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mucifer

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4. bitch a lot to coworkers. That's about all you can do if they are decisional. The doctors decide

Reply to ecstatic (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 4, 2020, 04:59 PM

Oct 2020

which medications they get. You spend a lot of time holding in your thoughts and biting your tongue and you get verbally abused.

Luckily most patients and families aren't like that.

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As an old RN, one of the most difficult things is to accurately predict an individual's course [View all] uppityperson Oct 2020 OP

Right. Salviati Oct 2020 #1

Of course, even if he survives, he could be a long-hauler. tblue37 Oct 2020 #8

As another old RN I totally agree. I do hospice and we never know when someone will die Even mucifer Oct 2020 #2

What usually happens with the aggressive & highly agitated patients? ecstatic Oct 2020 #3

bitch a lot to coworkers. That's about all you can do if they are decisional. The doctors decide mucifer Oct 2020 #4

I'm not a clinician, but I agree with you. yardwork Oct 2020 #5

Yup. Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #6

Kick for the next day. Being discharged to go to a medical unit @the WH while being high on uppityperson Oct 2020 #7

"OLD RN", lol Skittles Oct 2020 #9

Thank you, nurses... electric_blue68 Oct 2020 #10