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CCU nurse here. Code going on and the intern, who was certifiable, wanted us to stop the code so he could look up the strips in his manual. Needless to
I had a patient who was on Ambien 6.5 mg. When I went to give her the medicine, l could not find it anywhere on her medication chart. She replied,
Working in an inner city ER and a young woman came in complaining of a bad smelling vaginal discharge. No belly pain. On exam she REALLY did have a putrid
I used to work at a jail, and while the female inmates were showering, all hell broke loose. Turns out one of the sex workers had money in her hoo-ha,
Had a patient come in for vaginal drainage (green pudding-like), itching, odor with her boyfriend. Walked in on them having sex. Calmly told him he will need antibiotics for the
I was taking care of a man dying of cancer, and we did everything to keep him comfortable. He was asleep most of the time towards the end. The daughter
New grads- call the board of nursing and request a copy of your state’s nurse practice act. That way you will know what is in your scope of practice. Your
when I was orienting for my first nursing job, I asked my preceptor what she thought of malpractice insurance because she had been a nurse for almost 40 years. She
Physicians “protect” each other. Nurses are brutal, but MDs will let an unsafe physician keep practicing because it’s “one of their own”.
My patient said there was a “sparkling” silver string coming from the ceiling. She said it was connected to her chest. I’ll never forget it. She looked happy. Peaceful. It
I was given 3 patients in the CCU, one was an attempted suicide, which needed a sitter 1 on 1. Of course, no sitter was available. I was unable to
I had a resident who was actively dying and she was moving her hand back and forth like she was swatting a fly away. I asked her what she was
A patient made me cry this week and the administrator called me into her office and told me to stop crying and have a thicker skin.