okihusker

okihusker

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About okihusker

RN, CCRN, CRN (Cynical RN)

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  1. The Pay - Military vs Civilian

    I served 11 years in the Navy NC. No where I have ever seen such an organization that rewards incompetence! It rewards those who work the least and punishes those that work the hardest. The senior ranking NC officers were underachievers as RNs who...
  2. Soiled uniforms

    I was told by the Infection Control nurse that it is a national infection control standard that any working hospital uniform soiled by blood or other bodily fluids or infectious waste, need to be left and laundered by the facility or disposed of and ...
  3. Would Jesus be employable

    I think those wounds would had have had MRSA.
  4. Was your patient digging a ditch? They get so fifthly in bed! How dare you. Bathing, airway, breathing , circulation.
  5. Whats with the scrubs?

    According to hospitals, there has never been significant evidence showing that the uniforms of health care workers carry pathogens. Thus is the reason why scrubs are not laundered and provided by hospitals.
  6. Any patients you couldn't stand et how did you deal?

    I work in critical care so if they can usually expend that much energy, they are most often transfered out. However, I have experienced families that are out of control. Abusive, condescending, and even physically threatening. We have found that h...
  7. Kinda Worried!!! Advice Please!

    I have been a nurse for 11 years going on 12. I was a RN in the military for 10 years. Your personal experience will depend on the team you work with. This includes your fellow RNs, your chosen specialty, your managers, ancillary staff, and team o...
  8. ICU use as a PACU

    I work in an a multiservice ICU at a Navy Hospital , which is also utilized as the step down unit, to include Peds, Neuro Surgery, CCU, Oral Maxillary Facial, and General Surgery. We get flooded with tons of bogus admissions to include routine elect...
  9. Hints/Help with Microbiology.......PLEASE

    Microbiology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Physiology, Nutrition, Physics, and Pathophysiology are fundamentals to being a good nurse. If you can not hack it, then you need to question your role as a a potential nurse. We as nurses need critical thinkers no...
  10. Veteran and Military Nurses

    Thanks for your support. :-) I am a nurse in the Navy stationed over seas.
  11. Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story

    I was floated to the General Medicine ward that was known for its multitude of confused patients. I was called into a room by an elderly male looking for his dentures. I scoured the room for his dentures and they could not be found. As I was calli...
  12. Does anyone sail through nursing school?

    It was easy for me I guess. I was a med tech, which is like an LPN, in the USAF before I went through college. I we lost half our traditional students to organic chemistry, and physiology.
  13. Anyone have any suggestions for nursing diagnoses???

    In response to what is codependence of nursing: The general exagerated feeling, belief, and action of being needed, and I underline the word exagerated. Care plans are NANDA's attempt to make Nursing an independent profession and practice. Nurses...
  14. Admission and Discharge Criteria for ICUs

    I am a military nurse that works in an ICU at a Naval Hospital. If they need a band aid, they get admitted to our ICU.
  15. geriatric nursing

    I found that hospitals pay better than LTC. Most people tend to go where better pay is. For a large portion of LTC nurses I have met, they have had issues that have got them fired from hospitals or not hired by hospitals. Nurses that I worked with...