kellyskitties

kellyskitties has 3 years experience and specializes in Med Surg - yes, it's a specialty.

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1. Unusual Names for Medical Diagnoses

   kellyskitties replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

   the rheumatism - rheumatoid arthritis reflex - acid reflux I've heard prostrate so many times I'm pretty sure I say it wrong half the time. Or I take "dilaudinum" - so is that dilaudid or laudinum? or demerdol... although those are not diagnosis ...

2. Needing an honest answer

   kellyskitties replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

   In my experience, the patients could improve or cure their own diseases through changes in their own habits, lifestyles, diets etc, however, they choose NOT to do this and would much prefer the dr just "give them the pills." Many diabetics could fo...

3. So, what happened to all the nursing jobs?

   kellyskitties replied to RaycerX's topic in General Nursing

   Missouri - specifically southeast. I know there are needs in several LTCs for LPNs. RNS & LPNs are needed in several of the area's hospitals including - Piggott, Hayti, Kennett and Poplar Bluff. I would also look into Memphis, TN, Paragould, A...

4. So, what happened to all the nursing jobs?

   kellyskitties replied to RaycerX's topic in General Nursing

   I was only saying what I see where I am. We are a small rural hospital - using more LPN's than RN's just to keep pts taken care of. Many of our LPNs are in school working toward their RN's. We have a few openings in the "specialized" fields (I con...

5. So, what happened to all the nursing jobs?

   kellyskitties replied to RaycerX's topic in General Nursing

   I know at our facility, the openings ARE there, but they aren't where new grads want to start. Nobody wants to start on med/surg anymore, so we have openings there more than any other floors. ER has openings, but I think the consensus has become th...

6. Older Nursing students

   kellyskitties replied to MarieD's topic in General Students

   The nursing class that graduated before mine had a social security age great grandmother (I'm not sure of her age but they said she was probably the oldest nurse that had graduated ever). She said she did it as a goal. She was a great lady. Now, I ...

7. A Question to Nurses and Nursing Students.. HELP ME!

   kellyskitties replied to Hannah1991's topic in General Nursing

   I have a CNA working with me that even I thought wouldn't make it this far, and I'm usually the super supporter for giving everyone a chance. She screamed and ran from a deceased pt's room when she realized they were dead - ran down the hall scream...

8. Why should I be a nurse if it's so awful?

   kellyskitties replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

   If u like a challenge, including sometimes the challenge of satisfying difficult people (yep, not just dealing with them, but satisfying them), then nursing is for u. I love nursing and I love med/surg. Take that u naysayers. I work a busy med/sur...

9. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

   kellyskitties replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

   OK, first off, all you folks with extra unemployed nurses send 'em to southeast Missouri. We sure need them. Now, as for factory workers. Let's not turn folks away from nursing because of where they come from. I've oriented some previous factory w...

10. Question for a experienced RN

    kellyskitties replied to shanika1m1's topic in Med-Surg

    First of all, congrats on becoming a nurse and enjoying your med/surg job. I love M/S myself. Second, a masters degree does not mean NP. You can get many different masters degrees. Third, take time to get your job completely down - go through m...

11. hourly rounding

    kellyskitties replied to suni's topic in Med-Surg

    Our hospital also began AIDET and hourly rounding. As many things go, it fell away and was lost by the nurses eventually - sacrificed necessarily by our desires to actually take care of the patient medically (with our usual pt load of 8). Then they...

12. There's a Mousetrap In My Med Cart

    kellyskitties replied to 99percentangel's topic in Geriatric

    I agree, even the 1 hour before and after is a rat race with as many patients as a nursing home med nurse has to medicate. I work med/surg and they just determined we have had too long to pass our meds (TOO LONG!). CMS apparently has a 30 before an...

13. Incompetent nurses

    kellyskitties replied to medicrnguy's topic in General Nursing

    I have a confession to make. I am an RN. I care for patients on telemetry. I am terrible at cardiac and telemetry. HOWEVER, when the phone rings and they tell me about a rhythm change and I do not know what they are talking about - I just say, "O...

14. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    kellyskitties replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    OK, first I got to get this off my chest. Most of the fields of nursing you listed are bedside nurses. Unless you are in community health, home health, legal nurse consultant, doctor's office etc you ARE a bedside nurse. I believe in med surg and ...

15. What would you change about your scrubs?

    kellyskitties replied to daisygirl_001's topic in Uniform/Gear

    Maybe offer the option of elastic waist with drawstring front (little lower on the waist) or just elastic waist (sitting higher on the more traditional woman) - both with mega pockets and same trendy trims so a person can pick what works for them and...