med/oncRN

med/oncRN has 6 years experience and specializes in med/surg/ortho/school/tele/office.

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1. friend fired after self reporting

   med/oncRN replied to pollyanna83's topic in Recovery

   Off the subject, this is for Easttexasnurse31, I can't figure out what the heck your picture is, is it a cake, or something to do with a clown, or Easter Bonnet? Sorry no offense meant, I really can't tell what it is.

2. friend fired after self reporting

   med/oncRN replied to pollyanna83's topic in Recovery

   Well, I guess the lesson here is if you have diverted and quit without getting caught thank your lucky stars and keep your mouth shut! If you are diverting, Stop now! I work with a nurse who self reported and it has been 5 years of hell, she has re...

3. Question on Drug Screening, How, and Where to get one????

   med/oncRN replied to MsHall47's topic in General Nursing

   I've never had a blood toxicology screen for employment, only urine.

4. my first poop/ nasty experience... just wanna share

   med/oncRN replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

   However, if it's GI bleed poop just breathe through your mouth! Once you smell that & C Diff, you will think nothing of regular poop. Somedays even us "vets" get grossed out by the smells. I would smell anything rather than look at sputum or h...

5. my first poop/ nasty experience... just wanna share

   med/oncRN replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

   They actually now have vicks in a tube that is more like cream, not greasy. Kind of like a lip gloss tube just a little bigger. Won't give you that shiny runny nose look.

6. my first poop/ nasty experience... just wanna share

   med/oncRN replied to 9livesRN's topic in General Students

   One trick is to keep a jar of vicks and put a little on under your nose before you have to do anything with unpleasant smells. Just a trick we used to use when we had to work on cadavers.

7. Wearing scrubs to nursing school?

   med/oncRN replied to jpearl119's topic in General Students

   We were only allowed to wear them to clinical rotations. Reasoning was you should not be wearing scrubs in community and possibly transmitting bacteria. We are encouraged to change at work.

8. How do you secure crash carts?

   med/oncRN replied to htrn's topic in Emergency

   The facility I work at doesn't have locks on the carts. However, all contents in the drug drawer & respiratory drawers are sealed/dated. No narcotics in drawers, just ACLS drugs. We do check it every shift. It is crazy, but I have seen people...

9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   med/oncRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses who think they are above CNA work. Remember we are the ones who are responsible for seeing to it the patient is cared for. Yes, we still have to wipe butts, empty commodes, answer call lights, fetch water, etc. Treat your support staff grea...

10. clamping NGT

    med/oncRN replied to jam2007's topic in New Nurse

    I would never stay in a position where questions were not welcome. I would much rather help out another nurse, than dig them out of a bad situation where they should have asked questions. Usually when a nurse doesn't want to be asked questions by a...

11. Signed State DNR form no good????

    med/oncRN replied to llltapp's topic in Emergency

    Our hospital it doesn't matter unless the MD orders DNR. The EMS will follow the state DNR if it is shown to them, but in the hospital what goes is what the doc writes. Unfortunate.

12. How do you keep your hands in good shape?

    med/oncRN replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Eucerin lotion or cream is excellent as is Lubriderm. They both come unscented which is important in patient care areas.

13. Need idea for gift for new grad

    med/oncRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys, We have a wonderful nurse apprentice who is graduating in May. She started as a unit clerk, became a CNA, started nursing school and now is our apprentice. She will get her RN and is going to make a wonderful nurse. Truly, she is more c...

14. got shouted at yesterday night

    med/oncRN replied to melz34's topic in General Nursing

    We often have the "problem teens" on my floor, you know, the ones peds refuse because they are such trouble makers. While it is true they are most often the products of poor parenting, that is still no excuse to put up with bad behavior. I apologiz...

15. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    med/oncRN replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked both days and nights. I am always the 1st to defend the noc shift when people say they do nothing. Nights are busy in a different way, and I agree--a large percentage of patients don't sleep at night. In fact, that is when they get cr...