sanctuary

sanctuary BSN, MSN, RN

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  1. Disaster/Pandemic Community Involvement and Coping

    Great poster, poster. (Could not help myself) I have discovered that if you cut it in half and expand it, it is easier to read, and matches all the other papers on the bulletin board. Lets spread this...
  2. Disaster/Pandemic preparedness

    Add a can or bottle of "OFF" to the above excellent list, just in case the event happens in the bug-time of the year. Remember that if it is the pandemic, respiratory PPE, as well as gloves and a...
  3. Disaster/Pandemic Community Involvement and Coping

    And in the absence of electricity for IV pumps, remember, gravity always
  4. Disaster/Pandemic Community Involvement and Coping

    Oh, darnnn. I was about finished with an excellent response to the above post, and had to respond to a local emergency (loud i-Pod after bedtime leading to harsh words and some threats) and returned...
  5. graveyard shift?

    Though all following posters replied by using the term night shift, or NOC shift, I'd like to remind folke that "Graveyard" and "Swing" are factory terms, and that PMs, Evenings or Afternoon shifts...
  6. Can you help me please?

    Check vitals, as there have been patients who have had cardiac attacks, (related to the wrestling match prior to, no doubt) and if elevated, check again in 15 minutes. In the USof A, we have an...
  7. Stuck by Used Insulinn Needle

    Check the patient's admit labs, and if HIV was not included, tell (don't ask) your employer to have the test done. Then go to a walk-in clinic and get yourself tested (to establish a baseline). Then...
  8. That is really too bad. Back in the days of yore, we swallowed ng tubes, took shots, sacrificed blood, etc. Instructors never let us perform on a patient until we had shown "perfect" technique. And no...
  9. Returning to work p 2yr absence full of anxiety (Long)

    What a good idea! We should all do that!!:bowingpur to you
  10. Returning to work p 2yr absence full of anxiety (Long)

    For grief's sake, what a horrible experience, but not, unfortunately, an unusual one. Watch your back, (pun not intended) and be sure to use all the mechanical lifts that are available. Remember the...
  11. I should have said something...

    Thanks, GardenDove, I needed a
  12. Doctor Visit Gone bad or Good??

    Innappropriate, irregular and unprofessional. And that's just the earring bit. Don't get me started on the prayer thingy. I do not go to church for a Rx, nor a MD for a prayer. Bit of a boundry...
  13. I should have said something...

    Yes, your instinct is correct, and your insecurity as a newbie got in the way. Well, it never gets easier. I've been called on the carpet, called names by my peers, and "reduced in rank" for...
  14. I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

    :smackingf Oh, sweet Mother Murphy! HIPAA is in place because drs and clinics were selling their patients' personal info to other specialists and drug companies for a profit and a kick back if the...
  15. Pet peeve: Co-workers who complain about a person behind their back, to every body they know, while doing nothing constructive to address the problem. Alternative behavior: TALK to them. Directly...
  16. The Other
  17. A Good Psych Nursing Book

    My favorite is Psychiatric Nursing, by Boyd and Nihart (both named Mary Ann!) Good practical application of clinical information.
  18. Calling experinced HH nurses with sense of humor...HELP!!!

    That that smell is not a cat-box. That it does not take much training to be a HH
  19. The Nobel Prize in Nursing

    :confused: What do people think our practice in the trenches is based on??? Every time we add information to the way we do a skill (ETOH based hand cleaner to hand washing techniques, for example)...
  20. About a hundred years ago, when I was just starting, I worked with a woman who was curt, and sharp to the patients. Not hostile, just impatient. One of the patient interactions that I had was very...
  21. NCLEX in CA

    :welcome: :smiley_aa :smiley_aa :smiley_aa :yelclap: :yelclap: :groupwelcome: :w00t: :caduceus: :balloons:
  22. Enraged (venting)

    Can't help but to add my on this thread, because I have long been an advocate for laws that insure that a nurse who is assaulted at work will have the support and assistance of the institution in...
  23. The Nobel Prize in Nursing

    Trencher, here. Happily so. And my work has been dragged forward by the work of those who preceded me. Many of the ivory towered of psych nursing were also trench nurses, and saw the need to move our...
  24. What? I can't put my mom in a nursing home!

    What a sad situation for everybody. What does your mom think? There are agencies that provide in-home care, as many insurance companies understand that it is cheaper to give her day help than 24 hr...
  25. Yeuch, yow, ptui! OK! No sternal rubs, thumps or battering for me, but what does one do? What is OK, accurate, and will do little short or long term damage? All I know now is what not to do...although...