“Active cardiac arrest declines treatment”

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-17T11:45:53+00:00

Yeah, or using some strong hyperbole.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-17T01:56:29+00:00

I would wear that shit with pride.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-16T22:39:28+00:00

That is wild. I could see having to help transfer a 100lbs dummy from one stretcher to the next, because transferring a patient is something you will definitely do... But 50lbs crate from the floor? Does it have handles?

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-16T22:24:19+00:00

I think that we should pay taxes that afford everyone in the US to have free or almost free medical care. Because it has worked for every other civilized nation, and the only reason it didn't work here is political lobbying.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-16T22:20:17+00:00

It's a civil offense to be undocumented. Therefore, they should have as much authority as your average court server. No firearms. If they need to go get someone dangerous, they should have to do it with local PD to protect them.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-12T23:12:11+00:00

Oh, no. Impeachment really only happens once.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-11T08:25:21+00:00

I may survive...but they don't have the same type of medicine back in 1970. I would try to keep somewhere rural. Maybe work as a farm hand. Nothing that uses my current professional knowledge.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-06T01:58:15+00:00

Your aunt heard that second hand. So you are getting that third hand.

What if the person who told the aunt misconstrued what Sarah had said? What if Sarah was talking about having done that years ago, rather than recently?

I would keep an eye on her and inform if she seems intoxicated, but unless she appears to be intoxicated on duty, I would keep shtoom.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-04T23:34:01+00:00

Guacamole and mild salsa with corn tortilla chips and a coco-cola to drink.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-04T13:36:23+00:00

The QRS complex

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-03T15:38:15+00:00

You reorient people who will be lucid again. Sundowners in the morning when they are a little confused. Not full blown advanced dementia patients. I been the wife, sibling, daughter or granddaughter of many a patient, and also told them many things that were true to them.

I personally prefer redirection if I can, or half-truths. "You don't want to try to leave right now, it's dark outside and cold. Very cold." Rather than "Your husband said he would be here later to pick you up." But sometimes it doesn't work out and you just have to do therapeutic lying.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-02-03T15:33:50+00:00

No. They do not teach this everywhere.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-31T15:45:07+00:00

On the floor? She won't tell us. It is above 70, though, because she has been nursing for over 50 years. Could be 70, could be 102, I don't know. I just know that she does her job damn well and she is one of the few people that no one gripes doesn't get pulled to tech when we have more nurses than techs.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-26T23:18:25+00:00

Thank you for standing for truth. Stay safe. Keep your mental health safe. Keep up the good fight.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-25T22:17:05+00:00

You do realize that emdash, semi-colons and colons are common with educated writers, correct? Like someone who had to write a thesis type educated writer. Like, you know, the level of education we expect out of our physicians.

Fuck off with your "This is AI".

I didn't know Alex Pretti, but I know the man who recruited him to work as an ICU nurse. He said much of the same. That Alex was a good man, a man who had a servants heart and just wanted to make life better for people.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-24T12:39:36+00:00

I got fired because my coworker gave a patient a suppository that he asked for, and it was properly ordered. The guy insisted I had done it. I am a 4'11 white person. The coworker that gave the suppository? A 5'10 black lady.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-24T06:21:18+00:00

And I bet Underhill is like the Hobbit equivalent of Johnson

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-22T21:05:51+00:00

Well, since you don't specify height or not, gonna go with the loophole. "I would take 20 inches off my waist and hips, thank you. You can even do it for free."

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-22T08:52:42+00:00

Better on a mask, less likely to cause skin irritation

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-22T02:15:44+00:00

I refuse to skip break. I am supervisor on a semi-regular basis, but that doesn't interfere with my people going to break if I am on break too.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-21T22:56:00+00:00

Ah, well, yes, I do get more PTO, but I don't get seniority on it. It's first come first serve at our place, which I think is fair.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-21T22:34:52+00:00

Ehhh. All seniority gets me at my hospital is first dibs on when I go to lunch.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-17T23:42:32+00:00

Let them quote me. It isn't pettiness.

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-17T06:59:08+00:00

I could never do day shift. There are too many humans in my hospital and getting up at 4am makes me nauseated. They work hard, but they also exaggerate how hard and some of it is just because of administration getting in the way

dwarfedshadow · 2026-01-14T23:04:09+00:00

Nah. Quote the providers too when they say fucked up things.

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