kmblue39

kmblue39 has 9 years experience and specializes in Orthopedic/General Surgery.

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1. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

   kmblue39 replied to jill48's topic in Safety

   You know I never thought about it like that. I never knew the restrictions. And yes, I still feel violated. Sweating bloody tears was just a figure of speech for how hard nurses work today what with the patient loads and the fact that patients are...

2. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

   kmblue39 replied to jill48's topic in Safety

   Funny how words can be twisted around. I never said drug addicted nurses aren't worthy. I said get help, get in recovery, and then get a nursing job where there isn't a need to be exposed to narcotics. Of course all those things are true. No one ...

3. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

   kmblue39 replied to jill48's topic in Safety

   As a nurse who worked with a nurse last year who was diverting narcotics I can tell you that I greatly resented being put in that postion of working with that nurse, depending on them at night as integral part of the healthcare team, and not knowing ...

4. worst clinical story please??

   kmblue39 replied to tcpmom's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it can get worse. But I am so proud of you for not whining or saying you are thinking of quitting. And I'm also proud that you had him for a patient. Most of the students I have had seem to always take all the walkie-talkies. What's the learn...

5. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   kmblue39 replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   LOL, these are all just too funny! BTW, don't go running around in the baked potato patch at night You might trip and fall on a baked potato and have to have it surgically removed.

6. Head is spinning....

   kmblue39 replied to KMP77's topic in General Students

   Kmp77 I just got home from two 12 hour night shifts and was tired when I posted earlier. The other posters gave you very excellent technical info. on how to start. They are right. I just went to the career counseling center at the local Jr. Colleg...

7. Head is spinning....

   kmblue39 replied to KMP77's topic in General Students

   I didn't take any algebra in high school and not very good grades overall and scored very low on ACT the first time I took it. When I got older and decided to go to nursing school I went to the Junior College and worked my behind off studying and ta...

8. Pet Peeve

   kmblue39 replied to BookwormRN's topic in General Nursing

   Information being disseminated in the staff bathrooms! That is consistently my #1 pet peeve. Can't there be just ONE place on the floor where we are not innundated with all the 'need to know info.'? "Is there anything else I can get you; I have the t...

9. What is the worst part about nursing?

   kmblue39 replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hilton Healthcare, LOL! I need a nurse NOW!!!......would you raise my head up a little. No, that's too much! Down a little. No, up a little. No, down a little. Down a little more.......there. Now, would you pull my blanket over a little more, ...

10. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    kmblue39 replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

    Find those hearing aids!!!

11. Should I take a job with more opportunity but an unprofessional manager?

    kmblue39 replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

    hmmmmm, stay at the old place with a wealth of seasoned nurses (so good that no one will leave) or go to the new place with 90% agency nurses (so bad that they can't get anyone to work there as full-time staff).

12. Unique Australian language

    kmblue39 replied to Grace Oz's topic in International

    LOL, there used to be an Aussie nurse working in our ER and I always loved to get report from her. One time when I asked her how it was going down there she said she was mucking around ------(can't for the life of me remember the word but I think it...

13. big bad nursing myths busted

    kmblue39 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses eat their young.

14. The responsiblities...how do you do it?

    kmblue39 replied to Jenso79's topic in Pre-Nursing

    First of all remember that knowledge is power, then comes the self confidence. Focus on doing the best job, no matter what your job is, and you will be amazed at the changes in your self confidence. You can do anything if you put your mind to it. ...

15. Pt beds in the hallway

    kmblue39 replied to Nurse1966's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if the patient satisfaction scores would apply to the hallway patients? I don't see how we could get a five from a patient in the hallway no matter how hard we tried. But I do know that whatever the problem/solution, fighting between the E...