beckymcrn

I couldn't have said it better my self!!!!

Here is what I thnk about this whole thing. I do not know what her husbands motives are, but her parents want to take care of her. They will completely take her care out of his hands all he has to do is divorce her and go on with his life. (Which he obviously has already done). Problem is Terri never left a living will so we do not know what she may have wanted in this battle. I do not for a minute think that a feeding tube is a heroic measure. I have patients who have feeding tubes for years and years. The mere fact that she has lived this long with only a feeding tube tells me she has the will to live. So who am I to say we should starve her of food and water. So I would have to say I am on the parents side.

1. Time to spend with patients 2. ability to hold hands of patients and family members 3. empathy 4. knowledge of oncology ( although no one person can know all you should keep up to date on diseases, treatments,side effects, etc....) 5.ability to teach patient at what ever level of education I do think all of these are actually about equally important. The most part of being a GOOD onccology nurse is to CARE!!!!, and to let your patients know you care.

If I could do it all over again. I would not change a thing. (Except maybe helping the one lady on skilled nursing who insisted on wrapping her arms around my neck before she feel to the floor!!!) :uhoh21: But I would be lost if I were not a nurse!!! :)

If a patient is for some reason immuno suppressed the body's only defense against the bug (bacteria or viral) is a fever. I am assuming the doc wanted the cultures drawn before the tylenol and ATBX to get the true cultures before anything could ulter with the results. I know tylenol does not fight against bacteria and/or viral invasion, but if you just treat the fever you may never know the true source. Thus drawing cultures first then medicating is a valid pratice. We do it all the time, of course after the cultures the tylenol and ATBX are usually given in a timely fashion.

Ok Tom, I will answer your questions. No they are not serious photographers. Just point and shoot people. My daughter carries a very small purse so she will not be carring the camera in her purse. I would probally buy a case for her. They are both pretty much out door people. By the way I did bookmark the web site for my husband to check out too. Thank you Becky

Thank you I appriciate everyone's help. please forgive me I know minimal about computer stuff. Lets see I want to spend about 200-300 dollars. I do not know anything about megapixels. What I actually want is a camera that will take good pictures and last. I actually have a minolta camera (not digital, regular camera) I have had it for 20 years!!!!! And it still takes great pictures!!!!!

Hello Everyone, I hope you had a great holiday. Mine was good, I was supposed to work but because of low census I was called off 2 days in a row. (It is ok, its a second job prn thing). Anyhow now that the Christmas season is upon us and it is time to buy gifts I need some advice. I want to buy a digital camera for my daughter and son-in-law. I do not want to spend a fortune but I do not want junk either. I have a kodak digital camera my self which seems ok to me. But, I was wondering should I get something differnt for them? I heard that the normal camera brands kodak, cannon, minolta are not that great in digital. Since my son-in-law is my computer geek and I can not ask him I thought maybe someone here would know be able to help or atleast tell me about your cameras. Thank you for your time. And May I be the first to say Merry Christmas!!!

I was thnking maybe a school closer to home would be a good idea. Nursing school is hard you need much support. I could not imagine going to school and being far from home. Atleast you were excepted to this prestigous school it does give you bragging rights for a long time. You can reach a counselor throuugh most schools. It is a good idea to talk to someone if you are having feelings of depression and withdrawl. It is important to recognize the signs and get help. ((((Hope it works out for you)))))

(((((((Sherry,))))))) My thoughts and rayers are with you in your time of loss. May the memories of your husband be a blanket to wrap around you on a cold and lonley day.

I completely understand how you feel. I too am 200 something, menpausal, and have been struggling with the yoyo diet syndrom for more than 20 years. I made a pact with my self to loose this weight before I was 45. I am now 43 and still here I am. But, now I suffer from HTN, DM, hyperlipidemia and terrible arthrittis in my neck, knees, and ankles. ( Infact I went to have my knees checked a few months ago before I knew I had arthr there and the doc told me they were bad enogh for replacement surgery, but since they new knees would only last 20 yrs he wanted to hold off as long as he could. So I just live with the pain) I too am active considering my ailments. My doc has been talking about by pass surgery for a while now. I am scared. Are the complications of surgery really worth it, then again are the compilcations of my ailments worth it? I just signed on with a weight loss research study for diabetics at our hospital. I will be on a monitered diet for 6 months. This is my last straw. I pray this works. If not I will probally look deeper into the surgery.

Well, I did it. I work in a out pt clinic where I am the the clinic nurse, coordinator, surgery scheduler, and general pt checker upper. I have been working with this doc for three years. today he just hit my last nerve. :angryfire Our clinics are usually very intense with very sick patients. We also have our fill of carzies. I have been STRESSED for a few months now. Stressed to the point where my boss called me in the office to see what they could do for me to make things better. Stressed to the point where I recently ended up in the hosp for 3 days with chest pain. I decieded today when he got on my last nerve I wasn't going to take it any more. I almost walked out of clinic, but I contained myself until the end of the day :stone To give you some back ground on my day today. Clinic started at 8:45 am. I was not even greeted with a hello this morning just a confrontation because of an email sent to me a few weeks ago with f/u for a pt that had not been done yet. I immediately took care of the situation and got the specific test ordered, and called the pt with the information. Then he noticed the schedule we had a 2 hour break in between patients this afternoon. (This is a problem that has been happening since we got a new scheduling system in place. We have been trying to fix the problem as the system would allow) At first it was my problem we had this break,as he rumbled order to me to call every patient in the afternoon and have them come in early, then my nurse manager happened to walk down the hall he started to talk to her, I took this as my way out so I started to make some phone calls to my patients. He got loud, obnoxious. (In the hall outside our vital signs room with patients in the room and while I was on the phone with a patient. ) The day pesisited with him going on about what ever he had on his mind. At one point I was on the phone with a pt explaining bowel prep and procedure for a colonoscopy tomorrow to a patient when he called my name. I looked up he circled his finger in the air and told me to "Wrap it Up" I do have to admit this was my last straw. :angryfire Now usually we have a good working relationship. He does irritate me sometimes but has never been this obnoxious. I asked him at the end of the day if could speak with him. He agreed. I told him I thought he was rude and obnoxious this moring to me and to my nurse manager and he owed us both an apology. He asked when so I recounted all of the above to him. He apoligized to me then continued to tell me how stressed he was. I told him I was just as stressed as him. My job in the clinic was every bit as important as his. I also told him if things did not change in this clinic I was leaving. He agreed to apoligize to my nurse manager, which he did, and asked how we could fix things. We are supoosed to have a meeting with our bosses and each other this week. Hopefully this will help us to come up with a plan to eliminate some of the stress from both of us. I do love what I do but I can't always say I love or even like my job maybe this will help. Hopefully it will.

Why a Nurse and Not a Doctor? I have many reasons for being a nurse and not a doctor. 1)I started nursing school when I was married with children. Nursing school was hard and took long enough I could not imagine going through all that school then. ( although now since the kids are grown I will be going back for a higher NURSING degree) 2) Since I have becaome a nurse and can look at both sides of the field I choose nursing. A nurse spends time with patients. The doctor although they do get to form a relationship with their patients it happens in minute amounts of time. I get to spend as much time as I choose with my patients. I am not dictated by 15 minute intervals of time when I see a patient get all their information and make it better. I am the one who after the diagnosis is given and the patient sits devastated in the room trying to figure out what effect this will have on their life can sit and hold their hand or just listen to then as they recount in their own words what the doctor has just told them. I am the one who is THERE when they are given their first dose of chemo therapy, or first unit of blood or blood products. I am the one who is there when they need pain meds or to ADVOCATE for more or different pain meds for them when theirs is no longer working. I am the one who is there when the patient gets back from surgery to comfort and care for them, and/or finally I am the one who is there when the patient takes their last breath to help the passage be a peaceful and painless as possible for the patient and the family. And finally 3) I am a nurse instead of a doctor because of all of the above and I feel some of us are called to be doctors, some nurses, some cooks, and mechanics. Me, I have been called to be a NURSE. There is no other job I would rather have. I can't imagine not being a nurse.

WOW!!!!! :stone This explains alot to me. I was hospitalized a few weeks ago with chest pain. I actually went from my clinic to the ER then to in pt setting. I had to have a cath which was perfectly normal. No one could figure out why the chest pain. It felt like someone was squeezing my heart in the hand. I was terrified!!!!! I wonder now could it be realted to the fact that I had been given Viox after a car accident where my tail bone was broken??? I have read all of these posts and according to them this was associated with long term usage. But, I had only been taking it for 2 weeks (25 mg BID given as samples from my doctor after I was diagnosed.) I really did not associate the two incidents but I did stop taking it in the hospital and did not start again. Again I say WOW!! :stone

mine is just my name becky. mc for my last name and I am a RN No imagination there huh?