Sisukas

Sisukas has 12 years experience and specializes in Med Surg.

Latest Activity

1. Dealing w/rude feedback

   Sisukas replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

   The job of some nurses in our hospital is to do Quality Assurance for reimbursement...sounds as is that's what the OP does.

2. Report peeves

   Sisukas posted a topic in General Nursing

   please, please, for the love of pete....spit out your gum!!!!!! if i want to hear snap, crackle and pop in the morning, i'll eat rice krispies. i literally could not continue my day until that was off my chest....

3. Overheard...

   Sisukas replied to Reno1978's topic in Humor

   A nursing supervisor pronouncing a DNR patient deceased walked out of the room, shut the door, and told me in her best Munchkin voice, "not only is he truly dead, he's really most indubitably dead".

4. Have you ever...

   Sisukas replied to alcrab01's topic in Humor

   i blamed one on a dead person once:eek:....turned him on his side to wrap him, and either the pca or mr. gonetogreaterthings let one loose. since mr. g probably wasn't going to be embarrassed, i gave him the credit.

5. Orienting a new nurse...need advice

   Sisukas replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

   time to get one of your advanced practice nurses or a nurse educator involved. it sounds as if she has some fear/trust issues and i'm afraid that she will go to your point of view, miss something, and kick herself until next year....you need some bac...

6. lunch time insubordination

   Sisukas replied to nurseulove's topic in General Nursing

   I wasn't implying that the CNA was expected to work off the clock. I was saying that the CNA is working to help the patient, and trying not to say that I didn't care for the attitude I read in that post.

7. lunch time insubordination

   Sisukas replied to nurseulove's topic in General Nursing

   "i beg to differ. even if one is not on the clock and the person in the bathroom was ok, the cna should have at least helped or found other help for the rn. that is why they are called "nursing assistants" to help the nurse. " they are called nursing...

8. Share Your Saying

   Sisukas replied to angelique777's topic in Humor

   "It's fun until someone loses an eye. Then...Hey! Free eyeball!"

9. Student needing LOTS of guidance/advice!

   Sisukas replied to CollegeChica89's topic in Med-Surg

   glad you've made the choice for nursing:yeah: i'm curious about your decision to be a surgical nurse, though. not that i think it's a bad, thing; god love them for doing what they do because that means i don't have to do it. it only took one observat...

10. Wife getting ready to Graduate. Worried about her pay!!! CALIF.

    Sisukas replied to Only1Balto's topic in General Nursing

    another thought...do you have benefits through your retirement that would allow your wife to work per-diem? my husband carries full insurance through his job, which allows me to work pd, which really raised my salary. and with the shortage, i don't g...

11. Had to buy my PCA lunch after this one

    Sisukas replied to Sisukas's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, i had warned her....we just underestimated how well that would work. she got the chicken ceasar salad for lunch...one of the few hospital foods that's made to order. i do treat my pcas well; and am very mindful of how their days go. i also make...

12. Had to buy my PCA lunch after this one

    Sisukas posted a topic in General Nursing

    well, this was not one of my most shining moments.......my patient had not had a bowel movement for about 6 days, best as i could figure from our i&os and the snf records of from whence he came. being the proactive yet lazy new nurse that i was, ...

13. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Sisukas replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

    Don't assume that not having a bowel movement for 4 weeks is a normal part of pregnancy.

14. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    Sisukas replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Relations

    1. when you check the med sheets at night,if a med isn't on the pre-printed sheets, pharmacy isn't aware of the order. if you have to write it, fax it. 2. the chair is not on wheels so you can toodle around the nurses' station. get up off it, walk to...

15. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Sisukas replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    "what's the magic word?"