Sjackson983

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1. Nurses caps!

   Sjackson983 replied to FERTMYRTOBRN's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated in 1982 and have never owned a nursing cap. Our nursing instructors said that they would not attend our pinning ceremony if we included capping and candle light vigil. They were very modern in their thinking and told us that both the ca...

2. How long does report take?

   Sjackson983 replied to RNnites's topic in General Nursing

   In our CCU it takes approx. 5 minutes per patient. We normally have one or two patients, at the most three. We do a bedside report. We have a timeline sheet on the chart with a short H & P, diagnosis, MD's and what has happened since the patie...

3. Survey: Do you think the federal government is taking the nursing shortage seriously?

   Sjackson983 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Noone is taking the nursing shortage seriously! The public doesn't have a clue how bad it is going to be in about 10 years when us baby boomers retire. I believe we, as nurses, need to inform the public. Dateline, 20/20 or one of those shows had a...

4. Nursing Hx:Share Oldtime Ineffective tx's?

   Sjackson983 replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't iced cardiac output syringes for 16 years. We use a continuous system that has the D5W tubing and syringe all hooked up to the swan. We never have to disconnect anything.

5. Nursing Hx:Share Oldtime Ineffective tx's?

   Sjackson983 replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

   I remember when MI patients couldn't have ice water, watch TV, read a newspaper. They had to have complete bed baths and use a bed pan. We also started Lido on every patient that had an MI. When the Swan Ganz catheter became popular, we would inj...

6. How did nursing ever "buy into" 12-hr shifts???

   Sjackson983 replied to HazeK's topic in General Nursing

   I think 12 hour shifts are great!!!! I am 55 years old, working nocs and have been doing 12's for almost 20 years. I don't have to get up 5 days a week, get dressed, do my hair, put on make-up and drive to work. This should be especially pleasing ...

7. Nasty MD's

   Sjackson983 posted a topic in General Nursing

   One I was on the phone to a doctor serveral times. The patient wasn't doing well. The doc told me to dc the hemofiltration. I was totally unfamiliar with this and told him I didn't know how. And he said "Any idiot could do it". I replied, "We d...

8. Excuses for Missing Work

   Sjackson983 replied to kmchugh's topic in Humor

   In nursing school, this one student came to clinical late. His clothes were all wrinkled, he was a mess. His excuse for being late, "The headlights on my car don't work, so I had to wait till the sun came up to drive in to the hospital".

9. Call in sick?

   Sjackson983 replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

   I think a sick policy with rewards rather than punishment would alleviate repeat offenders. Hospitals should give a person one added vacation day for every 3-6 months you go without calling in sick. Our hospital doesn't do this. Anyone work at a h...

10. nursing shortage

    Sjackson983 replied to charo's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a 15 bed CIC and 6 bed CSU combined unit. We are supposed to have 9 nurses each noc. We have 5 core staff and 2 new regular staff. That's it folks. The rest are travellers. We have a couple of really good travellers, but some are the p...

11. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    Sjackson983 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital gave us these great plastic pens with RN on the cap. Their generosity never ends. One year, it was arranged for us to clean up a park across the street from the hospital. Needless to say, they never planned a day in the park again. O...

12. nursing superstitutions.....any truth in???

    Sjackson983 replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

    My Aunt and Grandmother use to say when they smelled flowers, someone they knew had died.