SWEETNURSE1974

SWEETNURSE1974 has 12 years experience and specializes in CARDIAC.

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1. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

   SWEETNURSE1974 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

   When I was in nursing school, I was doing an ER rotation. There had been an accident on the interstate. Apparently, this guy stole an 18 wheeler full of potatoes, couldn't drive it, and turned it over as he was attempting to get off of the intersta...

2. Calling Docs by their first name...

   SWEETNURSE1974 replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

   At the last facility that I worked out, Heaven forbid you call any of the MD's by their first name! But at my current facility, the MD's encourage us to call them by their first names. It has definitely been a challenge for me. Some of the MD's li...

3. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

   SWEETNURSE1974 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that thinks that this is a growing problem! What is it with pt's who live alone and as soon as they step into a hospital they can't even lift their hands? It's getting ridiculous!

4. MedMath answer a med error?

   SWEETNURSE1974 replied to jackson145's topic in General Nursing

   The order is a little unclear, but the md is wanting you to hang a 1000 cc bag of NS to infuse @ 125cc/hr. So in 24 hours you would have infused 3000 cc. The doctors at my current facility write their IV orders like this. Most IV fluids come in 10...

5. What to do with a bothersome co-worker!

   SWEETNURSE1974 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am having some major issues with a co-worker and don't know what to do! I started at my current facility a little over a year ago as lead RN in ICU. There are just 2 guys that work in the unit. One is a lead nurse on days and the other is a LPN, "F...

6. Nurses writing up nurses?

   SWEETNURSE1974 replied to txRN07's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry that you got a write up. And I agree that you should ask the night shift nurse why she felt the need to write you up in the first place. My big question is this - If your nurse manager saw what a hard time you were having, why didn't she ...

7. Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

   SWEETNURSE1974 replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked cardiac for the last 12 years and I always leave the old one in until I get a new site. My reasoning is that I use the old site as a marker. By leaving it in, I know not to use that area re: wrist, hand, inner forearm, etc. I always ...

8. The most expensive, silly or cheap gifts you received from your hospital

   SWEETNURSE1974 replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

   I think I can top everyone for the cheapest gift ever! At the last hospital I worked, we received "stocking stuffers". This was a brown paper bag full of junk! There was stale pretzels, "brown" chips that were old, greasy and the smell was awful, ...