jennyfyre

jennyfyre

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jennyfyre has 13 years experience.


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  1. Just from my own experience... my left pupil no longer reacts to light and is fixed at mid dilation... ever since I had closed angle glaucoma. :wink2: It does kinda freak people out when my pupils are uneven!
  2. Vito, I fear you have the wrong impression of what I was trying to say. I do everything I can for our patients in order to free up the nurses to do their work, including unplugging the iv pumps from the wall (the outlet is behind and under the bed!)...
  3. I am a HUC and I answer call lights maybe 60% of the time since it IS right near my desk and I can't stand listening to them go off. If there is no response when I answer, I consider that an emergency and either check myself in the room or find some...
  4. 1. how long have you been a smoker? i smoked from age 16 until 43. 2. how often and how much to you generally smoke cigarettes? anywhere from a pack to two packs a day. 3. what is your reasoning for smoking? had a 22 yr old boyfriend that smoked, an...
  5. Cats + Diabetes

    My friends cat has been diabetic for years now. She gets her shots twice a day. She also has her glucose checked every day and when she seems "funny". My friend uses a regular meter, can't remember which brand, and gets the blood from her ear. S...
  6. Wife demands test for MRSA

    The hospital I work at tests all admissions for MRSA in the nares. If it comes back positive, they are put in iso and moved off my unit (peds/gyn) unless they are actually a peds patient. So far, we haven't seen much hysteria about it, even when pe...
  7. I made an "Oopsie", need some pointers

    I am a unit coordinator on a peds/gyn floor.. and believe me.. this is NOT the end of the world. You'd be surprised at how many times orders, for whatever reason... need to be tracked down or get new ones. As a previous poster said.. it's more of a...
  8. Side business besides being a nurse?

    I am not a nurse, but a unit coordinator... and for the last ten years, I also worked as a server at a bowling alley. It certainly balanced the stress of the hospital. Absolutely no one die if I brought the wrong beer! It was great money while the ...
  9. I work in a Minneapolis Metro hospital and when the bridge collapsed, we went to Operation Orange standby, as I'm sure all hospitals did. I was amazed when I started to call everyone on the list to put them on standby, and many were calling in alrea...
  10. Minnesota Nurses Please Respond!!!!!!!!

    oops, posted in wrong area!
  11. Geez, I'm glad I'm not working right now

    Good Luck with the weight loss Tazzi! I have to drop about 40 lbs... if I want to walk without pain, that is. Have a bone spur on my femur that's pretty painful... hard to exercise much if I can't walk!! It sure is frustrating!! Hope you adjust to ...
  12. Have you called off work for a sick pet before?

    When I had to have my cat put to sleep I was allowed to leave early. She was 17 and had advanced kidney disease we chose not to treat because of her age. There was no way she would have made it much longer and the thought of my daughter, then 14, d...
  13. Did I miss the memo???? (rant)

    We need many more nurses like you!! When I was a CNA years ago and worked in a LTC, I can't tell you how many time I had a resident that I needed help with, and was told by several nurses "I didn't go to nursing school to clean up ****, that's YOUR ...
  14. Gardasil: has your daughter had this vaccine?

    I have two daughters ages 20 and 17. Our family physician suggested it for both of them... the 20 year old declined it and the 17 year old decided it was a good idea, so she just got her second dose today. They were both given the information and m...
  15. lost and in need

    Leilah75, Tazzi's right... you can make excellent extra cash in the serving field. I just stopped being a lane server at a bowling alley. Did that for 10 years, in addition to being a unit coordinator on a Peds/gyn unit. I don't think I ever walke...