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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Nightshade1972 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I once read about a guy who showed up at his local ER, screaming and hollering about how his back hurt, it was killing him, he needs treatment *now,* why is the ER staff so rude/slow? Finally, after a...
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    Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    Nightshade1972 replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was born with hydrocephalus, caused by aqueductal stenosis. Apparently "water on the brain" is a common colloquial term for hydro, even though it isn't "water" (it's CSF), and it's not "on" the...
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    If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry: Nursing Things that are so Frustrating They're Funny

    Nightshade1972 replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    My wife used to do disability hearings in the US. She learned early on that it was better to just ask her claimants to bring their medicine bottles with them to the disability hearing. If they...
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    How to deal with rude & demanding patients/residents?

    Nightshade1972 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago, I was a pediatric patient in the neuro ICU, following brain surgery (hydrocephalus). Some sort of doctor or counselor came into my room to do some cognitive testing. During the day, my...
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    How to Deal with Toxic People while in School

    Nightshade1972 replied to TheNursingdoll's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't react to anything they say. Let them have the last word. My mother always tried to provoke a response, as "proof" of how mean/rude/unstable/stupid/etc I allegedly was. I learned to just sit...
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    Why Can't She Stay Here? Getting Kicked Out of Inpatient Hospice

    Nightshade1972 replied to jeastridge's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think Cornerstone was the place that kept pestering us when my inlaws had their final illnesses. My inlaws knew they were reaching a point that they could no longer live independently. At the...
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    The Essentials of Medication Reconciliation in Home Care

    Nightshade1972 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Home Health

    I'm reminded of one of my MIL's hospital visits. My inlaws lived alone, confident they could take care of themselves. My wife would visit every weekend, usually Saturday. Sometimes I'd come,...
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Nightshade1972 replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    My mother was one of the unit clerks at the ED in a hospital in suburban Chicago. The entire staff figured out in advance who had four-wheel drive, and who lived close to who, so that on bad weather...
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    What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

    Nightshade1972 replied to SICUshortCait's topic in General Nursing

    My husband once had a claimant who had something like 27 cocaine-related heart admissions in 24 weeks. He still couldn't get a
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    What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

    Nightshade1972 replied to SICUshortCait's topic in General Nursing

    I'm reminded of some of the claimants my husband's dealt with over the years (he helps ppl file for disability). Hubby looks through their history, and asks them about their high blood pressure and...
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    Irritating spouses/family that don't understand?

    Nightshade1972 replied to Eleven011's topic in General Nursing

    My MIL was overmedicated for many years, because neither she nor my FIL understood that (for example) Warfarin and coumadin are the same drug--and that wasn't the only drug that happened with. When...
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    Nightshade1972 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    My husband's a non-attorney hearing representative. He goes in front of a Social Security judge to explain why his claimant deserves disability benefits. Several of his clients over the years have...
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    Complaints only, please!

    Nightshade1972 replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know I posted a comment about this a while ago, on a different thread, but this reminds me of an article I read, about 30 yrs ago, about emotional child abuse. One of the anecdotes was about an...
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    Musicians, Artist career changers?

    Nightshade1972 replied to Elsa15's topic in General Nursing

    My mother trained to be a music teacher, but when I (her first child) was born with hydrocephalus, after she left student teaching (back then, you couldn't teach and be pregnant at the same time--I'm...
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    Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: I Feel Your Pain...Pill

    Nightshade1972 replied to ServantLeader's topic in Emergency

    Aww, thank you. I've been through 17 shunt surgeries (I'm hydrocephalic), so my pain tolerance is higher than most ppl, but after the hysterectomy I was popping the hydrocodone like candy. Take two,...
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    Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: I Feel Your Pain...Pill

    Nightshade1972 replied to ServantLeader's topic in Emergency

    I have fibromyalgia. Many years ago, my PCP gave me a script for hydrocodone, which I rarely used--it makes me loopy, but does very little to actually relieve the pain. I had a total abdominal...
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Nightshade1972 replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    This. I wonder if the OP misheard, and the instructor was talking about dispensing Tylenol *with codeine*. OTC Tylenol I'd have no problem giving to a friend/family member, but if I have a personal...
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    I Should Be in Jail

    Nightshade1972 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    About 30 years ago, I read an article about emotional child abuse. Two of the stories which stuck with me: An elementary schoolteacher found one of her students crying silently in a corner, after...
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    School teacher wanting a career change - Is nursing for me?

    Nightshade1972 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    My husband and I are good friends with a couple, the wife's a nurse. The Army paid for her nursing education. Something to think about, if cost is a factor for
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    Least Favorite Things Patients Say

    Nightshade1972 replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My husband helps ppl file for disability. He had one claimant whose records were full of "liver damage" comments, going back many years. During her hearing, the judge mentioned "cirrhosis," which,...
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    Least Favorite Things Patients Say

    Nightshade1972 replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oops, didn't mean to double-post, my
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    Least Favorite Things Patients Say

    Nightshade1972 replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My MIL was in the hospital a few years ago. Multiple times, a health professional would come into the room, talk to my inlaws for a while, then ask if they had any questions. My inlaws always said...
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    Ranch dressing in a breast milk container

    Nightshade1972 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurses Rock

    My mother used to work as a unit clerk in a hospital ER in suburban Chicago. She tells me that, during the winter, hospital personnel would fill syringes with alcohol and shoot them into their car...