gobblers

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1. What Gets to You??

   gobblers replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

   Doctors who graduate at the bottom of their class and they that they know everything. They are unwilling to list to the nursing staff. We have had patient's admitted from the ER with the diagnosis of...

2. Wrote a doctor up!!!

   gobblers replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   In my 41 years as a nurse, I have written several doctors up and probably should have written more up. The one that stands out in my mine involved a patient on a ventilator. The patient's blood gases...

3. Caring for Jehovah's witnesses

   gobblers replied to cu-n-hvn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   It has been my experience with Jehovah Witnesses that they are firm in their belief not to take blood. Many cannot quote the biblical scripture for you but nevertheless they will not take blood. I...

4. Blood administration policy

   gobblers replied to nickola's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I have always worked in ICU so we wanted large bore lines to get blood through in rapidly; however, I have questioned the policy of all blood having to be placed in a 20ga or larger iv catheter. The...

5. Has anyone ever taken Latin?

   gobblers replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

   I took 2 years of Latin in high shool in the early sixties. It does help you in cluing in on the root of medical terminology. It will certainly stimulate your

6. Is the old time nursing field better than now? less paper work?

   gobblers replied to waterfall's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I believe it was better in the old days. Care was centered on the patient, whereas today, it is about the dollar. When I was registered in 1967, I can truly say that I practiced holistic...

7. Rita's coming-my hospital won't close!!

   gobblers replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

   I would consider it my last day. Why would you want to work for an irreponsible organization that puts you and you colleagues in harms way? As I see it, if the ones that did not follow the mandatory...

8. need help for severe depression

   gobblers replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

   The first thing that you need is a good psychiatrist who is willing to work with you. I suffer from depression and have gone through a long list of psychiatrists and after years of suffering, I have...

9. Worst nursing experience

   gobblers replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

   As a nurse of 41 years, I have had many worst days in nursing. The first occurred when I was a student working extra in the OR It was before the days of EMS. The fire department brought a young man...

10. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    gobblers replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    In the 60's there were two things that a girl could do--be a teacher or be a