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  1. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Excellent observation! I would have given you TWO thanks if I could have for this comment!

  2. attitudes of male and female patients towards male nursing students

    psalm replied to Jhanez_k2p's topic in Men in Nursing

    I pray you are getting help for this. I, too, am an assault survivor and incest survivor. I find that certain male characteristics can cause my radar to go up and I can get very tense around men who...

  3. How to make management happy!!!!!!!

    psalm replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    As long as YOU know you gave your best to your patients and your co-workers, that can help you thru the times that management and/or supervisers don't seem to care. I feel sometimes that our...

  4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you so much for your care of this dear man. May we all have such attention when we are restless! A back rub...I think I remember what that is. That RN daughter could be lovingly tending to...

  5. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    YES!! Gout is very painful...that is why his doc ordered the pain meds. Wouldn't you love to tell this particular pt. to * Go home if you are going to refuse prescribed pain meds. * Your wife is...

  6. Public Service Announcement

    psalm replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    My husband was an ER patient this past weekend...way too busy for me, and he got very good care from the doc and nurse. Amen! He didn't have to be admitted, or he might have been admitted to my...

  7. I'm afraid for my pt. and afraid to go to work.

    psalm replied to Peggy4's topic in General Nursing

    Vera, as far as grieving the normal perfect child one doesn't get...I had two mentally retarded older brothers...one just died this past fall. My dad may not have been a druggy or an alcoholic but...

  8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "If you call me for a PRN pain med, please have your reading light on so I don't walk into anything on my way to your bed by the window...you are, after all, expecting

  9. I'm afraid for my pt. and afraid to go to work.

    psalm replied to Peggy4's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a little child whose legs were smeared with feces, no panties while wearing a skirt, in 30 degree weather at a shopping plaza. Her adult female with her was swearing at her. I went to a...

  10. I'm afraid for my pt. and afraid to go to work.

    psalm replied to Peggy4's topic in General Nursing

    Document! Document! Document! Does homecare or agency nursing not have incident reports a nurse can fill out? Ask CPS to come by unannounced to check on things. This can all be done after you...

  11. I'm afraid for my pt. and afraid to go to work.

    psalm replied to Peggy4's topic in General Nursing

    While we are all upset about this situation, those who feel moved to...please pray for this little boy's safety and for his parents...and for the nurses caring for them...that it would be resolved in...

  12. I GOT THE CALL !!! I'M in the ARMY.. I'M IN THE ARMY

    psalm replied to spawnupe's topic in Government, Military

    Let us know where you get stationed and how it goes. Psalm U.S. Army WAC

  13. Second Guessing, Good or Bad?

    psalm replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs to you at this

  14. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...yes! Well put! I would also add; "Stop reading those Reader's Digest articles that state how awful hospital care is and you have to lie or demand to get things done

  15. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Sir, your IV infiltrated because you were attempting to have sex, your girlfriend was all over you in that hospital bed even though you are contact isolation. when we walked in the door after...

  16. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    psalm replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    LOVED the first sentence! And I talk to brain dead

  17. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To the family members and/or friends who parade in from ER for the admission to our floor: Please wait in the family room so I can get started on patient care...the pt. comes first... I cannot...

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, I'm not calling your doctor coz you want more pain drugs or nausea drugs. If you'd stick to your clear liquid diet and turn your lights off, TV off or down, keep your O2 on and relax and work...

  19. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes! I've so wanted to say something "House-ish" to a patient but then, I'm "just a nurse" and can't get away with it, lol!! As in when a patient is begging for nausea meds while asking the aide for...

  20. Sick time and confidentiality

    psalm replied to riverkinz's topic in General Nursing

    Tracking something like conjunctivitis or gastroenteritis, sure. But posting it? and esp. personal information should be off-limits. I don't think I need to know about a co-worker's endometriosis;...

  21. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    psalm replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! I think sometimes it is a fear of being away from home with not being able to lock your door. At least at a hotel you can lock your door. Plus if you have a room mate, that can be frightening...

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a vent thread...I was imagining you standing with your hands on your hips and challenging me, as you shake your head, bleary and glazed over eyes barely opened from the "encounter" you've just...

  23. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    psalm replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is the type of patient we all need to set limits with. I will politely as possible, interrupt the pt. and say...I need to check on my other patients. I can come back later and listen to you, or...

  24. What do these family member expect

    psalm replied to JB2007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You did all you could. And document! document! document! I will document in the nn what time I called, what phone # I called and if/when I get a response. Also do this with Doctor's numbers...I...

  25. need to vent about my husband...sorry long.

    psalm replied to SassyErRn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Will be praying for you both. AND bless you for seeing c&s as a