Warpster

Warpster

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  1. Beer on a patient's dinner tray?

    Warpster replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Ask yourself why that patient is in the hospital. If that patient has not requested detox and if that patient is in to have a health problem addressed, then you're duty bound to keep that patient...

  2. "fan out and go" + alchohol

    Warpster replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    You could always say you are unwell, technically true. You're right about not pleading alcohol. Managers expect us to be bucking for sainthood 24 hours a day, just in case they need us at their...

  3. At dinner out, I am chastised for drinking before work by manager -- help?

    Warpster replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps your manager could use a gentle reminder of how alcohol is metabolized. One unit of alcohol, meaing 4 oz. of wine, 8 oz. of beer or a jigger of whiskey, is fully metabolized in one hour. I'm...

  4. A prime lawsuit

    Warpster replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    My own story went the other way. I went in with a hot abdomen and told them I suspected it was a flare up of appendicitis I'd had before. They drew blood. Then they came in and told me they were...

  5. Anything seem hinky about this to y'all?

    Warpster replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Offhand, I suspect they were just checking for other problems associated with protracted N&V like obstruction. They were feeling around to make sure everything was the right size and in the right...

  6. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    Warpster replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    Another nurse walks by the room and ask, "Who's the

  7. Where should the BUBBLE Be

    Warpster replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I know I'm a little late to this, but using physics and critical thinking skills, the answer should be obvious. Unless you want to assume a very uncomfortable and embarrassing position and want the...

  8. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    Warpster replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    At the very least, write this incident up and get a paper trail on this old sweetheart started. Chances are you aren't the first and won't be the last. You do have the right to charge her with...

  9. Having the "Right to Fall"

    Warpster replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nurses have been put into an impossible position about this stuff for far too long. If we please the bureaucrats and ivory tower dreamers, we risk not only the patient's well being but our own...

  10. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    Warpster replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know that in her "It takes a village" speech that she referenced having nurses caring for sick chilren when mothers couldn't call in sick for work, but the cite is a very obscure one and certainly...

  11. My sister is on life support

    Warpster replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    It is very different when it's your family. The hardest thing I ever had to do in my life was stand by while my parents died, following their wishes that no heroics be attempted. They were the only...

  12. Indian Culture and Health Care Go Hand In Hand

    Warpster replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    My attitude about cultural healing ceremonies of all types was that I didn't need to believe in it. If the patient did, then s/he would get better more quickly. I saw enough of it have exactly that...

  13. Nurse Phobias?

    Warpster replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dunno, went through it all, Grave's patients who would spontaneously enucleate and need to have their eyeballs put back in, blowing up Foley balloons inserted into people's noses to stop arterial...

  14. How do you convice elderly people of certain things?

    Warpster replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    When my mother died, I took the opportunity to clean all the antique food out of the kitchen. My dad had been living out of the microwave and was likely to continue doing so, so there was a lot of...

  15. Is It Wrong to Look at Your Own Medical Info?

    Warpster replied to jamonit's topic in General Nursing

    It's always been OK at every hospital I've worked in, although looking up a co worker's or a patient who is not your own has not been, and that includes family members. There were times that I worked...

  16. Which Strips Are MOST Dangerous?

    Warpster replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Other than the obviously lethal ones like V-fib, torsades, and asystole, the one to watch out for is pacemaker misfiring on the downslope of the T wave. I have never seen pacemaker induced V-fib have...

  17. Smoking And Nurses

    Warpster replied to ABC054's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses know better than most people how bad smoking is and how hard it is to quit. I never started, thank goodness, but have watched co workers over the years struggle with method after method and...

  18. inside the mind of a nurse.....

    Warpster replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    All I can think about wheeling that supermarket cart around is the last snotty toddler who sat in the seat, wiping his/her snotty nose and fingers all over the handle. I've learned to scratch any...

  19. Does anyone else like working night shift besides me?

    Warpster replied to Joyfullme's topic in General Nursing

    I worked night shift for all but 2 of my 25 years in nursing. Although 3-11 was easiest on my body, the disappearance of the 8 hour shift ended that. I found I did pretty well on night shift, lupus...

  20. What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

    Warpster replied to juscallmegrace's topic in General Nursing

    Velcro pajamas for confused, wandering patients to be used with Velcro sheets and chairs, of course. They could move around in bed, but it would make a noise and alert us and require some effort on...

  21. I am so flippen mad!!!!!!!!

    Warpster replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    I've always done my own work and I've always been surrounded by cheaters. I do my own work because of who I am, not because of who they are. Life has a nasty habit of catching up with cheaters, one...

  22. They called the cops!

    Warpster replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    It happened to me once, only they sent an offgoing day shift nurse instead of the local Gestapo. They had changed the schedule without informing me on a floor I worked very rarely. Oh, well. I...

  23. things you wish you could tell the doctor

    Warpster replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    AhSweeny wrote, ""If you don't want these phone calls you should have gone into dermatology. You are her surgeon and she is failing fast. I need orders from you to transfer her to the unit - now!"...

  24. things you wish you could tell the doctor

    Warpster replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    Something I have told the doctor: "Here's Dr. Soandso's number. Let's you and him fight and the winner can tell me what to do about this patient's problem." Duelling specialists were always

  25. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    Warpster replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I've seen this sort of misunderstanding and friction. However, I've been in both sets of shoes and I handled it quite differently. I always assumed the aides I worked with were there because...