3ringnursing BSN

I have a female cat that sprays when she's displeased, stressed or otherwise unhappy with the angle of the axis of the planet (I am older than dirt and had cats my whole life - I didn't even know a spayed female had the wherewithal to spray, or was e...

I am so sorry for the stress you are going through. That is why strict chain of custody protocol was initiated - to avoid factots causing potentially false test results whether positive or negative. What's the point if a specimen is mishandled, unint...

Have you considered a telephone triage gig working from home? After a career spent getting up at ungodly hours of the morning and driving in the dark and cold to work in all weather, it makes a refreshing change to sit toasty in sweats or your jammi...

A PCT once told me years ago hot Cheetos burn on the way out, as her 8 year old daughter cried on the toilet pooping. Poor little thing. I've often wished for asbestos toilet paper too after indulging in very hot foods (which seem almost impossible t...

I had a neighbor years ago that had fetal death in the first trimester of pregnancy but hadn't realized it right away - it wasn't until she started hallucinating worms in her skin and her boyfriend took her to the ER that it was discovered.

I loved that story. I'm so relieved Nathan grew to have such a happy life.

OWe did quite a bit of acid in high school in the early 80's - not a memory I am proud of, nor would I have been happy had my son followed suit. Nothing awful happened, but the inability to sleep for 12 hr's, gigantic pupils, and laugh lines from con...

People are prone say things out of nerves, and then think, "What the hell did I just say that for? OMG ... just kill me now". I've done it, and sincerely wished I'd just kept my mouth shut plenty of times -- of course by then it's too late and the de...

I'm so sorry for your loss Adriane. Death is a thief in the night of the living. I've lost enough people in my lifetime to understand the barely holding it together state of mind you mention. As we progress through life grief marks each of us inside ...

I did my time when home computers were rare, and cellphones didn't exist yet. Things were more straightforward. Now it seems like there are a lot of added steps with attached trip wires and hidden mine fields. It's toe the line precisely or ... BOOM!...

You can't split into 5 of you to give each one of your pt's equal immediate attention and be available for the next incoming pt too. You are only human. No one died, you did the very best at that given moment. Isn't that all we can do is our very bes...

I'd pay a dollar to hear those thoughts!

Hi Dr. Fever - thanks for taking my call! I don't want to work - I just want to bang on this drum all day. Any advice?

I work telephone triage and you'd be surprised the amount of agonizing occurs over a fever - as if the fever is the illness. "I gave Tylenol but the temp's not normal" (as if they want to send the child to school). They seem to completely ignore the ...

Dr. Fever - I had a dream we were both smoking pot in the nurse's station. What do you think that means?????

I think I had that one too ... I bet you were in it! Quick - hide!

Two actually. I do telephone triage now, so it usually involves my computer falling apart in my hands when it's busy, but being unable to alert my supervisor of shift coworkers all through the shift. The other (although I haven't done direct patient ...

I'm with the general consensus on this one, not much more to add that hasn't been already said. Management has to have done patient care at one time through - how does one forget so quickly how it feels to walk in those shoes?

No. You were in the right, and by the laws of Occam's Razor, she was not {i.e., You (right) = She (wrong}. Any questions?

"What is that fragrance you are wearing? Eau du C-diff?" "No - it's essence of pseudomonas".

Smells like teen spirit!

She was actually YOUR patient at the time when you made the call for a med change request. One of the delightful types of personalities one may run into on a day to day basis in the work place - whether you are an accountant or a street sweeper, doe...

$2,400.00 is well worth being rid of the job. Heck, I'd pay 4x's that amount for my happiness. Go - and go well!

No matter how tempting it may be to summarily list each one of your legitimate concerns to a captive audience now that you have one foot out the door, I wholeheartedly agree with Nurse Beth and everyone else who advises you that to share this informa...

1) I'm afraid to go the the "doctor" like a child. 2) I've become OCD about details. I was neither before I became a nurse.