NightNurseKathy

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1. What do you say when a patient asks you how old you are?

   NightNurseKathy replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

   I don't usually have patients asking me my age. They all assume I am alot YOUNGER than they are! I LOVE that! ha. But if they do ask, I have no problem telling them, but then most of them FIRST ask how long I have been a nurse, and THAT will pretty ...

2. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

   NightNurseKathy replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

   BSNnursejlcads, I am so sorry to read of the way your friend was treated in rehab. Obviously we still need a lot of education on the treatment of all peoples, not just the homosexual. Nurses can be quite prejudiced as anyone, they are after all hum...

3. RN's that graduated before 1980...I need your help!!

   NightNurseKathy replied to aholdridge123's topic in Retired

   1. Why did you go into nursing? I wanted to be a nurse from the time I was a little girl. 2. Where did you receive your education? I was an LPN for 21 years. Became an RN in 1989 (sorry, but figured I qualified having been a nurse already!) Graduated...

4. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

   NightNurseKathy replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

   I don't treat a patient any different because oh their lifestyle. Homosexuality is only ONE lifestyle we deal with. We have the DRUG problems, the non compliant Diabetics, and on and on. ALL of them should be treated equally as NEEDY people that w...

5. backstabbing co workers

   NightNurseKathy replied to qje999's topic in Med-Surg

   For me , I would call them VERY DIFFICULT co workers....luckily the one I have dealt with is NOT my co worker, but on the day shift. She is an LPN (getting her RN) But she is difficulty with all of us...like she is the SMARTER one. She will ALWAYS ...

6. Whites or Colored scrubs?

   NightNurseKathy replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Haven't been here in simply ages... we have been dealing with this issue... seems alot of hospitals are.... we simply have to STAND together to defeat the people over us, and continue to have OUR choices! At my hospital we have instituted bage ID's....

7. state is threatening to go after license over precharting

   NightNurseKathy replied to oramar's topic in Safety

   I guess there is something to be said for computer charting which we do where I work. You CAN'T prechart as you CANNOT chart ahead with the computer. Now MED sheets that is another thing. I have seen nurses do that. Me I keep out all my med sheet...

8. Medication error

   NightNurseKathy replied to kittiesareus's topic in Safety

   Where I work, we emphasize TWO forms of ID for the patient BEFORE we give the meds. ALWAYS check the ARM BAND, ASK the patient their name (if they can give it) . Our other form of checking is the patients BIRTHDATE! Check and RECHECK before you gi...

9. "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

   NightNurseKathy replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

   So far, the best I've come up with is, "It sounds like Christ is important in your life. Tell me more about that." Thoughts? Opinions? You have had a GREAT PSYCHOLOGY teacher!!! That is exactly how do deal with it! Course you may get alot on a su...

10. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    NightNurseKathy replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

    The Middle Wife, By an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher: I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second-grade classroom a few years back. When I was ...

11. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

    NightNurseKathy replied to DeniseLPN's topic in LPN/LVN

    Denise, do NOT be discouraged, you ARE A NURSE.... a nurse takes care of people. I was an LPN 21 years, and NEVER felt LOWLY and treated like I was not as good, that I remember.... I HAVE seen RN's pull that in the place I work now, and I wrote my ...

12. Atkins diet....

    NightNurseKathy replied to PCGrad06's topic in General Students

    Hi here is a web site I have found very helpful on this program http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/index.php You will find a BUNCH of help there. How old are you? Have you been dieting off and on for years? If not, the Atkins program shou...

13. Smoking

    NightNurseKathy replied to jadednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I find that MORE nurses smoke now than ever it seems.... I work the night shift, and they go for "breathing treatments" at least 4 times a shift, for anywheres from 20-45 minutes each time.... AGGRAVATES me no end.... I have stopped offering to HELP ...

14. Your Worst Mistake

    NightNurseKathy replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Insulin med error.... That sort of error is WHY it is ALWAYS the best idea to have another nurse check critical medications. Where I work , we must double check with another nurse that we have the right dose, right time, right pt .!!!! When I was pa...

15. Would you assist in abortions?

    NightNurseKathy replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am currently readin a book titled BLOOD MONEY, written by an EX abortionitst.... her description of HOW many FINGERS AND TOES were put down the GARBAGE disposal made me want to VOMIT.... FINGERS AND TOES belong to HUMAN BEINGS.... DEFENSLESS HUMAN ...