rnparrot

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1. My bad attitude

   rnparrot replied to jessiern's topic in Relations

   it sounds to me like you all work in a hospital setting. i work in ltc and because we have completely different guidelines for staffing etc....out patient load is endless pretty much. currently i have 21 patients to care for, and on night shift add a...

2. Is this true about most nurses..

   rnparrot replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in General Nursing

   before i even opened this thread i thought it was going to say....is this true about most nurses that they eat their young?.....YES!!! unfortunately every nurse just about has to go thru that "right of passage" so to speak in order to toughen up, bui...

3. Best-smelling liquid meds!

   rnparrot replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

   love love love augmentin liquid..smells like bananas! mucomyst is the worst smelling and even worse when you give it as a minineb and you get a breath of it......it burns forever!!!! i am thinking there are way more bad smelling things than good smel...

4. Why do people think the hospital is like the Holiday Inn Express?!!! LONG...

   rnparrot replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

   i was a patient in the hospital last year for sepsis in my joint replacement (knee)...i could not bring myself to ring the bell for anyone for anything! because i know how much bell ringers are hated...no matter what the bell might be for. one night ...

5. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

   rnparrot replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric

   seems to happen everywhere. the paramedics and emts think they are one step below the MD's. but like was said earlier, they are the ones taking the orders from the doc who ordered the patient sent out and the rn who is giving the same order. their jo...

6. Absolute No-No's

   rnparrot replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

   i would have to agree with you on this one...i work in LTC...with 21 patients, 2 cnas who have to feed them, change them (several times) and get them all into bed. no problem right? add in some one or two falls, skin tears, calling drs. and family me...

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

   rnparrot replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

   that has got to be the most DISGUSTING and DEGRADING "gift" i have ever heard of. what were they thinking??? i hope everyone left them in the garbage so they could see what you all thought of their "thoughtfulness"!!!

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

   rnparrot replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

   i have received a coin purse with a logo for nurses week, a lunch bag with logo for nurses week. this was at a hospital i worked at. i don't recall being given any type of christmas gift/bonus. i am working LTC now, and last year we got a very nice c...

9. Unrealistic steriotypes of medicine on TV

   rnparrot replied to chnc1024's topic in General Nursing

   quick question...you don't shock a flat line?? what do you do....when DO you shock?

10. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    rnparrot replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    i work in ltc, there are alot of things that i hate, and sadly, i do not like caring for the confused, totally disoriented patient. i have no patience to "reorient" the 10,000 times a shift and chase after them when they walk off the floor. i also do...

11. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    rnparrot replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    you can take all the c-diffs and colostomys and everything else that everyone hates to do, but nothing can be worse than doing your job susan! you are loving and compassionate when a job couldn't get any worse.:balloons:

12. Patients with interesting occupations (or not)

    rnparrot replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i work in a ltc facility that is on the "upscale" side. there are so many interesting people in ltc. one of my residents is a former ceo of sun oil, taught at west point. he is 99 years old and just a facinating gentleman. his wife was a patient with...

13. Nursing 10 years ago

    rnparrot replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    one of the things that is new where i work in LTC....if there is a change for the patient, we have to write the MD a note, and FAX it to his office. when he gets a chance he will FAX back a note sometimes including orders. How many of you think this...

14. Nursing 10 years ago

    rnparrot replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    i agree!! he is doing the YMCA!!!!

15. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    rnparrot replied to gt4everpn's topic in Relations

    sad to say my MIL has alzheimers and my BILwill never say alzheimers no matter how many times i've corrected him. he always says "old timers". i always say...if she had cancer would you say she has cankor??? My BIL thinks nothing i say matters since ...