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  1. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    motherof3sons replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Resident's family was visiting. His daughter was very obese....500lb range. She needed to use the bathroom and the CNA if she would help her wipe. CNA came to me to ask if she had to do this. I...

  2. The Boy Who Loved Justin Bieber

    motherof3sons replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    No words, but wow....what a powerful story! Thanks to "Justin" for making this little boys life so much

  3. My first dump and run

    motherof3sons replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just recently we had a resident that took a sudden turn for the worse and family decided to keep her comfortable. So next day family comes in spends a few minutes with the resident. As they were...

  4. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    motherof3sons replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Considering that I work in LTC, not surprised at some comments. But one night I finished doing LLL blood sugar and she was waiting for a CNA to get her ready for bed. So I had a few minutes and did...

  5. Advice on creepy doctors?

    motherof3sons replied to carterr's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In addition to all of the above, I would next time he touches you in a loud voice say "You have one second to take your hands off me or I will knee you in the groin, Do you understand?" and follow...

  6. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    motherof3sons replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Adding my prayers for restored health and healing for

  7. My ER Rant

    motherof3sons replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    4yo Johnny vomited once at about 3 hours ago, now running around the ER happy as a lark! Police take handcuffs off young lady and instructs her to sit among the general population of the ER,...

  8. Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    motherof3sons replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    Had a diabetic that had a BKA and the surgical wound became infected and mult complications. Gentleman wouldn't allow surgeons to a above knee amp. So we were doing daily dressing changes pulling...

  9. Where's the infection?

    motherof3sons replied to LMH2687's topic in General Nursing

    Another thought---we just had a resident have labs and her WBC was 20.7 and I first thought infection....then dug deep into her medical records and found she had

  10. To tell or not to tell!

    motherof3sons replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A nurse manager is going to want names of people that are not following protocol. Once you open that can of worms then it is difficult to get the lid on. How are you going to respond when NM says...

  11. Click here if you need a laugh

    motherof3sons replied to rollernurse365's topic in School

    What ever works for

  12. I fainted today in OR:(

    motherof3sons replied to 164centimeters's topic in General Students

    don't worry about the OR they see that more than you know. I wonder if once you start to do dressings your self if you handle it just fine. Do you have any warning you are going to faint, if so pre...

  13. Will I get in trouble with the State Board of Nursing

    motherof3sons replied to aetienn6's topic in School

    Yes, they acted a bit overboard. More helpful would have been a nice note asking you to use X product on his lips instead of the

  14. Regarding chronic tardiness

    motherof3sons replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I tease my co-worker for being late and we can laugh about it. She tries to be on time and she has even shared that she was up on time and then started puttering in the house and one thing led to...

  15. "Emergencies" in the school

    motherof3sons replied to amandarn10's topic in School

    I got a call from school one day and the secretary was like "your son had an accident" I am like is he ok, does he need emergency care? It was like pulling teeth from a cat to get correct info from...

  16. Death of a student

    motherof3sons replied to missnursejodi's topic in School

    take care of your self and give out hugs and tissues liberally to all.....it will be a rough week and will be thinking of

  17. The B word. Again!

    motherof3sons replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    I have managed to not work in one of our blizzards so far, my luck has run out and am working tomorrow. It has been brutal.....but at the same time fun. The boys have shoveled the roof off and then...

  18. Do you share the Nebulizer units (machines)?

    motherof3sons replied to ann7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Each resident has their own....when they are finished with it, it gets returned to company. Neb txs are all at the same time so that would be very inconvenient if I had to wait for A bed to finish...

  19. When Is OUR Parade?

    motherof3sons replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes to all the posts.....I worked Wednesday and I held a lady's hand and comforted her family as she was dying. I had taken care of this precious lady before her cancer had advanced and she had the...

  20. snf duties at night?

    motherof3sons replied to northmississippi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In addition to above our noc nurses do 24 hr chart checks, making sure all new orders are entered. Monthly summaries. All meds for the whole house(45pts) for 11pm-7am as there is no med tech on the...

  21. In house INR testing

    motherof3sons replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That would be nice to have....we have a daily INR for one resident right now and that means someone to draw everyday and run it to a lab---10miles

  22. Influenza Precautions

    motherof3sons replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We just recently had 2 residents pass away.....one had been skilled then fell, broke her hip and a very sudden decline....she was skilled even though she was on comfort care. Another was declining...

  23. Influenza Precautions

    motherof3sons replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our social worker makes the decisions on admissions also, taking people as skilled when we can't justify the need for skilled. Taking residents with a history of behavior issues and then saying...

  24. True anxiety and dementia??

    motherof3sons posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a resident who has been with us a month and she is having a hard time. She has severe anxiety when left on her own(was this way prior to admit). She seeks out staff, other residents,...

  25. True anxiety and dementia??

    motherof3sons replied to motherof3sons's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is what I was thinking.....I am hoping that continued conversations with our MD will result in a