HazeKomp

HazeKomp BSN, RN

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About HazeKomp

HazeKomp is a BSN, RN and specializes in L&D.


married, grown children, email addict, two beautiful granddaughters

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  1. Nurses smoking weed?

    Never tried it. Won't try it. Do NOT care if it is legal or not, feel it is terribly unprofessional and unsafe to be under the influence. I am an old nurse with many chronic aches and pains but I never, ever work with any medication stronger than M...
  2. Retirement in the nursing field.

    So basically, should age alone be a requirement for retirement? Simple answer: No. As per others' comments, ability to give safe care is not determined by age, but rather by a multitude of factors. Physically, we older nurses may need more help pu...
  3. Concealed Carry...as a nurse?

    I currently do not have a gun or a permit for Concealed Carry. I would like to learn and to eventually have both. I enjoyed target shooting in archery in college and would most likely enjoy it with guns. I don't know if I would ever "carry" but st...
  4. That Dreaded 3-11 Shift

    As a 30 year veteran in Labor & Delivery, I often wonder how much longer my old bones can handle the 12+ hour shifts! Where I work there is a high epidural rate which equates to a great deal of physical lifting; our charting is to be done at the...
  5. That Dreaded 3-11 Shift

    For young nurses, nurses with families, and some others, 12's allow more time off and flexibility in scheduling. For some, working 12"s allows them to work TWO full-time jobs!! Whew! For many, that "wall at 10 hours" is a reality! Observe and listen ...
  6. It's Airborne: Contact Precautions Will Not Stop This Superbug

    Shared with my co-workers! With short staffing and high census, we have a severe outbreak on our unit!
  7. Men in OB/Peds Nursing....Any thoughts?....

    Our hospital has some great male postpartum, nursery and NICU RNs!
  8. Is attending a patient's funeral overstepping "the" boundary?

    Absolutely NOT! Having care providers attend comforts the families and manifests your level of caring for their family member!
  9. was union. was employed x 24+ years. was fired for small infraction. union did nothing to get my job back. left a "bad taste in my mouth" for unions. best thing that could have happened: new job is much closer to home and much nicer crew to work with...
  10. Tips from a tutor

    Excellent article I will share with my nursing students! I especially appreciate the emphasis on test taking strategies! I see many good students fail the Boards the first time due to poor test taking, not lack of knowledge!
  11. Is turning dying patients comfort care or not?

    My father was on a Med-Surg floor for two weeks, with terminal lung cancer. By the time I was able to get off work and fly to his location, he had fallen twice trying to get out of bed to the bathroom and had developed pressure ulcers on his sacrum ...
  12. Keeping A Written Record Of The Patients You've Had: Good Or Bad?

    #1 any notes/journals/papers you may have at home or in a locker will be called in as evidence! Period. #2 any notes/journals/papers you may have at home or in a locker are indeed a HIPPA violation. Period. #3 denying the existence of such notes woul...
  13. Uncomfortable feeling during dilitation check?

    And kudos to the patient-advocate nurses who refuse to check patients just because the clock says it has been two hours!! If they are early in an induction and not contracting well, why check them? If they have prolonged ruptured membra...
  14. Uncomfortable feeling during dilitation check?

    Early labor/Cervidil placement vaginal exams are uncomfortable. The cervix is typically very posterior, up high, and difficult to reach for even nurses with LONG fingers. There are, however, several things you can do to make it less traumatic for the...
  15. Touching blood without gloves

    As a L&D nurse, I get body fluids on my skin daily DESPITE wearing gloves. It's a messy job. That being said, wear gloves when you can. But I've done CPR out in public, exposed to complete unknowns, because it was an emergency. I would have ...