KathyDay

These discussions astound me honestly. I couldn't wait to put a picture of myself (not in vanity, but in pride!) on FB getting my vaccination. I wanted to encourage others who may be hesitant to get vaccinated. I got quite sick after my second sho...

During an active pandemic, any patient or family member should have the information they need to keep their loved one or themselves safe. I would absolutely ask my nurse if she is vaccinated, and ask for a vaccinated nurse. The pandemic COVID is an...

I am a retired RN and a volunteer Patient Safety Advocate. As nurses it is our/your responsibility to do whatever is necessary to keep your patients safe, and ourselves at the same time. If a patients family member asks you a question about being v...

I have been retired for 20 years (retired from clinical nursing at 50yoa) and I am 70 years old. I called my local medical center and asked if they had remote work for retired nurses. They loved the idea and I recruited 5 other retired nurses. We w...

I am a retired RN, who graduated nursing school in 1970. Most working nurses now would consider me a dinosaur, and in most cases they would be absolutely correct. But, some things have not changed. The 5 rights of medications is still the rule of...

I have a very sensitive question. I have recently learned of a patient, who is bipolar and who was having a crisis, went to the ER. There, every patient has to go through a metal detector, and security checks bags. The smaller ER across town does...

I am looking for information on the rights of psych patients in the ER. Are psych patients routinely strip searched and all jewelry removed on admission to the ER? If so, why, particularly if there is a metal screener at the door. If this is done,...

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I agree. When I spoke to the man who is engaged to this woman, he felt the same way, but she was so traumatized by the assault that she was afraid. She refused to make a formal complaint to the police because she perceived them as in cahoots with h...

That was my sense of things too. The person who shared this story with me was extremely angry about what happened to his fiance, but he showed me the photos of the lacerations that were caused. This woman had not been declared incompetent, or a dang...

License or not, these young women are not NURSES. The trust that is given to us as professionals is hard earned and largely well deserved. It is disgusting that these two unprofessional disgusting young women are allowed anywhere near those babies....

I wrote this last fall. Here is my blog about a Healthcare Calling and Subsequent Beatings. McCleary MRSA Prevention >> Health Care calling and the subsequent beatings

If a patient refuses to remove jewelry, what is the next step. Is it OK for male security to brutally remove it? Or does a professional nurse come and explain the reason and help to remove it gently? Or if a professional nurse makes a further asse...

I guess a futher question would be, why would male security guards only remove nipple and belly button piercings from a woman and not other piercings. This seems like sexual assault to me.

Symbol of subservience to doctors?? Really? Where the heck did that come from? I went to nursing school...yes, a 3 year TRAINING program, that put out some of the best prepared and ready to perform nurses around. The cap was a symbol of accomplishm...

I was always overweight or FAT, whatever anyone chooses to call it. But, I worked my fat ass off every shift, I never sat around and let others do my work for me, I kept up on latest nursing education and needed certifications, and I still do. At 6...

I agree that this is a decision that each person should make for themselves. However, I have never met anyone who says they want to be kept alive with a vent, meds, tube feedings, and other interventions, when there is no hope for regaining any qual...

In defense of "visitors" who I prefer to call care partners, they often do not understand acronyms. NPO except Ice needs to be interpreted for them saying DO NOT GIVE HIM/HER anything except ICE! Also, post written instructions on the PCA medicatio...

Hmmm, not much room in that list for compassion??? I believe that ER nurses are among the most compassionate nurses I have ever known....well at least some of them were. Some were more into the list above than about compassion. They were quick and...

There is a subtle threat in that patient's comment, but in a way he/she is correct. However, I believe that nurses can make patients happy by making sure they are very well taken care of and that they have a great outcome, meaning no preventable he...

Partner with your nurses up front. Don't worry about being "good", concern yourself with doing what you can to help yourself to heal quickly. Confide in your nurses about any private issues that may affect your care or wellbeing, because they canno...

Years ago when I was taking a kid and his Dad to an exam room in the ER, the father got all pasty and faint and before I could break his fall, he landed right on his face. He passed out cold. I yelled for help. The ER doc and other nurses came and...

NPO x Ice means nothing to most visitors/family members. How about Don't feed the patient, only give ice chips.

I'm 65 years old and I have stopped at many MVAs in my lifetime. I always stop, even if police are there. If firemen and or EMS are there, I drive past. Sometimes Police are not trained as EMTs. but most carry kits for emergencies. One time, an o...

How about Carpin Tunnel syndrome?