue Roses replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love your writing style!! Lots of vivid descriptions. Truly I enjoyed reading your thread. I used to work with one of those types. In her case though she was actually a very depressed person. I...

  16. Of Nursing, Nudity and Public Perception

    Blue Roses replied to hagiospneuma's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously. If you don't like Media don't watch it. You don't have to write a whole novel about it. What consenting adults do outside of work is their business. Professionals who can keep work and...

  17. What age did you complete your BSN or ASN?

    Blue Roses replied to mee9mee9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I had just turned 20 when I got my ASN and started

  18. Fainting Nurses

    Blue Roses replied to SScott2809's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I suffered from fainting spells that turned out to be panic attacks during my first year as a nurse on the job... I'd have to say I'm pretty sure what you are experiencing is very much related to...

  19. What does your username mean?

    Blue Roses replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was in high school we were studying Tennessee Williams, who is a classic American playwright. We read The Glass Menagerie, and I came to identify with one of the characters, Laura Wingfield....

  20. Is nursing killing me :/?

    Blue Roses replied to pheonixRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh I had PVCs like crazy at my last job. I'm not even sure if they were PVCs really or what they were because they were never able to catch them in the act on EKG. My heart would just be...

  21. If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    Blue Roses replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    Not sure if this question has been addressed yet but; can a nursing student change their username in here after passing NCLEX? Another option: just don't use a reference to nursing in your username....

  22. Tribute to a Brave Man

    Blue Roses posted a topic in General Nursing

    You were my patient for only two days. My weekend; Saturday and Sunday. Cancer had not been kind to you, first taking your kidney then spreading to your brain, bone, lungs, and lymph nodes. You...

  23. Nursing Hunger Games

    Blue Roses replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    LOVE this thread!! I imagine it being a nightshift full moon midnight strikes and the quiet breaks with a code blue alarm and all the staff rushes to the room and is running the code when the patient...

  24. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    Blue Roses replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    *walks out of the bathroom*..... I need to chart

  25. Chemical restraint and lazy nurses

    Blue Roses replied to Veronica.c's topic in Patient Medications

    I have a suprisingly similar story. I was taking care of a cancer patient and I don't remember the specifics about her case. But apparently at one point she must have been having trouble sleeping,...