Tag Archives: Patient

I Have A Alarming Question About Patient Rights?

I heard this the other day from experience and it alarmed me right to the core. As a nurse, drawing someones blood and dealing with body fluids, I didn’t know that I do now have the right to know if someone has a contageous disease. Including HIV, hepititis, anything I could catch with a needle stick. Does anyone know if this is true? Any info will be appriciated

Joke About A Male Patient And A Student Nurse Please Read This!!!!!!!!?

male patient is lying in bed in the
hospital, wearing a oxygen mask
over his mouth and nose. A young, student nurse appears to give him a
partial sponge bath. “Nurse”, he mumbles, from behind the mask.
“Are my
testicles black?”Embarrassed, the young nurse replies, “I don’t know,
Sir. I’m only here to wash your upper body and feet.”He struggles to ask
again, “Nurse, please check. Are my testicles black?”Concerned that
he
may elevate his blood pressure and heart rate from worry about his
testicles, she overcomes her embarrassment and pulls back thecovers. She
raises his gown, holds his manhood in one hand and his testicles in the
other. Then, she takes a close look and says, There’s nothing wrong with
them, Sir!”The man pulls off his oxygen mask, smiles at her and says very
slowly,” Thank you very much. That was wonderful, but, listen very, very
closely……A r e – m y – t e s t – r e s u l t s – b a c k?

Do Patient Escorts Normally Wear Nursing Scrubs Or Do They Have A Uniforms Supplied By The Hospital?

Depends on the hospital. Some wear scrubs, some wear street clothes. Some provide scrubs, others make you buy your own.

Patient Care Technician In Tampa?

hi I graduated RN in the philippines and I was wondering if what kind of jobs can I apply inside the hospital I don’t have a license yet and still waiting for my exam…
Im a Us citizen so i didn’t took my local boards too… I’m planning to move to florida and start my health career there, but what kind of jobs can I apply for?

Why Do Doctors And Nurses Thump The Needle Before Squirting It And Sticking The Patient?

To assure there is no air to be injected. If so the results could be abscesses if im and more and of course. An air bolus greater than 40 could lead to major complications including death as an end result if given intravenously.

Patient And The Nurse Joke!?

The battle scarred and patriotic US soldier on his field hospital bed battling for his life. Considering that he might die at any moment he calls the duty nurse and tells her,
“I want to kiss the US flag before I die.”
Nurse says, “I am so sorry, there is none available right here, but rather than such a patriot like you, maybe you can kiss the flag tatoo which I have put on my a55.”
Soldier kisses the flag and says to the nurse………
“Ok turn around I want to kiss Bush too.”

Is Is Safe For A Pregnant Rn To Care For A Patient Receiving Oral Chemo? My 1st Ob Appt Is Not Till Next Week.

I’m a newly pregnant RN who works acute care. I took care of a patient receiving oral hydroxyurea tonight at work. The oncology RN gave him his pm chemo med (he gets it BID). I never touched the med. Per universal precautions, I of course wore gloves when changing his linen, emptying commodes, etc. But these were regular latex gloves, not chemo gloves. I plan to talk to my OB next week at my 1st appt about workplace risks. I never thought of chemo risks before until tonight. Do you think I have anything to worry about in having cared for this patient? I didn’t even think about it until I got home. Normally, I would not worry but being pregnant and in the 1st trimester I worry about teratogens. Any chemo/oncology RNs out there who can reassure me that this one night of care probably didn’t do harm?! I am freaking out a little now that I am home and mulling it over. Thanks!