fetch33

fetch33

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fetch33 has 30 years experience.


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  1. I have been a RN for 23 years...I have NEVER called a tech or nursing assistant to clean up a patient while I walk away. In fact, where I have worked for the last 10 years, we rarely have a tech on the night shift... nurses to it all.
  2. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    I always say... 'women pay good money for this'
  3. I had a patient last night. She had MRSA back in 2002. Had no open wounds of any kind, except her fresh incision. The nurses on the previous shift put her in isolation when she came back from surgery because she had not had 3 recent negative swabs fo...
  4. True? --> "RN's Can Work 3Days/Wk And Make A Good Salary!"

    You couldn't pay me enough to work days at my hospital.... Tons of patient turnover due to a very busy ortho unit. I choose to work nights and have done so for 16 years. The shift diff is 15 % of base pay and that jumps to an extra 12% on the weekend...
  5. Questioning the Decision of Nursing

    I work in the Midwest.. we still have lots of positions unfilled PLUS I know of 5 nurses I work with on nights that will be moving in the near future.... more unfilled positions. I think it just depends on where you live. There are nursing jobs out t...
  6. True? --> "RN's Can Work 3Days/Wk And Make A Good Salary!"

    I love 12 hr shifts! Right now, I am in the middle of my 14 day vacation... I only used 4 days of vacation pay. I've been a nurse for a long time now. I can easily pull in 80-88k a year, depending on how much OT I pick up. Nursing has allowed so much...
  7. Misswoosie, Right now, as an RN, I am generally responsible for 4-9 patients, depending on if I am providing primary care or working with a LPN. So can I expect my patient ratios to go up as a cost-containment effort if nationalized health...
  8. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22184921 about medicare fraud From http://www.hhs.gov/stopmedicarefraud/ : Most health care providers are doing the right thing and providing care with integrity. But sadly, due to the illegal actions of a small but acti...
  9. Just heard a horror story from Canada on a talk radio show. A woman's father needed a heart bypass at age of 59. He was denied by the medical board because he smoke and drank. The doctors gave him 5 years to live and sentenced him to die. At age 64, ...
  10. Pinky finger issue

    I work on a large ortho unit in a major city. There is an orthopedic practice specializing in hands that uses this hospital. They call the pinky finger a small finger or fifth finger. The fingers are designated like this: Index, middle, ring and smal...
  11. 'Be Tender'

    I had received an order to anchor a foley on an elderly man who was retaining urine. I explained the procedure to him, telling him that a male nurse was available if he felt uncomfortable with a woman doing it. He declined the offer and began telling...
  12. staffing

    Do you have any ancillary staff like techs or nursing assistants? I work a very busy orthopedic unit. Night staffing is usually 5 patients, primary care as we don't have techs. If you happen to be working with an LPN, you could be reponsible for 9 pa...
  13. Nursing 10 years ago

    Ten years ago, we had programs on the EKG machines that would interpret them for you. Being an orthopedic nurse, who does EKG's maybe once a month at best, this was great. Then they took away those programs and gave all of us a basic interpretation c...
  14. Question about donating blood

    I use to donate faithfully. I was turned away often for low hct and once for an elevated pulse of 104... during which time my B/P was 90/50... I can't believe THAT didn't disqualify me! Now I am banned for life because I lived for 4 months in England...
  15. night shift

    I have worked nights for 13 years, mostly 12 hr shifts. I usually don't even get off of work until 8 or 9. When I get home, I immediately pop a couple of Benadryl and then I unwind for an hour or so. I use ear plugs and an eye mask faithfully. Hopefu...