doublej

doublej specializes in ENT, Urology, OR, OB/GYN, Med/Surg.

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1. Resigning

   doublej replied to RN IN KY's topic in General Nursing

   Always think of a future reference you might need. Now if you have no plans to include this present employment on your resume, for conscience sake, I would still give a notice. You can never go back and redo something you might later regret.

2. What doctors do that bugs you...

   doublej replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Doctors who expect THEIR lab reports to be on the charts when they make rounds even though lab techs have 150 labs to do all over the hospital and haven't even returned to the lab at the point that he is demanding. Doctors who go in little geriatric ...

3. Yes your highness...I mean doctor!! rant!!!

   doublej replied to irish_std/n's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I was misunderstood when I referred to the "60ies" and what us oldies did. I was trying to convey the idea that professional courtesy back then had a totally different meaning.

4. Yes your highness...I mean doctor!! rant!!!

   doublej replied to irish_std/n's topic in General Nursing

   Long gone are the days when we, as student nurses, were taught and expected to stand when a physician came into our presence. There must have been a higher element of respect back then. One time I had a lady dr. throw a packet of pills across the n...

5. Is HIPPA really secure?

   doublej posted a topic in General Nursing

   Recently my brother-in-law was in the hosp. of a big city. He was in a semi- private room. The dr. came in to his roommate and reported that the recent biopsy was a lymphoma. The patient was visibly upset. The dr. attempted to console him. Now.....

6. please help us help night shift!

   doublej replied to pk1's topic in General Nursing

   After 21 years of night shift, I can suggest some things from my own experience. When day shift comes in, that they move through report quickly and get out to relieve us. Too much time is spent behind the doors of the report room, yakking, sipping ...

7. Nurses don't have a hard job

   doublej replied to classactkellie's topic in General Nursing

   And that much more is said about night shift nurses. They do not realize that we work with less staff, less resource individuals and departments, no doctors on hand (sometimes a blessing), no one to call in to take the place of one of our folks who ...

8. What do I do? (long)

   doublej replied to ChrgRN's topic in General Nursing

   Several years ago, one of the other nurses on the floor had been suspected of stealing narcotics. The suspicion had been there for almost a yr. but no one seemed to catch her. She was very intelligent, well liked and had many friends (up to the Admin...

9. NC Diploma Programs

   doublej replied to Cherish's topic in North Carolina

   I don't know what diploma schools are today but back in the "dark ages", they were fantastic. It was three years- all year- one mo. off each yr. and by the time we were seniors, we were in charge of the floors with supervisors over us. Now that was...

10. Everyone is asking for experience

    doublej replied to RNKay31's topic in New Nurse

    The sad thing is that after you have years and years of experience, they gently move you to the rear because your methods are outdated and your declining flexibility is not what is needed today.

11. My daughter's got mono

    doublej replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse my ignorance but where does one find the article that brings the responses?

12. What do patients say that irks you?

    doublej replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I feel undermined when ready to start an IV and the patient informs me that the other nurses had to stick them umteen times before they got it in the right place. Not exactly a confidence building statement! Another painful situation was when a fell...

13. Not a poop or pee nurse?!?

    doublej replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, elimination products are all a part of nursing. I was trained to be a bedside nurse and that involved all aspects of patient care. As one other nurse said, one day I could be the one that would be lying in the bed in the same condition. Pity ...

14. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

    doublej replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I have a twin sister. We did most everything together. Our older sister was a nurse (3 yr. diploma) and we always admired her. So from childhood up, we always dreamed of being nurses. That we did together, graduating from a highly reputable nursi...

15. Something all OB nurses should know.

    doublej replied to NHmommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I too lost two babies in early pregnancy, in a remote village of a Latin American country-----in the outhouse, yes outhouse. God enabled the miscarriages (I like that word so much better than abortion) to be complete so a flight into the city was no...