KeechieSan

KeechieSan has 8 years experience and specializes in ICU, MICU, SICU.

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1. From a student, to, hospital floor nurses...

   KeechieSan replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

   Your attitude is the problem, not the nurses.

2. Night shift -- can you just take it easy, please?

   KeechieSan replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

   Yessss, come to the dark side.. we have cookies!

3. Night shift -- can you just take it easy, please?

   KeechieSan replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

   hmm.. let me break this down.. 1. provide a daily report to case managers and/or attend rounds. i have to give daily report to the charge nurse and then to the nurse supervisor, two things that aren't done during the day.. soo... 2. walk patients off...

4. Do you worry about your patients after leaving work?

   KeechieSan replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sure that is normal for a lot of people, but I don't think about patients once I leave. The separation of work and personal life is very important to me.

5. Nurses eating and drinking at the nurses station

   KeechieSan replied to Yiggs's topic in General Nursing

   I eat and drink at the nurses station, even though it isn't allowed. We all do at night on my unit. I'm sorry, but I'm hungry and I don't have time to take a 30 minute break while making someone else watch my patients. I chart while eating too, its...

6. Do you shower right after your shift?

   KeechieSan replied to CharlieTaco's topic in General Nursing

   Nope, I don't shower until I wake up the next day (or later in the day, depending on the shift). I also wear my scrubs/shoes inside my house. I'm sorry, but what does everyone think they are coming into contact with at the hospital that they aren't ...

7. Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

   KeechieSan replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

   Mine is my last name in Japanese...at least thats what my friend told me 10 years ago.

8. Orienting woes!

   KeechieSan replied to KeechieSan's topic in Relations

   Update: I read most of the replies here, and most were helpful. I probably should have mentioned that I have already had numerous personal conversations with this girl about her performance to no avail. I actually really like her as a person and...

9. Orienting woes!

   KeechieSan posted a topic in Relations

   Five weeks ago I started orienting a new girl to my unit (IMC step-down). I have oriented 5-6 times before without many problems, but this girl takes the cake. I was already upset because I wasn't asked to orient her, she was just handed to me one ...

10. Fired from my med/surg job after almost 3 years

    KeechieSan replied to gettingbsn2msn's topic in General Nursing

    oops, wrong thread

11. Is this professional?

    KeechieSan replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps she is trying to keep her hair out of her face in a stylish way? Haha. It isn't a big deal, let it go. I'm sure you do things that people find irritating and think "is that professional"? Would you want them posting it on here for the world ...

12. I am a new grad and got a job as ALF director position!

    KeechieSan replied to eve5483's topic in Geriatric

    And would you want to do clinical time in a facility that has a new grad as a director? No, you wouldn't. Policies won't be enforced because the person who is tasked with enforcing them doesn't understand them. I'm sorry..it is exciting that you got...

13. Who is a professional nurse?

    KeechieSan replied to jmqphd's topic in General Nursing

    I have a huge tag on my badge that says "NURSE" and I introduce myself to every patient at the start of the shift, plus my name and title are on a white board in front of their face. I'm sorry if that isn't enough, but I *REFUSE* to wear color coded...

14. Help nurses!!

    KeechieSan replied to Rachael243's topic in General Nursing

    1. 3.3 2. 5 years 3. 88,500 last year (overtime!)

15. Average # of admissions and discharges per shift

    KeechieSan replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I work 7p-7a with a max ratio of 6:1. I usually don't have many discharges, maybe one or two a month. Normally when I come into work I'll have 1-3 empty beds in my section, and they are always filled by the AM. We do a lot of pt. transfers at nigh...