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Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone had ever heard of tea causing nausea and vomiting. I am not a coffee drinker, but if I drink tea on an empty stomach in the morning, it causes severe N/V. I'm pretty much OK if I drink it later in the day and i...

I've heard this twice this week and being a psych nurse, it's very annoying. Do you nurses in traditional fields feel this way about psych nurses too? Please be candid, I would just really like to know. Thanks!

Jeez, can't a girl get a break? I am so tired of being bullied by nurses who have been on the unit longer than I have! Some who have only been there a few MONTHS longer. What's the deal? I'm a professional, too! We do NOT have charge nurses on ou...

I'm a single, new(ish) mom, and I'm having a devil of a time brushing DD's teef. Granted, she doesn't exactly have a mouthful of teeth, maybe 6 or 7, but I don't want them to rot. She howls like a banshee when she sees the toothbrush and then clamp...

Hi everyone... Was at the doctor for a routine gyn recently and of course the tech was doing all the pre-lims like BP and stuff. She wanted me to get on the scale, which I always defer when I've been to the doctor before. (I see a doctor 'group', s...

Not asking for medical advice here, just wondering how many of you OB nurses or moms have seen problems with perineum long after birth. I gave birth a year and a half ago, with a 4th degree tear (thru the rectal capsule) and using the restroom is sti...

Recruiter or Direct Employer? What is the difference? I'm so disappointed with the wages here in lower Alabama. You'd never guess there was a nursing shortage when all they are offering is around 15-16$/hr for an entry level nurse. I am getting divo...

Hi everyone....Just wondering: I was on leave from work to have gall bladder surgery, and I was looking forward to my annual review when I returned. I felt it would be a good one and I also wanted to express some feelings about my performance, seeing...

I think I might be headed in that direction. It hurts when I eat and a few years ago, I had an ultrasound that showed 'biliary sludge'. Do you have to avoid all fats after cholecystectomy? Is it a difficult recovery? Do you get alot of diarrhea? ...

Very disturbing...one of our frequent psych patients (d/c'd) was picked up by the police. For what, I don't know. But I've never known the guy to assaultive. Agitated at times, yes. Assaultive, no. Police apparently had him and he got agitated. ...

Need to brush up on clinical skills before going back to work.....any suggestions on refresher courses? Many thanks! By the way, I am new and I love the site!

Would like input please... I work sometimes with a male nurse, who I usually enjoy working with. Tonight I had a new admit, who was also a male, so I called the other nurse to come do the skin assessment with me, which is protocol. My male patient ...

We do, but I don't agree with it.

Does anyone have any links or resources for running a group? On our unit, the therapists do two groups a day and we nurses do three groups. Being new to psych, I am finding it very hard to get up in front of these patients and lead a group. First,...

I just found out we do not get holiday pay! Do you?

I thought I would never get through doseage and solutions in nursing school. The first time I remember having math trouble was in 1st grade, when there was a problem 0+0=? My answer was 2. I understood the two zeros to be entities in and of themse...

Ours last year was a Walmart card for $50. Probably the same this year.

OK, here's the legal clause first....I'm not asking for medical advice, recommendations diagnosis, or treatment. :) Here's the deal, at karate tonight, I was flipped by my instructor, and I landed wrong, sort of on my shoulder/neck and then a MAJOR ...

cervix is el cuello del utero (neck of the uterus) Some Mexican ladies have a sort of blanket called a 'reboso' that they like to keep with them for the birth. Some Mexican ladies will not express their pain...they tend to try to 'be strong' and qui...

Thanks for the suggestions! Any recommendations for an online program?

It was a SKIN assessment, not an initial assessment (which I had finished). I charted what I SAW, which was the hematoma and various other scars. He was not called to assess, he was called to witness, and he bullied me out of the room. Literally,...

Yep, you're right about that too! Later, the LPN told me there was a 'knot' under the hematoma, so you know he felt around pretty good. That was another thing I resented. I love our LPN's, they are wonderful. But as an RN my job is to delegate. I...

good thinking/...

Good points... As to the nature of his old felony, all I know is this: One night he was scheduled to float to children's unit and he flipped out, saying he was 'cleared' to work with kids, they had to put him somewhere else. His story is that a loo...

Thanks, everyone for your input, also for pointing out the reasons for not talking to co-workers. I never thought about the rumour mill thing. I will talk to my supervisor today when I go for a team meeting. Your opinions have confirmed my instinc...