Patient asks, “What happens after I die?” As your hospice nurse, you would be bathed from head to toe, you would be lotioned, you would have a fresh gown put
Patient asks, “What happens after I die?” As your hospice nurse, you would be bathed from head to toe, you would be lotioned, you would have a fresh gown put
I work in residential nursing homes and you are subjected at times to physically abusive residents. Nothing is ever done to stop their behavior UNTIL that behavior is experienced by
I once had a patient in for pancreatitis, and his wife stayed for the whole stay. I don’t think she ever left the room or even knew there was a
When I was a grad many years ago, an elderly partially blind man took exception to me asking g questions and threw me into a set of windows… we had
Me: working in a pediatric urgent care for 7 years… Parent: hey we’re back. So I started my child on the antibiotics like 3 hours ago, and I’m here because
I’m a NICU nurse & admitted a newborn from home, there were LIVE fleas INSIDE its diaper. I jumped 5 feet & we bagged ALL their blankets as they were
When I was in school for my CNA, my instructor told me how they were not required to wear gloves. There was no regulation stating gloves had to be worn
My very first IV start as a paramedic intern during clinicals was on a retired fire medic. The second I walked in the room he was like oh you’re new
Bed bugs are bad but there was this lady at my nursing home that had a colony of Roaches living in her fat. You would lift her tummy to clean
A nurse I once worked with was a nail biter. We went in to help her patient get admitted. We did a skin check, she pulled off his socks without
I was a CNA before I became a nurse and I was washing a patient who had a trach. And he says to me as I’m washing him he reaches