*LA*

I totally agree hey, thanks for sharing that

I totally agree hey, thanks for sharing that

thats EXACTLY how it went ! the talking, then the pauses.... I really hadnt heard of this before (but they dont talk about this stuff in the OR) Im glad to know that there are others it was just, and thats the perfect word, "surreal" you know what though, my thinking chnaged a bit after I "saw this". its strange, isnt it

I didnt realize that others had had this happen also. it was strange though, she just seemed more lucid than she had been ina week. it was just a very bizarre epxerience. ps thanks for replying, appreciate it

I graduated from a diploma program in 1990 and the amount of clinical experience was invaluable. you can always go back and get your BSN after you graduate (which is what many of my friends have done) either way, I wish you all the best ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ps > as far as I know, you only have to take the exam once? JUST NEED TO PAY FOR ANOTHER LISCENSE WHEN MOVING TO ANOTHER STATE (osrry, didnt realize that the caps btuuon was on) dyslexics of the world untie !

thank you thank you thank you soo much Ive been visiting ( my urologist is in the same buildling so I would visit the OR, when I'd go to see him) I applied and they said they be happy to have me back, will start in May.(knees knocing here...lol) it seems the same as when I left (which is good and bad) but overall, its OK. The longer I stay out, th emore nervous I get. I figure that I will go back to what I know and then take it from there. again, thhank you, its appreciated

I dont have anything to add but this stuff is FUNNY ! now anyway ,lol

I saw this once on a chart under "social history" for a new admission "patient lives with wife but works part time in a whorehouse" (the resident was learning English. he meant "warehouse")

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tap tap tap Is this mic on ? anyone out there ??? tap tap tap

Again, Im sorry of this doesnt fit. I am an RN but I work in the OR and Ive rarely seen death there. This is another personal experience but it relates to how the nurse dealt with "us", my father had alzheimers and my mother had been dead for almost a year when he was hospitalized with pneumonia. he was actually on the upswing after 5 days on IV antibiotics and then one day., he woke up, and smiled at me, and waved and went to sleep. his labs came in from the noight before and the doc looked startled when he read them (my dad had been doing great) he called us (me and my husband) out of the room, everything was suddenly failing. every system. he told us not to go anywhere........ well, long story short, this wonderful nurse came in and sat with us. Im sure she had other things to do but she sat with us. she asked my moms name,(nancy) and she quietly said to my dad (his eyes were closed and his breathing was shallow) "go on Ed, its OK to go. Nancy is waiting for you. your daughters are fine, go on, its Ok to go now" then he peacefully took a breath and died. Im not a mushy type person, but what this woman, this nurse did, really was wonderful. I cant explain why, but it was..... I know that youre looking for stories from us, as nurses experiences but this si what Ive got

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** this probably doesnt fit here, since its a personal experience, but I left it here anyway*** ( I can probably delete it if needed) Ok, well, here goes. m new here. I actually found this site when I was looking for "white nurses clogs". I googled that phrase and a journal from this site came up. ( Im going back to work soon, after being home for 4 yrs and am nervous about it, so while i was here, I posted in the OR section, if anyone has any tips, feel free to share them there on my thread. thanks) Anyway, here goes long story short, my mother was given 6 months (Ca). she was NOT religious woman, in fact, she sort of made fun of people who were devout. well, it had been 5 days since she was released from the hospital, to go home and etc..... she wasnt ale to walk so she was in bed. well, that day, she was very lucid and making perfect sense. I was waiting for a delivery (pain meds) from the pharmacy and worried that she would be in pain. she wasnt complaining. she was very clear headed. I was in the other room when she screamed for me to "get in here this minute". when I went into he room, she insisted that I "get rid of that man right now" (she was very angry. she went on to tell me that he refused to leave and she wouldnt have a strange man in her room. there was no one in there. she was sooo insistant and so clear headed that I actually thought that someone has maybe broken in, knowing we had strong pain meds in the house etc etc well, this went on and on all day long, and each time that I went into her room, she was having a definate conversation with someone?? she actually seemed to be listenning and would stop and them respond "no, Im not going anywhere, I dont know you and you dont tell me what to do anyway" I was actually getting scared because she seemd so insistent and coherant. Ok, so the end of the day, she tells my sister that "this man here is telling me that if I go with him, I wont be in pain anymore" ( she had metastatic breast ca). then she calls me in and say to me, "here take this, its a check for your borthday and I want you to have it" (my birthday was the next day). that week she had been given 6 months and I told her that she could give it to me herself tomorrow. So, went to bed. when we went in her room the next morning, she was gone. I am STILL trying to make sense of what went on that last day and I dont have an explanation. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this happenning before? I still dont know what to make of it. thanks LA ps I am not crazy, cross my heart

Im so sorry that I didnt see this thread. I just now wrote something that I think would fit. I'll see if I can cut/paste it and put it in here in this thread

sorry about all the typo's. I excel at them :)

Ok, well, here goes. m new here. I actually found this site when I was looking for "white nurses clogs". I googled that phrase and a journal from this site came up. ( Im going back to work soon, after being home for 4 yrs and am nervous about it, so while i was here, I posted in the OR section, if anyone has any tips, feel free to share them there on my thread. thanks) Anyway, here goes long story short, my mother was given 6 months (Ca). she was NOT religious woman, in fact, she sort of made fun of people who were devout. well, it had been 5 days since she was released from the hospital, to go home and etc..... she wasnt ale to walk so she was in bed. well, that day, she was very lucid and making perfect sense. I was waiting for a delivery (pain meds) from the pharmacy and worried that she would be in pain. she wasnt complaining. she was very clear headed. I was in the other room when she screamed for me to "get in here this minute". when I went into he room, she insisted that I "get rid of that man right now" (she was very angry. she went on to tell me that he refused to leave and she wouldnt have a strange man in her room. there was no one in there. she was sooo insistant and so clear headed that I actually thought that someone has maybe broken in, knowing we had strong pain meds in the house etc etc well, this went on and on all day long, and each time that I went into her room, she was having a definate conversation with someone?? she actually seemed to be listenning and would stop and them respond "no, Im not going anywhere, I dont know you and you dont tell me what to do anyway" I was actually getting scared because she seemd so insistent and coherant. Ok, so the end of the day, she tells my sister that "this man here is telling me that if I go with him, I wont be in pain anymore" ( she had metastatic breast ca). then she calls me in and say to me, "here take this, its a check for your borthday and I want you to have it" (my birthday was the next day). that week she had been given 6 months and I told her that she could give it to me herself tomorrow. So, went to bed. when we went in her room the next morning, she was gone. I am STILL trying to make sense of what went on that last day and I dont have an explanation. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this happenning before? I still dont know what to make of it. thanks LA ps I am not crazy, cross my heart

Thank you very very much Leslie. I appreciate it and Im very sorry about your mom. I think that it almost seems harder when youre the "nurse" of the family. I dont know, people just seem to expect more. both deaths were difficult, but for differant reasons. my mother and I had had a strained relationship, BUT the good thing about kowing that she was dying was that it gave some time to "remedy" our oil/water way of getting along. My dads death was difficult because it was unexpected. Also, I felt/feel guilty for being mad at them for being sick . I know thats not rational, but........ what was really hard with my dad was that when my mom died, he came to live with us, and for months afterwards, he would wake up and ask us if my moms had heard about her test results yet....... we had to retell him, almost every day, for the first time, that she had died. it was a very ugly few months. anyway, Im sorry to highjack the topic but I do apprecaite what you said, I really and truly do. ( I started a topic on the OR section, Im going back to work soon and am nervous, feel free to add anything , suggestions etc etc) thanks again, very much