Warpster

Warpster

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  1. What part of pt care gets overlooked most often

    Warpster replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I noticed a big difference when we went to 12 hour shifts. When we did the 8 hour evening shifts, especially, we were generally organized enough, assessments done, orders checked and meds passed, to...

  2. CDiff Smell?

    Warpster replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    WeeBabyRN wrote, "I think it smells like road kill on a 100 degree day mixed with silent but deadly flatus." Yeah, that's the one. Once you smell it, you can diagnose it when you get off the elevator...

  3. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Warpster replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    I left 3 years ago after 25 years in the trenches. I initially left to care for a dying parent, but found I just couldn't face going back to what the job had become when I returned home. I'm letting...

  4. What doctors do that bugs you...

    Warpster replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My favorite: the doc who has just promised a patient a sleeping pill or other comfort med and has forgotten about it between the room and the charting station. When the patient screams at us for not...

  5. What is the major reason nurses leave?

    Warpster replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

    Brutal working conditions would be the number one reason, I should think, since wages have come up in recent years. The conditions include, but aren't limited to: 1. Forced overtime 12 hour shifts at...

  6. Is there power in the color white?

    Warpster replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    NO!! A hospital I worked in many years ago experimented with abandoning the nurses' dress code. Nurses who wore business clothing with lab coats noted an immediate increase in respect from doctors...

  7. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    Warpster replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Dalzac wrote, "My aunt was furious and raled at me for an hour. I didnt care My Granny and I had a great day at the beach." When my mother developed some dementia due to sensory deprivation from...

  8. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

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

    They love to do it around the end of the summer, when they can feel the chill of the end of the fiscal year down the backs of their necks. Since they're allocated less resources than it takes to run...

  9. Dealing with a patient who verbally threatens you

    Warpster replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in General Nursing

    If you feel unsafe, the best thing to do is leave the area. An injured health care worker is going to help no one. After you assure your own safety, get help in approaching the patient to do your...

  10. You know you work nights when.......

    Warpster replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    When all the missionaries--even the JWs---leave you strictly alone because you've flung the door open when they've interrupted your sleep, murder in your eye, hair wild, and shrieked "THIS PLACE...

  11. traumatized by vermin

    Warpster replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Welcome to the desert southwest! I'm here in NM and I've made peace with all but the black widows and scrorpions. Those I mush. Otherwise, I just scoop them into a jar and drop them outside....

  12. Graduate Nurses vs. Experienced Nurses (Promise to be funny!)

    Warpster replied to Sammi15's topic in General Nursing

    dorimar wrote, "yeah, it WAS funny, until you hit on the restraints, the alarms, the abnormal assessment, the avoidance of famiily.... Then it just sounded like your were talking about uncaring...

  13. Drug Testing At Hospitals

    Warpster replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

    I can certainly see drug testing for cause like odd behavior changes, absenteeism, and poor job performance. I resent and thankfully have never been subjected to a random drug test as a corporate...

  14. Getting Along- The Union Debate

    Warpster replied to mobilsurgrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've had union jobs and non union jobs and a bad union is a million times better than no union. The antiunion people seem to be in two groups: first, unions are for sweaty guys in wifebeater shirts...

  15. Death Penalty Anesthesia

    Warpster replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I lost a family member to murder. The man was suspected in 3 similar murders, but "ours" was the one the police had the best evidence for and that is the one he was convicted of. I never wanted him...

  16. Nursing Shortage

    Warpster replied to olichi's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    CoolChik4Sure wrote "You want nurses, you have a marketing budget, you spend more money to get another person hired, spend money to train them, why are they leaving??? Maybe it's just me, but you...

  17. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    Warpster replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    HAH! I thought we all knew this one: Suction, Wipe Ass, and

  18. Pubic hair

    Warpster replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    I'd look at the patient and the reason for the request. If it's a young thing with no use of her arms and she's complaining that the hair pulls and hurts against bandages, casts, catheter, or what...

  19. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    Warpster replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    No nurse ever just wipes a behind. Somebody pulled off the street can wipe that behind, but that's not the whole job, is it? A nurse is assessing that patient constantly during the SWAT procedure,...

  20. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    Warpster replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I always had an allergic reaction to oranges when I was a kid, although mine isn't quite as drastic as yours is. In fact, I react the same way to any fruit or veggie that is high in vitamin C. I...

  21. Leaving the Profession!

    Warpster replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    I could have written that 3 years ago, but add failing eyesight and spinal arthritis to the incompetent management, backstabbing doctors, unreasonable families, and work load that kept increasing...

  22. The very, very old and sick who are full code

    Warpster replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, bottom line is that you can't decide for families what needs to be done. What you can do is tell them what a code entails, including the broken ribs she is likely to suffer, the pain, and other...

  23. First Code Blue

    Warpster replied to danigirl58's topic in General Nursing

    My last unit was code central, and every code looked like we were trapped in a 3 Stooges movie. That's what codes are like, not the calm, smooth running things on TV. A good code is when everybody...

  24. Pet peeves!

    Warpster replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    "Hate the patient who calls for their pain med, which you bring in less than five minutes, and you do not give because they are sleeping so soundly. Then the patient proceeds to tell the doc that they...

  25. Labcoat?

    Warpster replied to diagnose's topic in General Nursing

    I always wore a labcoat over my scrubs. Not only did it hide my butt, it provided huge pockets for all the stuff a critical care pack rat carries around. Patients never had to ask who the nurse was,...