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

    banditrn replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    Wait until you have to convince some elderly person that 'Vicks' isn't the cure all for

  2. RE: Pt. disch. No teaching, No instructions, No nothing!!!

    banditrn replied to celeste7767's topic in General Nursing

    I can believe that they had poor education - I've seen it in the hospital that I left. I observed several nurses whipping thru the educational and discharge instructions so fast that people didn't...

  3. Driving me mad!

    banditrn replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is such a cool thing to

  4. Nurse Phobias?

    banditrn replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, of course when someone says NOT to do something, I've just gotta do it. That picture that I saw took my breath away! How

  5. My week (please tell me it's over!)

    banditrn replied to Ado Annie's topic in General Nursing

    Mom2 - you poor girl!! I understand and feel for you.:redpinkhe When my boys were young, I used to hate the nurses in our doctors office - they thought it was hysterically funny when I'd drag one of...

  6. Some people... geez

    banditrn replied to Wen83's topic in General Nursing

    It's because of people like that, that when I'm in the hospital, I request a private room. If she had time to be sociable, she probably didn't need to be

  7. They called the cops!

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

    I had this happen to me ONCE! It was in the last LTC facility where I worked. The DON handed us each a print-out of our schedule at the beginning of the month - and that's what I went by. One night...

  8. The doctor will see your credit now

    banditrn replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    This was discussed on another board that I frequent - which lead to a discussion of how doctors make SO much money, etc., etc. I asked them if their electrician, banker, mechanic, etc. would climb out...

  9. I don't want to come to work on my days off.

    banditrn replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    I worked part-time for the last 3 years that I worked at the hospital. That was the only job available in the unit I worked, and it was fine with me - I had other things to do on my time off. This...

  10. Chest Pain "Addicts"

    banditrn replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I remember one time a 'frequent flyer' came into our ICU with chest pain. Just as I was coming on, the lady's second set of cardiac enzymes came back - they were quite elevated. I carried the report...

  11. Hostile and demanding patients. How do you handle them?

    banditrn replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital, when I worked in ICU, that was considered my 'specialty' - difficult patients or families!! I used to get a little disgusted sometimes to know that I was probably going to be the one...

  12. It's 4am, do you know where your patient is?

    banditrn replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle Only those medical personnel who have been around for awhile will see the absolute humor in this!!;) These have all been great stories, and brought back many memories!! The...

  13. The homless guy in room 12

    banditrn replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    Jls - I agree. I believe that having compassion is neccessary, but assisting someone to continue destructive behavior is enabling, and is

  14. Racism in Nursing

    banditrn replied to lpnnursingstudent33's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP - I'm sorry you feel that way. When I started at the hospital where I worked for many years, one of the most important women there was a black woman. Thru the years, I've worked with many...

  15. Glen Beck's hospital experience

    banditrn replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    GOOD one,

  16. Glen Beck's hospital experience

    banditrn replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    If that is true, hemmorhoid surgery CAN be painful - but he was given the opportunity to stay at the very beginning - and chose not to. It kind of sounds like he has NO pain tolerance at all, and I'm...

  17. What are your thoughts on Disney or AIDET "customer service" training?

    banditrn replied to marie-francoise's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always gave very good 'patient care', and did everything I could to be helpful to their families. In the first 10 years at the hospital, I had two wonderful supervisors, and it was their...

  18. Last Shift Outstays their Welcome!

    banditrn replied to StNeotser's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in LTC, I used to HATE coming in when certain people had been there before me. Specifically, when the nurses area looked like a cyclone hit it - charts all over the place, the evening...

  19. To work or not to work while in nursing school?

    banditrn replied to momma&nurse2B's topic in General Nursing

    I worked part-time all thru, except for the last two months of my last year. I quit so that I could concentrate totally on my studies. I had to work - it was how I paid my way thru

  20. Admission with abd pain & N/V/D...

    banditrn replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in Ambulatory Surgery, I was at the desk taking report on a patient that I was taking when the surgeon came wandering up to the desk to tell me that the gal was eating carry-out. When I...

  21. How important is the ability to communicate via writing?

    banditrn replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    ruby - that's terrible!! i didn't realize that 'swoll up' was a proper medical term. tell me that someone had a talk with the

  22. How important is the ability to communicate via writing?

    banditrn replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I very much agree with you. As an older person, and one who went to one room country schools until high school, it seemed like penmanship, spelling, and proper sentance construction were more highly...

  23. Has ACLS been 'dumbed down'?

    banditrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the institution where you take it. When I first took it many years ago, it was complex, and you could fail. I was proud to have passed it. As the years went by, tho, it seemed...

  24. How do you stay nonjudgmental?

    banditrn replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I've got to disagree with you. I was raised in a family of alcoholics. When I had children, I schooled them extensively on the dangers of drinking and talked to them about the 'gene for addiction'....

  25. Non-medical family who think they know everything!!!!!

    banditrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby - God bless mothers, but they can really be a trip sometimes. Years ago when I first started going to school, I said something to my mother about how all the classes would be the same in the very...