BeachBayNurse

BeachBayNurse specializes in Everytype of med-surg.

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1. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

   BeachBayNurse replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

   We get many, many complaints about the food. Has anything been done to perhaps get some better snacks on the unit for the patients after the cafeteria closes? Of course not! However, the only other complaint that is mentioned often is that the person...

2. Katherin Heigl Scrubs

   BeachBayNurse replied to modelmama07's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Tried on a set, was not very impressed. The fabric seemed cheap and fit very strangely. Would rather have a cute tunic style top by Cherokee for half the price. If they did not have Katherine Heigl's name on them, I doubt they would sell at all.

3. Scrubs to tight? How do you tell someone?

   BeachBayNurse replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

   I could write a book on the unprofessional ways I have seen my coworkers dress. However, unless you are some kind of manager, don't say anything! You have nothing to gain and everything to lose.

4. Too Busy to.....

   BeachBayNurse replied to DesertRoseAZ's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, sometimes you will not have time to eat. If it is a life or death situation, I understand, but this maybe happens once a year where I have a few patients go bad at once. However, if it is just a busy night, sometimes I will make a patient wait w...

5. Any current/former nursing students have unsupportive families?

   BeachBayNurse replied to crazyco's topic in General Nursing

   Crazyco, I personally know how it feels to be in this situation, but pat yourself on the back that you are realizing you need an education NOW, not when you are forty. You are already that much further ahead. However, it is still a horrible situation...

6. Working Conditions in Prestigious Hospitals?

   BeachBayNurse replied to NurseLyla's topic in General Nursing

   I work at a hospital that is not as prestigious as say the Mayo Clinic, but is very large and well known. I have many friends that work for the Mayo Clinic also. Just comparing the large hospital I work at full time with the smaller, less prestigious...

7. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

   BeachBayNurse replied to RN28MD's topic in Med-Surg

   My #1 pet peeve are sloppy IV's. Coming in to assess a patient and seeing their line has gone dry due to the nurse priming a line with a 1000cc bag, and then putting that the bag has 1000cc to be infused in the pump makes me want to pull my eyelashes...

8. the RN's appearance

   BeachBayNurse replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, I didn't realize we were such a group of gum chewers! I also totally agree with whoever said that what may be professional to one person, is not to another. Personally to me, nothing is a bigger pet peeve than to see a nurse wear the same pair o...

9. What the....??

   BeachBayNurse replied to eccentricRN's topic in General Nursing

   Also, do not assume because the nurses look relaxed that they are not working. Perhaps they are charting while talking? If you are always behind and they are sitting and chatting, it is not their fault, ask them for tips how to become more organized....

10. How often should you empty a catheter bag?

    BeachBayNurse replied to sister s's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12 hour shifts, so I empty them at least once a shift. However, I usually empty them also four hours into the shift so I can have some kind of idea how much output the patient is producing.

11. placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    BeachBayNurse replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    I would also be so upset that one angry person could upheave your life so much. Take this as a sign that working for that company was a ticking time bomb, and get out ASAP. I have been floated to floors in which the attitude was to kiss the family's ...

12. Does this ever make you angry?--VENT

    BeachBayNurse replied to PiPhi2004's topic in New Nurse

    This may sound horrible, but it makes me happy :chuckle to see them struggle a little. I probably didn't pick the best friends in college. I hung out with people who had a lot more money than I did and didn't seem to put much thought into whether the...

13. My Brother James

    BeachBayNurse replied to tachybradyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing your story. Sounds like James was definitely here on loan as a gift from God.

14. Transfer at change of shift?

    BeachBayNurse posted a topic in Emergency

    Just a question from a clueless med/surg nurse, not trying to blame or make assumptions! Why is it that all my admissions from the ER get sent to me at change of shift? I understand that it may be due to that the ER nurse did not get a chance to ear...

15. A prime lawsuit

    BeachBayNurse replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have 110% confidence that no scans were done? Are you sure the patient didn't refuse the scans, that the patient was not crashing and the doctor thought he was going septic and the patient needed the surgery ASAP? I would not become a doctor f...